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  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    I bite my nails.

    My legs are always on the move. If I am sitting my legs are bouncing.
  • MinkyMoo13
    MinkyMoo13 Posts: 354 Member
    Pfft. You all are normal.

    I bite the insides of my cheeks. Alternating sides. Hard. Have since I was a kid. I look like a camel when I do it.

    I bit my bottom inside of my mouth! Once it gets swollen i can't leave it alone!
  • PANZERIA
    PANZERIA Posts: 471 Member
    I bite my nails and pick at the skin around my fingers.

    It's a terrible nervous habit. =(
  • Sabresgal63
    Sabresgal63 Posts: 641 Member
    Pick the skin off the sides of my thumb... :(

    Me too! Its like there are permanent indentations.....lol!
  • katejenkins1
    katejenkins1 Posts: 210 Member
    Pick the skin off the sides of my thumb... :(

    I do this too.
  • tambink
    tambink Posts: 349
    As bad as this is I pop my fingers not a good thing to do but I do it.
  • ChevyChick88
    ChevyChick88 Posts: 356 Member
    Pick the skin off the sides of my thumb... :(

    Me too! Dont even realize I'm doing it until it hurt s or is bleeding. :noway:
  • ToBeSkinny13
    ToBeSkinny13 Posts: 3
    i bite my cuticles to no end. they are always bleeding and gross looking.
  • 10acity
    10acity Posts: 798 Member
    It's not a nervous thing, but I'm a picker. I've ruined some perfectly lovely skin for a compulsion.

    When I'm super nervous, I sweat. Mostly my hands & feet. I've actually been diagnosed with hyperhydrosis-- it's awful. But I suppose maybe nervous diarrhea is worse (?). Maybe.
  • Kityngirl
    Kityngirl Posts: 14,304 Member
    I remember the first time I saw my little girl picking at her face until it started bleeding...

    "Awww honey! Daddy's sorry he passed his crazy on to you! Who's a beautiful little neurotic princess? It's you! Now let's get ice cream and chew our faces while obsessively counting."

    Can't even blame my crazy on my parents. I have to own my neuroses. Lol.
  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    If you twist and turn away
    If you tear yourself in two again
    If I could, yes I would
    If I could, I would let it go, surrender, dislocate

    If I could throw this lifeless lifeline to the wind
    Leave this heart of clay, see you walk, walk away
    Into the night and through the rain
    Into the half-light and through the flame

    If I could through myself set your spirit free
    I'd lead your heart away
    See you break, break away
    Into the light and to the day

    Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh
    Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh

    To let it go and so to fade away
    To let it go and so fade away
    I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake, wide awake
    I'm not sleeping, oh no, no, no

    If you should ask then maybe they'd
    Tell you what I would say, true colors fly in blue and black
    Bruised silken sky and burning flag
    Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes

    Ooh ooh, ooh ooh
    Ooh ooh

    If I could, you know I would
    If I could, I would let it go, this desperation, dislocation
    Separation, condemnation, revelation
    In temptation, isolation, desolation

    Let it go and so fade away, to let it go
    Oh yeah and so fade away, to let it go, oh no
    And so to fade away, I'm wide awake, I'm wide awake
    Wide awake, I'm not sleeping, oh no, no, no
  • jetabear10
    jetabear10 Posts: 375 Member
    I'm a lip biter too...
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    I almost never paint my fingernails because I will scrape the polish off (with my nails AND my teeth) as soon as they get a little chip in them.

    I'm occasionally a knuckle-popper, too, but not very often anymore.
  • merls74
    merls74 Posts: 25
    cheek and nail biter, restless leg and pace on the phone! :tongue:
  • Gr8ChangesAhead
    Gr8ChangesAhead Posts: 836 Member
    Oh please get in line.... I eat ice and Im not talking 1 little glass. I go through a 10 pound bag a day......
    [/qute] Get your iron levels checked..
  • Perisylpha
    Perisylpha Posts: 139
    I nibble on my lips alot, so they often end up chapped and dry. I also twist my dreads around my fingers when watching tv etc...so noting really bad. As I child I used to suck my hair, bite my nails, pick my nose and chew the inside of my cheeks. I was a nervous child!
  • PANZERIA
    PANZERIA Posts: 471 Member
    Pick the skin off the sides of my thumb... :(

    Me too! Its like there are permanent indentations.....lol!

    OMG ME TOO!!!!! 0_0 I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!
  • 10acity
    10acity Posts: 798 Member
    As bad as this is I pop my fingers not a good thing to do but I do it.

    Old wives' tale. Cracking knuckles is just the popping of gas bubbles in your joint. It's not harmful.

    http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/other/articles/2004/02/10/q_is_cracking_your_knuckles_really_bad_for_you/
  • Jackie_XOXOXO
    Jackie_XOXOXO Posts: 93 Member
    Pick the skin off the sides of my thumb... :(

    Me too! Its like there are permanent indentations.....lol!

    OMG ME TOO!!!!! 0_0 I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE!
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    You are not alone!! lol
  • ChevyChick88
    ChevyChick88 Posts: 356 Member
    For those that pick stuff. the only thinkg that I have found that helps is fake nails. They are not sharp enough to pick most of the time. So, it can be really frustrating. But, I make myself bleed much less.... Just an idea.
  • TheirEllie82
    TheirEllie82 Posts: 162 Member
    I count and the more nervous or upset I am the more likely I am to count out loud. I also apologize a lot
  • ladybg81
    ladybg81 Posts: 1,553 Member
    I chew my cuticles when I get stressed. GROSS
  • sammniamii
    sammniamii Posts: 669 Member
    Take your pick, let's see...

    Tap my whole leg like it's been electrified.
    Pick at my cuticles till my fingers are torn up
    Sadly, any defect on my hands/arm - IE: small cuts, nicks, whatever... I'll keep picking them. There is one spot on my arm that has a callus that is nearly 20 years old. Plus, if I start it causes a chain reaction "itchiness" in my skin and I will scratch it till I'm bleeding. I so try to not do it, but my job is extermly stressful and it's gotten worse these last few years. :(
  • Lauren8239
    Lauren8239 Posts: 1,039 Member
    Oh please get in line.... I eat ice and Im not talking 1 little glass. I go through a 10 pound bag a day......

    are you anemic? have you talked to your dr about that?

    Nope not anemic....... Oral fixation.......

    I'm struck by the genius of eating ice to deal with an oral fixation. How many other people might have dealt with the same fixation by eating hard candy or popcorn or some other snack? Ice as a snack: 0 cals, 0 carbs, 0 sugar. Good stuff.


    Also ruins your teeth. I had that same habit, had to stop after doing it for so long and biting so hard that I literally cracked molars. If you can, I suggest you stop before you do damage. :flowerforyou:
  • justaskforbrandy
    justaskforbrandy Posts: 90 Member
    i play with the bottom hem of my shirt.. i twirl it around, pull on it... do weird things with it, very awkward things. or i pretend to bite my fingernails.. i don't actually bite them, i just put them near my mouth like i am. or i play with my hair, adjust and/or clean my glasses even if they don't need it, bite the inside of my lip or scratch my neck even if it doesn't itch... or i dance around in place. /=
  • MaritaD
    MaritaD Posts: 178 Member
    I play with tape...................I'm the only person I've ever met with such a strange habit.
  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    I'm a skin picker. :grumble: It's awful.

    I also chew the skin on the sides of my nails.
  • smor27
    smor27 Posts: 87
    I used to do a lot of bad things but twirl my finger around my hair and pulling my hair out was the worst thing to beak... but as you can see I don't have much now. :)
  • smor27
    smor27 Posts: 87
    Oh please get in line.... I eat ice and Im not talking 1 little glass. I go through a 10 pound bag a day......

    are you anemic? have you talked to your dr about that?

    Nope not anemic....... Oral fixation.......

    I'm struck by the genius of eating ice to deal with an oral fixation. How many other people might have dealt with the same fixation by eating hard candy or popcorn or some other snack? Ice as a snack: 0 cals, 0 carbs, 0 sugar. Good stuff.


    Also ruins your teeth. I had that same habit, had to stop after doing it for so long and biting so hard that I literally cracked molars. If you can, I suggest you stop before you do damage. :flowerforyou:

    This is a sign of an Iron deficiency/ anemia... Get it checked out.
  • Typhanee83
    Typhanee83 Posts: 309 Member
    I'm a compulsive leg shaker. I'm also bad at relaxing. I feel like there is always something to get done and I never really want to just sit and relax. I pretty much always keep myself busy, otherwise I get bored.

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