I bite the skin around my nails

i dont know why but i bite the skin around my fingernails. is this normal?

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Based on 119 votes (86 yes)
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  • mrs_issues

    I do it just about every day. Some say it's a nervous habit, but I do it even when I'm the most calm, like just before I fall asleep at night. There's not a worry in the world I have, but I've been doing it for 10+ yrs. Totally normal.

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  • while you biting your nails or the skin around nails you get into your body millions of bacterias and worm eggs.

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  • pixie_dust

    i used to bite the skin around my ex's uncut shlong. after that he didn't bug me for Bj's anymore.

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  • BoredGuy

    I do it when I'm very hungry or can't smoke

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  • sidways8

    i do it to

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  • Complex4

    Welcome to the club! i do it too :P

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  • timebobbu

    yeh i eat my ligaments

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  • sherry

    My sister did that until she ruined her nail beds. They look awful. The MD put her on Effexor and she quit.

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  • charliesmom

    Normal. I do it too. I was actually doing it right before I read this.

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  • sgbslp

    I think it's an OCD deal. I'm from a long line of pickers. My dad picked his ear all the time and my sister picks her cuticles until they bleed. Put something that tastes bad like that alcohol handwash.

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  • hotchickie81

    I do this too, but mine is mostly due to my OCD. I hate it!

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  • unsassy

    i bite the skin around my thumb nails mostly. i love to bite the "hang nail" skin. And pull/bite it off. It usually bleeds. Hurts so good. Sometimes i need a band aid for a day or so. But usually not. Sometimes I do this to the other edges of my pinkie fingers. But my inner thumb beds are so irresistible. 2 x's per week at least! Some times people notice and ask me "what happened?" and I usually answer..."oh nervous habbit, that's all..." and no one really seems to care. Except my manicurist.

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  • ShikaTema666

    I do it all the time, hun, it's totally normal, well too me it is.

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  • loviex102

    I do this all the time. Nearly every other day..

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  • Listen

    Only when I'm hungry i take the whole layer off the top of my finger xD very occasionally i bite a bit more through and a dott of red is visible, blood.

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  • yumicpcake

    Yeah I think so - I do it too. Instead of biting my nails.

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