Is it normal to eat your own skin?

I often since I was a child bite my lips and cheeks and also the skin around fingernails... I know its gross but its jus what I do and I cannot stop. Help.

Is It Normal?
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  • i do the same and thought i was the only one.

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  • I bite loose skin off my bottom lip, but I try not to make my lip bleed.
    May be a mundane habit or an anxiety thing. As long as you don’t hurt yourself with the chewing or biting, I think you’ll be fine.

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  • I did it too and only recently went back to biting my lip, it's probably from stress and anxiety. That's what it is for me at least. Once I got anxiety meds and help with managing stress it went away.

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  • I also eat the skin around my fingernails. a lot.

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  • Try putting some ketchup and mayo on your skin first before eating. I prefer ketchup and mayo on my burgers over not putting anything on them. Lol hahaha 😂😂😂

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  • I'd say its common so normal but not healthy

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  • Buy a treatment for nail biting, they cost about $5. That will stop you chewing on fingers.
    Chew gum to stop the rest.

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  • No

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