Nail biting, cuticle biting, and picking the skin around the nails live in a strange middle ground. Some websites treat it like a catastrophic medical condition. Other people shrug and say, “It’s nothing.” The truth is somewhere in between. For…
If you bite your nails, cuticles, or the skin around your fingers, you may not actually be suffering from the habit itself. You may be suffering from how much you care about it. That’s a very different problem. For a…
If you bite your nails or pick the skin around them, you’ve probably seen the internet act like it’s a catastrophic problem that will ruin your life, destroy your hands, and doom your relationships. That’s overblown. For a lot of…
If you want to stop biting your nails, cuticles, or the skin around your fingers, one of the smartest things you can do is stop thinking of it as random. Because it usually isn’t random. Most people have a pattern.…
A lot of people say they bite their nails when that’s not even the full truth. What they really do is bite the skin around the nails. It’s hard to say which is worse. They chew the cuticles.They tear hangnails.They…
A lot of people assume nail biting only happens when they are anxious, overwhelmed, or freaking out. Not true. For a lot of people, one of the worst trigger situations is studying: That is where cuticle biting and skin picking…
A lot of people do okay during the day and then absolutely wreck their fingers at night. If that sounds familiar, you are not imagining it. Bedtime is one of the most dangerous times for nail biting, cuticle biting, and…
The founder of this app and website finds himself biting his fingers most often when in front of the computer thinking about a problem, or when bored. One thing you can do is find something to do with your hands…
Eventually as the problem gets worse, you push into new territory. You can bit the nail bed and rip that away too. It grows back slowly, and often comes back fine, but with a severe problem, you will damage it…
A lot of people think the habit starts when the finger reaches the mouth. Wrong. For many people, nail biting and cuticle picking start earlier – with scanning. Running the thumb across another finger.Feeling the cuticle edge.Checking the side of…