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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

I have a really bad habit of picking/pulling on the skin of my finger tips. What can I do, or what is it that causes me to do that?

Not usually painful but can be if I dig too deep, then it is raw and bleeds. I've been doing it for years now and can't seem to stop.

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Lynnelynne: 3 months ago via iPhone

You could try the Rubber Band Therapy. Put a Rubber Band on your wrist, every time you catch yourself pulling on your skin or digging on your fingers, snap the rubber band. You've developed a habit, you probably don't even realize you're doing. Snapping the rubber band will remind you to break the cycle you're in.

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DIRECTIONERxx: 3 months ago

Draw little faces on your fingers ^_^

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TheZenMaster: 3 months ago

Especially the cute faces, so you feel bad when you bite their head of...

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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

XD
That's brilliant. Thank you!

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JoeBoxer101: 3 months ago via iPhone

I do that to it dose not hurt but it dose bleed

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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

Yes, it sucks though because I'm embarrassed to show my fingers....

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JoeBoxer101: 3 months ago via iPhone

Me to I have to hide my hands in my pocket

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7starkiller99: 3 months ago

Simply watch yourself and stop yourself :P

Tie your fingers together if you must XP

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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

I have, even tried hot sauce and putting tape on my fingers... But I do it in my sleep too.

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TheZenMaster: 3 months ago

Try putting cream or nail polish to keep you from wanting to peel and pick at it

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LOZTP27: 3 months ago

I do something similar. I don't pick at the tips, but i take my thumb and peel away the skin at the side of my nails. Get a good friend you see on a daily basis, ask them to watch you and if you start to pick at it have them stop you. And when they aren't there, use the Rubber band like Lynnelynne said. Hope it helps.

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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

Yes, I do that too to all my fingers. Thanks. :)

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Angel_Eyes_1: 3 months ago

That happens to me a lot sometimes I am so use to doing it I don't even realize that I'm doing it. It usually happens to me when ever I am nervous or worried. and it gets hard for me to stop. My dad usually yells at me for doing it but I still seem to end up to keep doing it and it gets really hard to stop !

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AmoraLight93: 3 months ago

Yes, my dad yells at me too. XD
I do it more when I'm deep in thought or sad..

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