Do you bite your nails?

I used to but not anymore. I didn't bite them till they bled though for it was too painful but I bit them nonetheless. I haven't done so in gosh, about 25 years or so but my nails are so brittle that they tear and break easily. I can grow them only so long before they tear or break. Oh well, such is life, right?

I bite my nails all the time! I'm terrible for it, I've even bitten through that polish you put on them to stop you doing it. I got so bad at one point that when they got too short to bite, I used knives to cut the nails even further to the point that they were almost as low as the cuticles. I've managed to let them grow a little but i still bite them terribly.

I do all the time. A few months ago, I wasn't as stressed out and stopped completely. My nails and cuticles were back together, and then I started chewing on my thumbnail when it got broken and ragged and now I'm right back to square one. When I can afford it, I get false nails, since for a few weeks, I can't chew on my nails and after they come off I don't because I've trained myself that I can't. That only lasts for a few weeks, though. I find it's best to trim them really short so that there's nothing to chew on.

I used to bite my nails but have long since broken the habit. It is true what the doctors say, your nail beds become open to fungal infections and it is a sign of stress or nervousness. I was like that as well, but I made myself stop, it took a long time to, but I did it. My daughter does this now and I have to constantly keep telling her to stop.

I do bite my nails and I do that not because I'm nervous or stress. It's a bad habit that I had since I was young. Sometimes my fingers bleed when I bite them.

Hi lynboobsy11! That is good information and I know also that it is also a sign of insecurity and nervousness as I was told before. As for me, I don't bite my nails, never did and I guess never will. Although I have an aunt who does biteher nails to the point of bleeding sometimes. Take care and have a nice day.

Yes i do! It started when i scrached my boyfriends back. I, am tryen to quit but i havent yet! congrats to you though!

No, I don't not even as kid.

When I was younger I use to bite my nails a lot during tests that would be given in school. These days, since I keep my nails cut really short, I don't have the problem of biting my nails when stressed or nervous.

Oh yes, definantly, I have done this for many many years...I do it without even realising it...Its horrible..

I did that but I stopped when I was in grade six. My mom used to nag about it. I don't how I managed to stop but I'm glad I did. =P

I would never try to bite my nails. It is often heard that people with quite a lot of tension in life would bite their nails. I am not devoid of lfe's innumerable tensions.Yet I would not bite my nails.

hi.. i dont bite nails or fingers... and i find it icky to do so... hahaha... i often wash my hands...

never,done so far.

Yes I do only when I am tensed up. Otherwise in casualness, when I am, I peel off the dry skin on my lips. So much so, when my wife came to see me for the first time asked me whether I am suffering from leukoderma!!

No i dont bite my nails and neither do my daughters. Yes the habit if formed would be very unhygenic and surely wont be easy to overcome. It does reflect stress and exity of the individual and at the same time looks just too awkward.

no i dont do this but i use something else i play with my hair when i get nervous .. i dont like to put my nails in my mouth becouse its get deseeses ans make us ill .

No I don't. I think it's gross to bite nails. Plus, it is also a bad habit

Hello lynboobsy11, I used to do that when I was a child still studying in elementary. I remember during class or when I am doing nothing I'd just find myself biting on my fingernails. But I didn't chewed to splinters or my cuticles gnawed to a bleeding pulp. I have to agree the reason behind that was because I am anxious or just bored. I guess I have overcomed it when I was already a teenager in highschool. Since then I am not biting my nails anymore. :-)

yes, sometimes i did that unexpectedly and i really want to stop it. do you have any solutions?