bad habits?

Canada
August 1, 2008 11:10pm CST
do you have a bad habit? i have a few. the worst is i pick at the skin around my fingers. ouch! i don't know why i can't stop..considering how bad it hurts sometimes! i've been doing it since i was a small child.
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@philjas (1134)
• United States
2 Aug 08
Strangely enough, Ashlee, that's my bad habit too! I've never been a nail biter, but I pick at my cuticles like that. On my thumbs, mostly. When I was in high school my thumbs would look so bad that people would think I had been injured and ask, "What happened to your thumb?!", I was too embarrassed to tell them what it really was. I don't do this nearly as much as I used to, but still I catch myself doing it sometimes.
• Canada
2 Aug 08
yes, i have a huge scar all the way down to the base of my thumb. yet i STILL pick at the darn thing! it must be a nervous habit of some sort. i do notice if i'm antsy about something, i do it even moreso :)
@philjas (1134)
• United States
2 Aug 08
It's definitely another habit. Regarding another thing you posted about awhile ago, maybe you'll be a little CALMER now and not do it so much? I think that's why I don't do it so much anymore! :)