Mine. I can't stop...
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I'm inthi picture and it hurt to see
Aahhh, plucking my fingers. It's so ingrained in my head that there is some special separate process (that I don't control) in my brain taking care of this.
My wife will slap my hands when I do it because I asked her to help me stop it but even when in my head I'm like "stop. It. Now." then one hand just moves to the other and starts plucking and I'm like "wtf, I said stop!"
The one thing that I've noticed that helps is prayer beads. I'm atheist, but they work wonders to occupy that little process in my head, I redirect all it's attention to those beads and so with one hand I'm moving the beads one click forward every half second or so all day long. That works!
Cover each of the tips of your fingers with a bandaid. It will stop you from biting them. Replace as needed. If you remove the bandaid so you can bite them, you have a psychological issue you need to address, usually stress related.
Ooh I know a fun fact about this one.
In Turkey, carrying prayer beads in public as an old person means you are in a gang, while young person means you are a gang wannabe.
Similar to certain tattooos and hats in other countries.
Yeah. I rock climb as my job basically, and my finger health is in the bin most of the time…
Not since I was in my early 20s, and it seems like it's more common with young people.
Young skin,
dry and thin
Kids these days with their thin skin.. Smh
I can't believe nobody has suggested vitamin D deficiency. One person suggested vitamin deficiency and sure it may be more than just vitamin D, but vitamin D deficiency can make your skin dry. Specially the genitalia areas. Also you might have issues sleeping, bone density, teeth decay, ridges on your nails etc.
Isn't that just people biting their fingers?
I had for a while. Not that bad though.
Then I started cooking for myself.
Lol yeah. I stopped biting my nails and cuticles when Covid started, but now i just pick the shit out of my cuticles
Since I can remember. Why does this happen?
Something is wrong
Very wrong.
I used to chew the skin from my finger nails a lot as a kid, not much nowdays, but still do sometimes, I doesn't happen on its own
I did until like a week ago.
I’d had enough as they hurt and wasn’t getting better, I do a lot of rock climbing so the chalk makes the issue worse, plus I have not been doing great mentally so diet and hydration was awful.
What I did:
- Bought some Nails Inc Cuticle Oil (I am male, but it works). You just add a bit and rub it in. I now use this most days and definitely after climbing.
- I know that with a poor diet I am likely missing vitamins as some of my nails had lines down them. I take a cheap multi vitamin everyday.
- I am conscious to drink more water, although I already drink 2-3liter a day.
- I am making plans to improve my eating habits as I get decision fatigue and really just don’t eat enough. Think I’ve been alive too long that food is just meh at this point. But I went climbing yesterday on hardly anything and felt incredibly sick.
My nails are better now. My mental health not so much but one step at a time.
Comment to find this back later! I'm over 40 and just accepted my hands being fucked up as part of life.
Here is the current progress. The first one is from 2nd May and the second is today. You can see there has been significant improvement and they are not sore anymore.
You gave me fairly panic with that nail lines constant and I just had to go look it up.
No, nails having lines going down them is not necessarily a sign of vitamin deficiency. Turns out that the majority of the time it's completely harmless and a sign of aging. Both index fingers and my right middle finger have a very faint dark line going from cuticle tip.
Your mileage may vary, IDK about your personal diet etc. just wanted to chime in about the nails thing
Dark lines going down on nails could also be a sign of subungual melanoma, so you might want to check for that.
Interesting. Thanks and sorry for scaring you.
I would note that mine are on a single nail and less lines and more defined ridges where you can run another nail over and feel it bumping across.
No need to apologize!!
I thrive on neurotic energy??
Well I'm always looking up things that were in so knowledge is power and all that
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Interesting how much people don't understand. So for u normies, non autistic people here: NO , the skin doesn't get like that by its own, it's not moisture, cream or anything, it's just we can't stop messing with our thingers and constantly damage the border of nails like that.
just to be clear: not all autistic people do this
Cringe
How did you get that photo of my hand?
Just put some nail polish on your fingers to prevent it from happening.
You can always trust SatansMaggotyCumFart to chime in with the wholesome memes.
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Problem solved
Where we're going we won't need fingernails
Just suckers, like an octopus.
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The story of my life...
No! Never! What the hell causes that? Is it a dry skin thing? Looks painful and disturbing.
Compulsive skin picking. I wish I could stop, but I can't.
For me it is biting and chewing the skin around.
When it bleeds I also drink the blood.
Yes, I'm a vampiric who selfcanibalizes myself.
One day I will evolve to Ouroboros
Am I not the only one? Most people I've heard of eat their nails. I'm the only one I've ever known who chews on his cuticles.
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