Help me stop shredding the cr!p out of my cuticles

anxiety. lots. my nails are horrific. i just keep picking the cuticles bloody. I'm so embarrased at work! help! guess its better than drinking.

Re: Help me stop shredding the cr!p out of my cuticles

I do this too

Re: Help me stop shredding the cr!p out of my cuticles

I do this too. I KNOW it is bad and wrong, yet I still do it thinking in my head, "I shouldn't be doing this." I go through cycles where sometimes I let them heal and everything is fine, but then sometimes I destroy myself...especially my thumbs. I even go beyond the cuticles...the entire side of one of my thumbs is raw and bloody.

I find band-aids help for a short time. Sometimes a manicure helps for a few days...(if you can stand the embarrassment of showing your fingers to the nail lady)

Re: Help me stop shredding the cr!p out of my cuticles

I have this problem in the winter time. I rub a little EVOO on them and it really works!

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glad to know i'm not the only one! if i went to get a mani with these claws i'd get the big asian bawl out.

i was ripping away on the train ride home today. this is awful. i even have the burts bees stuff but it doesnt work if i keep picking at them

going to do the band aid thing

Re: Help me stop shredding the cr!p out of my cuticles

I used to do this for YEARS but overcame the habit.

Make a very conscious effort to stop...to quit... like any other habit. You can do it! If you don't want the nail people to see your hands (and i've been there), do your nails yourself at first. Once they look better, start getting manicures. You will start to like the way your hands look :) I look back now, and can't believe I went all those years with my hands looking so gross!

Also, for now, maybe put Neosporin on your fingers to help you heal and prevent you from picking/biting.

Good luck, I know exactly what you are going through, and you can TOTALLY break the habit.