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CLKD

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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2019, 05:48:36 PM »

Mittens - wet wool is really off-putting  :D
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #16 on: March 23, 2019, 06:22:57 PM »

I stopped by thinking of all of the germs which are under my nails and on my fingers. Working all day with 6 year olds helps  ;D

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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2019, 08:11:15 PM »

It doesn't build your immunity to norovirus/stomach viruses which live for a while on surfaces if someone hasn't washed their hands so that's enough for me!
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CLKD

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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2019, 09:42:27 PM »

My Dad took a scrape from under my nails when I was about 11 years old and put it under the microscope.  Nope. Not put off ........ I tended to keep to one finger though. 

Mittens  ;)
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #19 on: March 24, 2019, 08:05:41 AM »

Yes but don't they say it can build your immunity? I must have swallowed thousands of germs from my fingers in my lifetime.

I never have long nails though, I just don't like them.

Funny thing I've noticed in my journey through life is that I don't tend to get on well with the type of women who have their nails manicured. I usually find I have much more in common with those whose hands look like they've just come in from digging the garden  ;D

Oh, yes.  It's as much as I can do to just cut mine these days.  All that peeling chipped nail varnish.  Can't be doing with it.  ::)
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CLKD

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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #20 on: March 24, 2019, 02:25:49 PM »

 ;D ....... I'm going for a pedicure soon  ;) but I HATE emergy boards  :sick02:
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #21 on: March 24, 2019, 02:36:30 PM »

I like painting my nails, and I had manicures a few times before going on holiday but I could never have a pedicure because I can't bear to have the sole of my food touched, not even by me  ::)
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #22 on: March 24, 2019, 02:42:38 PM »

Oh I love my feet tickled.  When stressed it helps to calm me.

Of course, if one doesn't fancy mittens, try socks on the hands  ;)
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #23 on: March 24, 2019, 03:50:19 PM »

I usually have a pedicure before going on holiday, I love having a foot massage, it always makes me feel so chilled.
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Rosie77

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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2019, 12:10:18 PM »

Hi countygirl!  I was a terrible nail biter as a child.  My mother told me I would get pin worms if I didn't stop.  Also, she would put this bitter polish on them...which really didn't work. But, the thought of getting worms freaked me out! I have not chewed my nails in years...now I am just a picker! seriously, look up pin worms...so gross!  :P
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #25 on: April 04, 2019, 04:32:55 PM »

I have been picking my cuticles around fingers and thumbs since I stopped sucking my thumb so around the age of 5. Then eventually stopped picking the fingers but carried on with thumbs, they healed like new while I was in hospital having my op, but after a few days started again, they both split at different times took nearly 10 months to heal now looking good but after 41 yrs it's hard to stop! :'(
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Re: I need to stop nail biting, any hints or tips
« Reply #26 on: April 04, 2019, 06:44:40 PM »

I've had a real good go in recent days  ::) now my fingers feel sore  :(
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