why do people chew there fingernails?
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i dont know why but sometims i find my self chewing my nail i hate that i do it but i cant stop oh and some times im not bord it just happens.
643663
I used to bite my nails when I was little. \nIt's something I slowly grew out of in a strange way. \nMy parents used to put this nail polish on my nails which made them taste horrible everytime I put my fingers in my mouth. This worked to a certain extent because it really did taste nasty.... but I used to wash it off my hands everytime I could (usually at school!) . \nMy parents also put up signs all around the house to remind me not to bite them. This helped but didn't stop it. \nAfter a while I started to like using nail varnish and started plastering the stuff all over my nails and peeling it off which stopped me from biting them. Although, this wasn't very good for me, but seeing my nails long made me want to keep them like that so I started growing my nails. \nOnly problem now though, is that I occasionally like to bite my cuticle instead!! \nIn general I think it's something she'll have to want to do herself. You can help her but never force it! People normally bite their nails when they are worried or scared. It's a sign of insecurity.\nThen again that's not always the case, so she may have her own reasons for it:\nIf you were not cutting her nails for her she probably turned to biting her nails as a way to keep them short. Nails break easily. Especially as a young active child you're more prone to breaking them! So if you start cutting them for her maybe she will stop biting them???
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There are a few explanations. The first for mainly the cracking bones would be the positive feeling one mentally and physically perceives from cracking bones (technically not actually the bones). Because they associate the action with a positive feeling they do it more often.\n\nAnother comes from the stress release. In psychology there's a term called "Sublimation" in which someone will place their agression and stress into unrelated activities. This is an example in which someone might be stressed so they bite their nails or crack their fingers because they find this to be a pleasuring release of tension through the cracking sound or the light biting of the nail and removing it. \n\nAs long as people develop posotive associations with actions they'll continue to do it. At first the discovery is probably accidental but eventually a habit forms (the body seeks positive feelings and stress release).\n\nHope that helps
79578
Chewing gum is hideous.  If people want to chew it for digestion or fresher breath, it seems that this can be done with the same discretion that one uses to brush their teeth or floss.  Why has chewing your cud become something socially acceptable?
465154
I chew on my nails alot.I'm oral retentive.
646501
Why yes I do. It is on my pointer finger. Everythime I get one I want to bite it off and then it hurts. I think hangnails hurt. I have a booboo.
358952
Because they've done it ever since they were children; maybe they grew out of the sucking thumb phase and started biting their nails. Other people do it when they're nervous or anxious. Some people do it to trim their nails, seriously! I used to bite my nails out of habit. Then I stopped doing it out of habit and just bit them when they got really long. I think long nails on a guy looks kind of feminine. I've never gotten used to using nail trimmers except for toe nails and nail files are uncomfotable and take so long unless you get a really good file, if there is such a thing.
988967
paint your nails or get a gel or acrylic overlay. if you paint your nails it will taste nasty when you bite them and with the overlay you cant bite it because its so hard! and your nails will look pretty so you wont want to hehe :)
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Thanks for your interesting question. Human fingernails are not made of stiff hair but are actually made from skin cells. \n\nNails grow from a "growth plate" located at the base of the nail. It's the half-moon shaped area at the base of the nail near where the skin connects. Nails are fomed by special cells called epithelium. Epithelial cells grow from the growth plate and as they mature, they are pushed outward. During growth they die and the inside of the cells become filled with a hard protein called "Keratin". It is the keratin that makes our nails hard and tough.
1078118
I am a girl who has used my fingernails as weapons. Sometimes we grab at throats, or we just go for the face. As long as we're hurting you, I suppose. I'm not trying to sound threatening, I'm just answering your question
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Nail biting is a common problem that is largely dismissed as a minor nuisance.  It can be anything from a bad habit to a sign of an emotional disorder.\n\nThe research does not agree on an exact cause for nail biting.  It suggests that nail biting can be the result of stress, anxiety, emotional disorders, learned behaviors, or just plain habit. \n\nThe website I've attached gives quite a bit of information on the subject.  I hope this helps.
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At the age of 7 or 8 I was a nail biter.\n  Probably at that same age and probably at the insistance of my father I knew I had to quit it.\n   I devised my own little way of doing that.\n   Any time I caught myself doing the nail bitting I would bit into the tender part of my finger nail of the fingernail I was chewing as hard as I could stand. . eventually I quit bitting my nails and life seemed better for having done so.\n   As an adult at 53 I am glad I did as through the years I have discovered alot of things that can grow under your finger nails that you DO NOT want to get into your system....pinworms being one of them.  OH BOY!\n   If you are a nail biter,it is probably a good idea to try and stop and if need be buy some of the products you can find at some place like Wal-Mart or your local pharmacy
997516
Because when they bit you they inject a fluid that helps thin the blood so that as they are suck your blood wont clot. and your body tries to fight the "venom" and that is what makes it itch
458321
Try putting nail polish remover on your nails, but make sure it has bitrex in it.  That's an additive they put in the stuff to keep little ones from ingesting it.  There are also other things you can put on your nails to help keep you from biting them, but I can't remember what they're called.  Also, fake nails seem to work for some people.  As for the bitrex stuff, I had been taking off some nail polish and forgot to wash my hands afterwards and had my finger in my mouth for some reason (I forgot why) and OMG, it was horrible!  Personally, I think that if that stuff won't keep your fingers out of your mouth, then there probably isn't much else that will.
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We either throw them in a "biohazard" container so they can be properly destroyed or sometimes we have dental students ask us to save extracted teeth for them so they can use them to practice.\n\nWe don't usually give people their teeth unless they are "baby" teeth. They just have too many germs on them.
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You have more stimulation in your fingers than your toes.\n\nYou are constantly bending or moving your fingers. This stimulates them and makes your nails grow faster.\n\nYes you do walk on your toes but you are not constantly moving them to create as much stimulation.
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haha good question. i hav one for each mood. when im stressed like nervous or angry i break my nails off which is annooying cause it takes me ages to get them nice. when im impatient i shake my foot, every1 knowas this which is quite funny, they go "ohoh shes shakin the foot!" haha. a couple of gross habits 4 ya: i eat the krusty bits off the top of ketchup and toothpaste, i love the feelin of it in my mouth! hhhmmm wot else?? ill get back 2 ya if i can think of more! lol