Since I was a kid and until today, I have been eating my nails! My parents have done everything they could in order to help me get rid of this very bad habit but nothing has really worked! At the beginning, I wasn’t super concerned and I was doing nothing to stop doing it. In fact, I wasn’t aware about how bad it was to do so, so obviously when you aren’t putting your whole heart in something it would never work. However, today things have changed and I genuinely want to move on!
The main reason why I’m taking this decision, is because lately I've been getting alot of health issues because of this behaviour. Indeed, when I eat my nails, small injuries occur and I ended up pretty often having some infections (sorry I know it’s disgusting). It’s very painful and it prevent me from doing even the small basic daily tasks for days. Moreover, it sucks to have nails that are in bad shape, whether for my own self but also for the people around me.
Another good reason is that during the periods when I tend to have this habit (because yes it’s not something I do permanently, instead it happens from time to time) I put my fingers in my mouth all the time without even paying attention to it! I don’t know you, but personaly if I see an adult with his fingers in his mouth I would never be able to take it seriously! The truth is that we live in a society when we tend to judge people we don’t know from their behaviors (I’m the first who do so to be frank) and I can’t afford to to reflect such an immature and awkward image.
With that being said, you might wonder why is it so hard to stop doing something you know that is harmful for you? Well, I have been asking myself this same question for so long and today I think I start having at least some clues. In my opinion, before seeking a solution you would do better searching about the deep roots of the problem! What is it that push you to eat your nails? Once you figure this out, you would be able to address it and eventually fix it once and for all!
It took me barely few minutes of reflection to find out what was wrong. Indeed, when I think back on every period I have been adopting this habit, it has always been either during the exams period or another stressful moment. It became clear that a bad managment of my stress is at the origin of this problem. Accordingly, all I need to do is working on dealing in a better way with the presure (easier said than done) and normaly I would not put my fingers in my mouth anymore lol.
