Is it normal the bite the skin around my nails, make myself bleed?

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Basically, I have this annoying habit of just biting the skin around my nails to a point where it starts bleeding, I also bite my nails, umh when my lips are really dry which is most of the time I rip the skin off and again it bleeds. When I have a scab I pick at it and make it bleed and it's like I'm used of the pain it doesn't hurt all that much anymore.

Is it normal?

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45% Normal
Based on 95 votes (43 yes)
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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I do it all the time. Some times I literally peel the skin like halfway down my whole finger without even thinking about it

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  • Tisgranum
    12 years ago

    It's a bad habit that serves you no purpose but hey, I'm smoking a cigarette as we speak.

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  • MssMurd3r
    12 years ago

    I do the same thing so I guess it's normal.

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  • rob2000
    3 years ago

    I bite my nails and the skin as well.It annoyes me when they catch on stuff or I can feel when its rough so I chew it off.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    I do this too so I'm not a freak yay

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  • pansyfugufish
    12 years ago

    Lots of people do it, but it is not healthy. It is a nervous habit that can be kicked with behavioral retraining. Please keep in mind that this habit can make you sick. Germs climb on hands, hands go in mouth, germs climb off hands, germs climb in mouth and go down your throat into your soft, permeable tissue where they make you sick.

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  • DonnieBrasco
    12 years ago

    i do the same. actually for 11 years now. im not doing it just to make them bleed but, they bleed :) i do it when im nervous or excited. its not normal i think but..

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