A method to stop biting fingernails

Nail biting is a nasty habit.The only way I know how to get someone to stop biting their nails,is to apply cayenne pepper to them.The cure for nail biting! (Onychophagia, which is a phobia) is a very common stress-relieving habit, affecting both children and adults, most people usually stop biting their nails by the age of about 30.

In a 1995 a study called ‘Operant Learning Principles applied to Nail Biting’ author Terry McClanahan, estimated that 28%-33% of children between the ages of 7-10, 44% of adolescents, 19 to 29% of young adults and 5% of older adults are nail biters.

Nail biting is a nasty habit.The only way I know how to get someone to stop biting their nails,is to apply cayenne pepper to them.The cure for nail biting! tends to be at its highest between the ages of ten and eighteen, and, although boys and girls appear equally inclined to bite their nails in their earlier years, after the age of 10, more boys than girls are nail biters.

There are several situations in which you might bite your nails, from stress, excitement, and boredom, to a learned habit. It is possible to bite your nails without even realising that you are doing so, while you are watching television, on the phone, or feeling anxious at work.

When under stress, you may automatically begin to bite your nails because it provides a sense of relief from the tension, along with a rush of pleasure, and possibly even pain, afterwards.

Hypnotherapy is a terrific method to eliminate nail biting because it induces a calm state facilitating access to the unconscious, which rules our mannerisms and habits, in order to eliminate the habit with ease.

The condition called nail biting, is often considered to be a common reaction to stress. Any individual might use this as a management tool to exhaust emotions or anxiety held in too long. Some people use nail-biting as a way to relieve stress and tension, and substitute one bad habit for a stressful problem.

Although nail biting is sometimes nothing more than a bad habit, it can also be caused by more serious issues, such as an emotional trauma, or a stressful environment at work, home, or school. The condition called nail biting may run in the family thus indicating a genetic factor, it can be due to many things.

Nail biting includes biting the cuticle, and the soft skin surrounding the nail, as well as the nail itself, leaving your fingertips red and sore and your cuticles may bleed, increasing the risk of infections around your fingers and mouth. Chewing on your nails can lead to a variety of different dental issues along with gum infection.

There are several treatments which will help you stop biting your nails:

- Hypnotherapy Plymouth has had a lot of success with helping nail biters - it is a relaxing way to change your behaviour, and stop biting your nails. Nail biting is done at an unconscious level, you do it without even noticing - by  using hypnosis  the urge to bite your nails disappears. It is a very safe and relaxing way to help you stop that habit.

- Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)

- Stimulus Control (SC) - to help you identify and then eliminate, avoid, or change the particular environmental factors, mood states, or circumstances that have become associated with that trigger, ‘picking’ or ‘biting’

You can manicure your nails by trimming and filing them and painting them with nail strengthener. (Nail Envy product made by OPI) it’s similar to clear nail varnish, and it’s unisex! Matt Strengthener designed specifically for males is available, too. Making sure that your nails are appealing and tended to will make you think twice before you continue biting them.

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