Powerful strategies to kick this deep-seated habit at any age. Tim Robberts/Getty Images Growing up, you may have been instructed to stand up straight, mind your manners, and behave yourself. Along ...

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Nail biting is a body-focused repetitive disorder. "Nail biting, also known at onychophagia, is part of the larger category of body-focused repetitive disorders," says One Medical's Dr. Natasha Bhuyan ...

To stop biting your nails, try applying bitter-tasting nail polish, wear gloves, or get regular manicures. Another effective way to stop biting your nails is to try habit reversal training, which ...

Most nail biters admit that the habit comes up when they’re nervous or when they’re bored. When you’re experiencing a lot of anxiety, biting your nails can be a way of releasing some of that stress ...

I bite my fingernails. It’s something I’ve done my entire life. I’ve been able to quit for periods of time, and at other times it seemed like I always had a finger in my mouth, biting my nails to the ...

I’ve been biting my nails for as long as I can remember. It started when I was at the age when copying my parents (who also incessantly bite their nails) was my most important day-to-day task. It ...

Clinical psychologist Dr Charlie Heriot-Maitland proposes that habits such as nail biting and skin picking are not merely ...