How do i stop picking my nails?

i have a bad habit of picking my nails does anyone know how i can stop doing this?How do i stop picking my nails?
Most likely this is more of a fidgety habit for you than anything. Fidgeting can be a reaction to stress or nervousness, or it could just be an energetic nervous system that makes you feel as though you need to be engaged in some sort of activity, no matter how large or small, at all times. Hands are the prime tool for people who fidget. You can pick something up like a small rubber ball, roll it around in your hands, toss it, catch it, set it back down and then your hands are free to move on to something else to explore and play with. You couldn't do that with your mouth very easily. And, of course, what better for you to fidget and play with but your own opposite hand. They're always there for when there is nothing else close by to play with.





Now, if your nails are peeling as though they're very brittle and you're essentially tearing off the thin layers, then the first step is to get your nails healthy again. Which means a strengthening and nourishing clear coat nail polish. Having taken the time initially to paint your nails, you should be more reluctant to ruin that. And by using a clear coat instead of a color, when the polish does start to chip slightly, it won't be very visible like it would be if there was a chip of color missing. So by not being able to see the first signs of chipping polish very clearly, you'll be less tempted to want to sit and pick it all off. (to keep polish from chipping as easily, when you want to nearly wrap the polish over the front edge of the nail and continue it slightly under the front edge. That way the final edge of the polish won't be hit very much). If you are biting your nails, this same approach will work.





Being that you are so accustomed to using your hands to fidget with, you just need to find something else to keep them busy so that you don't go back to picking and/or biting your nails. In fact, make sure that there are always at least 2 or 3 different things you could do at any time to keep your hands busy enough to resist the urge to pick. For example, part of using the nail polish is to regain the strength and moisture in your nails, returning them to how they should be. Once your nails are smooth and shiny with no peeling, you'll find it harder and harder to believe that you used to pick at them. Well, to go along with pretty nails, your hands need to be soft and smooth. Keep a small bottle of lotion handy (not too greasy since it will end up all over yoru hands) and when you start to fell the urge to pick, just spend a couple of minutes rubbing some lotion into your hands, between your fingers, and even up your arms a bit. If you enjoy things like knitting or crocheting, those are both good to do to occupy your hands. Or if you want to get a little brain stimulation at the same time, try getting some mind teaser games, like a rubics cube, one of those metal puzzles where there's a ring caught seemingly impossible to get off the tangle it's in, and you have to figure out how to do it. There's even those great crossword and mind teaser books. All kinds of different games and puzzles to keep your mind thinking of other things. Do the dishes. Build things out of toothpicks and glue. Make shadow puppets.





You're still going to have the habit of needing to play with, pick at, or mess up something just for the sake of doing it. It's just a matter of realizing that you have a choice each time that urge hits you to do anything you want.How do i stop picking my nails?
put on nail polish that is really pretty, with a design or something, that way you wouldn't want to ruin your nails. if that isn't enough, wheneve you want to pik at your nails, do something else, or think of something that might happen when you pick at them. like, if you pick at your nails, someone will come kidnapp me and toture me for the rest of my life. something that might scare you.
Paint them. They'll look too nice to destroy and taste bad too!
a good way to stop picking ur nails is by getting acrylic nails on so that way thier is nothing to bite or pick.i told my friend to do that and it worked,because she picked her nails and bit them.
My sister had the same problem girl. Try going to CVS or Rite-aid, look in the nail polish section. They have this clear pinkish nail polish that is for nailbiters. It helps your nails grow but also when you go to bite them you get a nasty bitter taste in your mouth. It should help!
Putting nail polish on my nails or dipping my finger in nail polish remover, I found it best for me because it taste really nasty...
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oh yeah if you want to stop picking you nails use nail hardener thats what my girlfriend uses to make her stop biting her nails
First, take them out of your nose...