Posted by Eddie Sylvano on February 6, 2003, at 12:16:02
Over the past year or so, I've developed an increasing habit of mindlessly picking at the skin around my thumbnails with my other fingernails, seperating the skin from around the nail and then tearing it off (gross... I know). It's gotten to the point that I'm reshaping the growth and distribution of my thumbnails, and am moving on to my index fingers.
I do this almost without thought, usually when I'm doing something else that leaves my hands free. I don't know why I do this, since it doesn't really make me feel any different/better to do so. It's just bizarre. The only way I can stop is to trim my nails exceedingly short, so I can't work them under my other nails.
Anyone else familiar with this kind of behavior? Why it happens? Would it be considered SI, or just self-stimulation? What meds might help?
poster:Eddie Sylvano
thread:36470
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