Discussion Do you have any harmful habits?

[RiftbornVeil]

I've always had a tendency, or perhaps a compulsion, to pick at the skin around my nails on my fingers. My hands look dreadful, but I can't stop. Very few people IRL have noticed this, but if they do, their reactions are more so judgmental than anything else. For at least their sakes, I wish I could stop.

Sending warmth and love to everyone struggling with stuff like this <3

 

[kufajoy]

Pick anxiety behavior. I don't have something like that except sh like burning skin and inserting needles

 

[underairpressure]

I'm also a skin picker. Mostly around my thumb nail. It's bad enough that the areas to the side of my nail are calloused and I've had multiple infections. Not the first time my BFRB issues have causes serious damage, either....... my pinky-toe nails are permanently mangled from a habit I had when I was a kid.

Plenty of other "harmful habits", though. Right now Im drinking and self-harming like crazy

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

Posting here all day

 

[DownwardSpiral]

I pick my finger skin too and also my lips and plucking hairs off my face or body. Plus I doomscroll, vape, drink, retreat into selfish daydreams, and avoid pretty much all social situations because I get too anxious.

 

[RiftbornVeil]

I pick my finger skin too and also my lips and plucking hairs off my face or body. Plus I doomscroll, vape, drink, retreat into selfish daydreams, and avoid pretty much all social situations because I get too anxious.

I can relate to the social situation thing as well. Though for me it's more so because of what's expected out of the interactions I have. It's hard to always sound joyous, happy, and agreeable

 

[vyvanceandvodka]

Binge eating and drinking are the most serious ones I have.

The less serious one is I pull my hair out when I'm stressed. I used to have bald patches as a kid lol

 

[Always-in-trouble]

I've always had a tendency, or perhaps a compulsion, to pick at the skin around my nails on my fingers. My hands look dreadful, but I can't stop. Very few people IRL have noticed this, but if they do, their reactions are more so judgmental than anything else. For at least their sakes, I wish I could stop.

Sending warmth and love to everyone struggling with stuff like this <3

Picking my nose, masturbation and bedrotting

 

[litany_of_thoughts]

I'm also a skin picker so i can relate to that a lot

I have a tendency to take substances/anything i can get my hands on to escape how i'm feeling. recently it's been quite bad - i binge drink/smoke a lot, and recently tried a benadryl equivalent at 700mg for the first time and lost an entire day of memory to it where i was apparently running around my house doing really weird shit, a lil bit embarrassed about that lol

I think i'm just in a phase of trying to damage myself in any way I can, definitely not healthy, but can't seem to stop it

 

[violetforever]

bruising myself, starving myself/restricting food intake, holding my pee in (lol it sounds unserious but its really a problem i cant stop), picking skin off my lips, trichotillomania, overthinking, my taste in men, online stalking, being excessively online in general, maladaptive daydreaming, isolating myself, bed rotting, not getting enough sleep, having an unbalanced all or nothing mindset (like either drowning myself in homework or neglecting it), being ok with messes/not cleaning them up and my childlike dependency/search for validation from older adults. retail therapy used to be on this list but i am well past the idea that items have much value or bring happiness.

i could go on but i cant think of more right now. honestly what do i do thats not harmful to myself and my life? i feel like showering every morning and doing my daily skincare routine is my one healthy habit but its mostly done out of vanity…so nothing about me feels right.

 

[jonoldak]

I always bite my nails because I'm nervous. And I also have anemia, so I like to eat dirt. It tastes good to me, lol.

 

[aRose]

I've started chain smoking. Haven't had cigarettes since like 2013 and now I'm sucking them down back to back
I also kinda obsess over making sure there's no grime under my nails, constantly scraping under them to the point they fray and break eventually then I chew them off.