What are your bad habits?

[sweetie0716]

1. Smoking
2. Chewing the inside of my mouth
3. Pulling out my eyelashes
4. Biting the skin around my finger nails
5. Biting my nails
6. Cracking my knuckles

 

[Lucky13mjo]

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Originally Posted by darkishstar 1. Procrastination 2. Talking too loud (I can't be quiet. ) 3. Staying up really late even when I don't have to (also often caused by procrastination) 4. Snoozing up to the last minute possible (caused by my staying up late) Yeah. I suck. D:

Mine are almost identical, but I would add spending too much money to may list (And almost exclusively on MAC!)

 

[Girl about town]

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Originally Posted by SingFrAbsoltion ugh, I do this too, it's so disgusting. It's worse than smoking because sometimes I don't even realize that I'm doing it, like when I get nervous or anxious.

I hate it so much, my head is probably a mess under my hair, but its a really strong compulsion to do it, my fiance calls me on it all the time, scratch scratch scratch all the time!!!!!its definitley linked with me pulling my hair out, even though i managed to kick that habit!!!

 

[msmack]

#1 - BAD HABIT - Smoking. BAD bad bad.
#2 - I can clutter a space very quickly and do not clean up after myself most of the time (ex. IT'S NAIL TIME!!! *gets excited* Get out ALL the nail polish and ALL the accessories and explode them everywhere!! Then leave the house and go out). It wouldn't be a huge issue if I lived alone but having a bf who is a clean freak - it poses a problem
#3 - Super pack rat, it's everywhere.
#4 - Letting Canada Post control my mood - no parcel = bitchy Steph
#5 - Feeling the need to buy Buy BUY! I NEED that blush!! Even though I have SEVERAL blushers. (could be any cosmetic though - whatever my latest obsession).

Habits I have kicked! - I think this needs to be included also for reflection purposes/help to others!

#1 - Nail biting and skin around the nail biting. I have chewed the hell out of my nails/fingers since I gave up thumb sucking .... It has deformed my pointer fingers. What really helped me was getting some cuticle butter (I use Burt's Bees Lemon one) and applying it like mad to get rid of those dry bits I always wanted to bite. My hands look so nice with nails now and I spend a lot of time maintaining them - a new hobby! My nails would always break/flake/peel at a certain point which was discouraging so I'd just bite 'em all off again. Get yourself some OPI Nail Envy and watch the magic happen. My hands look longer and slimmer with nails (way less stubby!).

It really helped to imagine what it looked like to other people as I chewed down my fingers/nails like a savage - gross, right? Most of the time I didn't realize I was even doing it! Tell people to point it out to you are on a 'chew down' (ie.partner/mom/friends) - that really helped me too. It was very much a nervous habit for me (I'm a very anxious person). I am really proud of my nails now! YAY! Good luck to all you nail biters - I wish you luck and feel your pain.

 

[lara]

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Originally Posted by msmack #2 - I can clutter a space very quickly and do not clean up after myself most of the time (ex. IT'S NAIL TIME!!! *gets excited* Get out ALL the nail polish and ALL the accessories and explode them everywhere!! Then leave the house and go out). It wouldn't be a huge issue if I lived alone but having a bf who is a clean freak - it poses a problem

Quoted for truth, especially with the nail products. Sometimes it looks like OPI had a party in my house.

My partner is super tidy as a result of being in the military and I drive him mad sometimes.

It's not a bad habit per se, but I switch off when I've come home from work or if I have a day off. I become a total hermit because I just want some quiet time to. do. nothing. My partner always wants to go out or my friends want to go out for lunch, but I just want to lay on the couch, stare into space and feel gravity do its thing for a few hours.

 

[mreichert]

-Staying up too late (it's midnight right now, and I'm listening to hubbie snore...)

-Being late all the time

-Yelling at slow drivers!!!

It's embarasing when other people are in the car...

 

[slowhoney]

Good thread! I like being honest about these things and seeing I'm not the only one with certain issues. It's kind of comforting!

My bad habits are...

-spending WAY too much money on make-up
-putting myself down, mostly physically because I hate my appearance
-biting my nails when I'm stressed out
-being argumentative for no real reason
-being a bit of a masochist and asking people to tell me things I don't want to hear (e.g. asking about my boyfriend's ex-girlfriends)
-collecting and saving useless crap, rationalizing that "I might need it later" (e.g. old magazines) and not being able to let go of childhood things I obviously don't play with anymore and am clearly too old to have (e.g. stuffed animals)
-food ruts because sometimes I eat healthy and then there are weeks or months where I eat like crap (not fast food or anything but just too many carbs, too much bread, etc.)
-stubbornness, big time -- I always want to be right!

 

[chocodcocoa]

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Originally Posted by xbuttonsx I pull my hair as well. I have Trichotillomania (or Trich). Obsessive compulsive hair pulling. I also pick at the skin on my fingers. Nasty nasty habit!

Yea when my prof was talking about trich I immediately thought I had it... I pull on my hair all the time, more so when I'm stressed or tired... The right half of my hair is always noticeably shorter than the other because I pull on it more... I can lose 1 and a half inch of hair in one hair pulling sitting... and my scalp always hurts from it. My only solution is to put my hair up in a high bun, but I always end up undoing it and pulling on my hair again =(

 

[chocodcocoa]

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Originally Posted by mreichert -Staying up too late (it's midnight right now, and I'm listening to hubbie snore...) -Being late all the time -Yelling at slow drivers!!! It's embarasing when other people are in the car...

I yell and swear and shake my fist at slow drivers

I am a very safe driver... I just don't need 40 feet of space between me and the car in front of me.

 

[chocodcocoa]

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Originally Posted by Lily_Lyla Well I without thinking swallow it.

Do you think I should go see someone? I sometimes inhale the broken bits of my hair

 

[goodbyexxkitty]

I pull my hair out as well. I'm not as bad about it as I used to be, a few years ago my hair dresser noticed my hair was thinning out a good bit at the top and asked me about it, I was surprised it was that noticable considering I have really thick hair. I still catch myself pulling it out without really noticing though.

 

[Nymphetish]

Let's see... I crack my knuckles, neck, back, etc. I procrastinate. I shop way too often, and use profanity more than I'd like.

 

[jardinaires]

smoking. cracking my knuckles.. and personally i consider my obsession with having painfully sharp looking arches in my eyebrows to be a bad habit, because plucking and penciling obsessively is really annoying sometimes, but feeling dissatisfied with how they look is even more annoying.

 

[Simply Elegant]

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Originally Posted by chocodcocoa Do you think I should go see someone? I sometimes inhale the broken bits of my hair

Since it's dangerous, you really should see someone. It's an addiction and it's no different from treating other addictions. You need someone else's help to fully get over it because you probably do it without realizing.

 

[Karen_B]

I smoke 1 or 2 cigarettes per day.
I bite my nails.
I am on the internet way too much.

 

[queenlerxst]

I used to do the scalp picking thing, but I realized it partially had to do with having a mild case of psoriasis to begin with. Using a good dandruff shampoo regularly made me less likely to mess with my scalp. Oh, and spending sometime on my hair in the morning motivated me to not mess it up during the day by constantly sticking my hands up there.

Even though I consciously want to go bed early so I can get a good start on my grad school experiments in the morning, I've been going to bed at 5 or 6 a.m. to put it off.

For some reason I feel less guilty avoiding my lab experiments at night than I do during the day. I end up getting up at noon or even 3 in the afternoon feeling like crap and end up using this as an excuse to put off my work yet another day. Procrastination sucks.

 

[Luceuk]

I bite my nails and I hate it

I've tried stopping but I don't even realise I'm doing it.

 

[juxt123]

I pick scabs off my scalp and they bleed and i eat them too..I never pulled hair out though and DONT have the urge to..to be honest i have no idea where the scabs came from to begin with because i dont scratch my head and make the scabs?..i've looked around on forums and have seen the word 'psoriasis' linked to what i do..i dont have any bad dry skin on my body or anything like that though..can someone please give some input thanksi

 

[soulstar]

I bite off the skin around my nails!! I don't know why I do that? It sounds gross haha!

 

[meaghanb2926]

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Originally Posted by juxt123 I pick scabs off my scalp and they bleed and i eat them too..I never pulled hair out though and DONT have the urge to..to be honest i have no idea where the scabs came from to begin with because i dont scratch my head and make the scabs?..i've looked around on forums and have seen the word 'psoriasis' linked to what i do..i dont have any bad dry skin on my body or anything like that though..can someone please give some input thanksi

I think because you ingest the scabs you may actually have a form of trichotillomania. Trich is actually a form of OCD and treatment begins with seeking help. Typically medication used for OCD often works with Trich suffers.

I have gotten better about my trich but having pulled for over 10 years has left me with bald patches that wont fill in. I'm considering trying Rogaine to see if this might help.