#fidget devices

Somehow, I lose every nail file I ever buy... Eventually I just stopped getting them. I don’t know what happens to them, they’re just...gone. disappeared forever into the ether. I did try to use clippers, cause I thought maybe it was just the dry skin that was bothering me, but then I started picking at old calluses on my fingers (from rowing), etc... and noticed myself biting the inside of my cheeks more... so i don’t think it’s just a “don’t like it being uneven” thing for me... 

i’m really glad you’ve found a couple things that help you curb it though! and glad to hear you like your cube! i wound up getting one for me (and for my mom since she’s ADD and a huge nail biter too) - maybe it’ll help out! and i’m really hoping it might help her, since she bites her fingernails down to the quick (like I said in my reply to that other anon, she mostly just bites her nails, while I bite some of my nail and the skin around my nails and cuticles - she’s a nail biter, and i’m a wolf biter). 

I usually paint mine too - and it helps for a few days, but it usually only stops me from biting my NAILS - it doesn’t help stop me from biting the skin/cuticles, unfortunately. i hate this habit, to be honest. i’ve tried so many things - from pad tasting polishes (meant to deter biting), to hot sauce, etc... but negative reinforcements just aren’t working. (and unfortunately, i work in health care, so i’m very very very used to hand sanitizer and medical grade hand washes, so even those don’t faze my taste buds)

i did wind up getting a fidget device! i ordered one today! i’m hoping that maybe giving my hands something to do will help with it - i think mine is a combination of habit, anxiety, and compulsion. (i always notice i do it worse when doing things like driving or sitting in bed, or sitting in a class, etc... when my hands have very little to do).

i also got one for my mom! she is a nail biter too (worse than me, honestly, for her actual nails... i can usually at least keep my nails growing for a little while, and get some white tips on my nails, but hers are chewed down to the quick - but i bite/tear at the SKIN more than my mom does, and while my nails grow out, i still bite at the skin around them...) - and she was recently diagnosed with ADD, so I think it would be something she’d greatly enjoy! and could maybe help with her wolf biting habit too. we’ll see!

either way, it’ll be a nice little mother’s day gift for her.