#wolfbiting

Wolf biting is the slang term for any number of body-focused repetitive behaviours [BFRBs] such as biting the skin, knuckles, nails, pulling hair and chewing on the lips. It's unclear if BFRBs are psychologically or behaviourally triggered, with one study currently looking into a possible genetic cause as well.

For me, wolfbiting has always been a key gauge of my psychological state. My wolfbiting/BFRBs are nail chewing, never to a dangerous degree, and chewing of the inside of my mouth. I've always done it but perhaps there's an underlying cause aside from triggers such as stressful situations, boredom and/or mild chaos in general. Perhaps it's also associated with slight body dysmorphia?

Being genderfluid in a rather female body has its unsettling moments. To be quite frank I'd be happy being androgenous and dancing about swinging between presenting as male-female-? but it's unattainable thanks to some hormonal issues [on ya' PCOS]. This has always, and will continue to be an issue with me. This of course has ties to my self confidence. Contrary to the facade I manage to compose, it's a delicate thing that confidence of mine, a fact betrayed by my feather-plucking habit [to use a bit of an animal thing there].

My hobbies don't help much either- writing and art? Two of the most frustrating activities in existence? That's bound to help them BFRBs.