u/Domified

Like most of you, I started biting my nails as a young kid. Some of my earliest memories are biting my nails, or getting in trouble from my family saying "don't chew" like I'm a dog.... My parents tried everything from Band-Aids covering my nails to cloth mittens tied on my hands. Obviously nothing worked.

I struggled for roughly 30 years with horrible nail biting. It progressed to using nail clippers, files, knives, etc. to trim away more and more. It got pretty bad.

I was extremely self-conscious of my nails and I developed a way to hold my hands so that nobody could see them. Eventually after many years of trial and error, I was able to quit and begin rehabilitation.

This is just over a year of progress.