subject: How to Stop Biting Your Nails within 3 Weeks [print this page] How to Stop Biting Your Nails within 3 Weeks
Developing good habits is similar to developing bad habits it is about repetition. Repeating that action every day will eventually be cemented into your mind and the habit will come naturally. For example if you wanted to have a good habit of brushing your teeth every morning and night, brush them every morning and night for 3 weeks straight and it will become a recurring habit without you even thinking about it. So if you can program a new habit into your brain in 3 weeks how do you stop biting your nails the same way?
Exploring the reason you are biting your nails is the first step to this process. Some of the reasons could be boredom, nervous regarding something that is happening in your life at the moment or similarly upset about something. You may even bit your nails in or at particular activities that you are involved in.
The next step in the process is finding a good habit that you can program yourself to undertake that will replace the bad one that exists. If you are at your activity as stated above and you start biting your nails start something different that you can undertake during that activity. For example; knitting, sketching or writing, anything that your hands can alternatively do other than entering your mouth. Keep your hands busy doing other things.
The fundamental component to stop biting your nails in 3 weeks is to be doing anything else other than biting your nails in those 3 weeks. This alters your need to bite your nails for this period. You may need an alarm to sound when you put your fingers into your mouth and you are not realizing. What I mean by this is putting nail polish on your nails will give you a horrible taste in your mouth and alarm you to what you are doing. So developing good and alternative habits can help you to stop biting your nails in 3 weeks.
