When I see my nail is uneven I have a huge urge to fix it. I’ll cut some off and it’s not perfect enough, so I’ll rip some off, but that’s not good enough either. I end up ripping the entire thing off and it honestly makes me feel better. I don’t know why I do this! I’ve been like this my entire life. It’s only with my toe nails too, my hands don’t bother me as much. My pinky nails are basically gone from how many times I’ve taken them off completely. It hurts for sure but feels so rewarding at the same time. I genuinely don’t know what’s wrong with me but I can’t stop doing it. In fact I just did it and that’s why I’m writing this.
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Stop doing that, it hurts.
Meh. I had constant problems with ingrown nails… had all of mine surgically removed.
That’s called onychotillomania
My toes hurt now from reading this
I did this my whole life. I am now 61 years old. I don’t know how I stopped, but I did a few years ago. I actually think I stopped from sheer embarrassment after a doctor saw my toes and just looked at me.
Now my nails have grown out, but they’re all damaged from ripping them off my whole life and they grow funny. I remember ripping the nail bed out of one of my toes once and that toe doesn’t grow at all anymore. Please stop if you can. It’s kind of like OCD. Go see someone.
Ugg I do this too:-( I hate it, so self conscious about it.
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I do this too! Thought I was the only one.
Conditions like this are forms of OCD. I have a similar condition and it’s very hard to break but if you start CBTherapy, it might really help you either come to terms with not being able to achieve perfection and help reverse your compulsive behaviors to correct, or come up with ways to limit the obsessive thoughts about it.