Social Anxiety Support

CARsMom1012 · 11-01-2005, 12:09 PM

I know I have SA but I was wondering if chewing the skin off my bottom lip and I was wondering if I may be doing it out of nervousness.

JohnnyEnnui · 11-01-2005, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by CARsMom1012

I was wondering if I may be doing it out of nervousness.

Yeah, I'm sure that's why you're doing it. Unless you've got a bump or something on your lip that's making you bite it, you're probably doing it out of anxiety.

pm5kbebop · 11-01-2005, 12:49 PM

i do the same thing,as well as the inside sections of my cheek.probably anxiety or just a bad habit

Jess · 11-01-2005, 01:57 PM

I do the same thing...as well as grind my teeth in my sleep

Yikes · 11-01-2005, 03:26 PM

I chew my lips, grind my teeth, bite my fingernails. I have just about every nervous habit in the book.

Bon1 · 11-01-2005, 04:04 PM

Yep, that and pick at my cuticles.

conanlover · 11-01-2005, 08:01 PM

I don't chew my lips, but they get so dry that sometimes I have to peel them off.
Gross, I know

chav · 11-16-2005, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by conanlover

I don't chew my lips, but they get so dry that sometimes I have to peel them off.
Gross, I know

same, i always get dry lips

Melusine · 11-16-2005, 04:39 PM

I have this same problem, as well, my lips are dry in the winter unless i use petroleum jelly on them, i have the biting lip problem and they bleed..ewies.

Supalady05 · 11-16-2005, 05:18 PM

I usually bite my lips in my sleep, grind my teeth, and I bite my fingernails until they're raw. I thought I was the only one who did those things.

Molten Universe · 11-16-2005, 05:41 PM

I do everything that everyone has mentioned so far. Except I'm not sure what cuticles are.

Saki · 11-16-2005, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bon

Yep, that and pick at my cuticles.

Eep! I pick at my cuticles too! (a cuticle is the skin that grows over your fingernail) I thought I was the only one...

Peachy · 11-17-2005, 05:38 AM

I bite my lips all the time when I'm nervous. My teachers always think I'm chewing gum.

Fallen_Dark_Angel · 11-18-2005, 05:03 AM

I bite the inside of my cheeks, lips, fingernails, pick at my toenails, grind my teeth and also pick at my cuticles!

itsmemaggi · 11-18-2005, 01:39 PM

Everyone has nervous habits, I think. Those who don't are probably just lying. SA or no.

xoxo
Maggi

WriteOn · 11-18-2005, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fallen_Dark_Angel

I bite the inside of my cheeks, lips, fingernails, pick at my toenails, grind my teeth and also pick at my cuticles!

I do all of these too, plus smoke and sometimes it's really hard to do them all at the same time. Chew, chew, smoke, chew some more, smoke some more.

lyssado707 · 11-25-2005, 03:56 PM

I chew the insides of my cheeks and two people have told me that I lick my upper lip a lot.

MissPhitMSD · 12-11-2007, 01:21 PM

I bite my lips all the time...i never wear lipstick or gloss because of this and i could really use the color. The inside of the cheeks too--i thought i was the only one who did that! And don't even get my started on the nails and cuticles!

I also have kind of a bad skin picking thing. If I get a scab i am guaranteed a scar because i can't seem to leave it alone. Does anyone know if this is a symptom of SA or just a really disgusting habit? (it would really make a lot of sense because i seem to do it at very inappropriate times too i.e. public places) It's okay to be honest--i won't flag you if it truly is just a nasty habit

--it's just something i have always wondered.
If you're not too embarrassed any info would be helpful...

ilikeshinythings274 · 12-13-2007, 10:46 AM

Wow, I thought I was the only one. I chew on the inside of my lips and I've been biting my nails since 3rd grade.

IllusionOfHappiness · 12-13-2007, 11:30 AM

11-01-2005, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
CARsMom1012 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 17	I chew the skin off my bottom lip I know I have SA but I was wondering if chewing the skin off my bottom lip and I was wondering if I may be doing it out of nervousness.

11-01-2005, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
pm5kbebop Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 20/m/texas Posts: 548	i do the same thing,as well as the inside sections of my cheek.probably anxiety or just a bad habit __________________ Que?

11-01-2005, 01:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jess Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 715	yes I do the same thing...as well as grind my teeth in my sleep __________________ believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. -buddha

11-16-2005, 04:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
Melusine Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,407	I have this same problem, as well, my lips are dry in the winter unless i use petroleum jelly on them, i have the biting lip problem and they bleed..ewies. __________________ Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars

11-16-2005, 05:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
Supalady05 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stone Mountain, GA Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 138	I usually bite my lips in my sleep, grind my teeth, and I bite my fingernails until they're raw. I thought I was the only one who did those things. __________________ Check out my blog: http://www.authenticchick.blogspot.com

11-01-2005, 03:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Yikes Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 77	I chew my lips, grind my teeth, bite my fingernails. I have just about every nervous habit in the book.

11-01-2005, 04:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bon1 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,865	Yep, that and pick at my cuticles.

11-01-2005, 08:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
conanlover Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 144	I don't chew my lips, but they get so dry that sometimes I have to peel them off. Gross, I know

11-16-2005, 05:41 PM	#11 (permalink)
Molten Universe Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: physically near Pittsburgh, mentally elsewhere Posts: 1,530	I do everything that everyone has mentioned so far. Except I'm not sure what cuticles are. __________________ "We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankensteinian logic." - David Russell

11-17-2005, 05:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
Peachy Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Francisco CA Posts: 53	I bite my lips all the time when I'm nervous. My teachers always think I'm chewing gum.

11-18-2005, 05:03 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fallen_Dark_Angel Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: 17/F/Canada Posts: 110	I bite the inside of my cheeks, lips, fingernails, pick at my toenails, grind my teeth and also pick at my cuticles!

11-18-2005, 01:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
itsmemaggi Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York City Age: 26 Posts: 2,784	Everyone has nervous habits, I think. Those who don't are probably just lying. SA or no. xoxo Maggi __________________ If I cannot forgive myself for all the blunders That I have made over the years, Then how can I proceed? How can I ever dream perfection-dreams? Move, I must, forward. Fly, I must, upward. Dive, I must, inward, To be once more What I truly am And shall forever remain.

11-25-2005, 03:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
lyssado707 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Humboldt Co California Gender: Female Age: 26 Posts: 4,848	I chew the insides of my cheeks and two people have told me that I lick my upper lip a lot. __________________ In Loving Memory, http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...6/P1000595.jpg http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...P1000480-1.jpg Marmalade January 1991-February 19, 2007

12-11-2007, 01:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
MissPhitMSD Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: jersey Age: 30 Posts: 268	Re: I chew the skin off my bottom lip I bite my lips all the time...i never wear lipstick or gloss because of this and i could really use the color. The inside of the cheeks too--i thought i was the only one who did that! And don't even get my started on the nails and cuticles! I also have kind of a bad skin picking thing. If I get a scab i am guaranteed a scar because i can't seem to leave it alone. Does anyone know if this is a symptom of SA or just a really disgusting habit? (it would really make a lot of sense because i seem to do it at very inappropriate times too i.e. public places) It's okay to be honest--i won't flag you if it truly is just a nasty habit --it's just something i have always wondered. If you're not too embarrassed any info would be helpful... __________________ So if you ever feel neglected. If you think that all is lost... I'll be counting up my demons, yeah hoping everything's not lost. -Chris Martin

12-13-2007, 10:46 AM	#19 (permalink)
ilikeshinythings274 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 31	Re: I chew the skin off my bottom lip Wow, I thought I was the only one. I chew on the inside of my lips and I've been biting my nails since 3rd grade. __________________ There, there, baby It’s just text book stuff It’s in the ABC of growing up Now, now, darlin’ Oh don’t lose your head 'Cause none of us were angels And you know I love you, yeah

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12-13-2007, 11:30 AM	#20 (permalink)
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