And if you do...why?

I do, because I am a nervous person and it calms me down. :rolleyes: I have tried to stop, but I like doing it too much. Weird, I know! My social studies teacher a couple years ago said most people grow out of it, and I think that might be true because I don't know many adults that bite their nails.

I have a theory that self confident people don't do it as much as the more shy people, so this is sort of a survey to see if I am right.

I used to bite my finger nails when I couldn't smoke. Then, when I quit smoking, I bit them even more until all of my fingers would hurt. Then one day, I just put bandaids on all of my fingertips and for whatever reason, that helped and I don't really bite my fingernails anymore... unless i break one...

yes cause im lazy and forget to clip them ;)

No. I've never had a desire to. It's disgusting if you think about it... all the germs under your nails. :sad:

Thanks. :P

I used to. then I stopped. Then I started again, but only if it's really getting too long to be able to play in tune, or it breaks.

Nope, never had. :p

I used to, but I forced myself to quit because I wanted to grow my nails to a decent length, file them, and paint them :D The only time I do now is when one breaks, but I keep my nails clean.

I used to, mainly to keep them short, but quit several years ago. It finally dawned on me about the germs, and they weren't very pretty all bitten off :-D Thank goodness for nail clippers now :)

I used to bite them when ever they were biteable :P

But now i just cut them about once every 3 days :rolleyes: or when ever i remember lol.

see, i dont intend to bite my nails. my nails grow and then they break at work and then i have to bite them. it doesnt really make much sense but when they break, i need to shape them so i get my knashers out and bite away, lol

I used to when i was nervous. but i dont get nervous as much now, so i dont do it anymore. even when i did i would bite them to low...so they hurt!

Since day one.. it feels so unnatural for me if my nails grow longer so i have to bite them... :( i know its a very bad habbit and it doesn't make your nails look better.. so i should get rid of it

I bit my nails until I was in my junior year of college and I got my class ring. I wanted my nails to look good with my ring on, so I quit biting them. After realizing how easy it was to just quit doing it, I wished I'd done it a long time ago!

I've never had any desire to bite my nails, even though I'm a pretty nervous, shy person. I mean, when I get hangnails and stuff I try to bite them off if I don't have any clippers present, 'cause they're just annoying. I tend to bite my lower lip when I'm all tense, but I try not to 'cause they're always wicked chapped.

I can't stand short nails, actually. I used to grow them so long last year. I think I even took a picture...oh yeah, when I broke my index finger nail (http://melicbot.com/stuff/images/ohno.jpg). :P But now since I've been working with ceramics I can't have them too long 'cause they get in the way and make cuts when I'm trying to sculpt. Also going to be taking violin lessons soon...

Yeah, sometimes I do, like when I'm at school and one of them gets rough on the edge I bite the rough bit off. But I also had this habit for ages where I bit the skin around my nails. It used to annoy my friends, and it looked horrible!

I clicked on new posts then saw this thread im biting my nails as im typing now :)

I used to bite my nails a LOT when I was a kid. I still do, but not as often, and definitely not as bad.

well im 14 n iv never really been big on biting nails but have developed biting my little finger nails for some reason, just the little finger ones.. weird i know, but i never bite them down very low really, its just a habit i dont notice i do but often find myself doing :rolleyes:

I used to bite my nails, to the extent that I was contemplating buying that stuff you paint on your nails and it tastes disgusting, in order to discourage you from biting them.

Luckily, I didn't have to and I just stopped by myself. I hate biting nails - disgusting habit.

I can't stand short nails, actually. I used to grow them so long last year. I think I even took a picture...oh yeah, when I broke my index finger nail (http://melicbot.com/stuff/images/ohno.jpg). :P

Those nails are scary :eek:
I'm a nail biter, but I don't do it all the time... generally just when i'm sitting being bored and a nail looks a little too long :P My nails are always short, I don't even know if I've ever had them longer than just below the tips of my fingers.

i used to alot, but not as much now, when they get too long ect ill bite :-P

fingernails, toenails, other peoples nails, I bite them all. I dont know why I do that but I do. I dont think I've ever let my nails grow out. I bite it all the time. And i dont know why I have a nail clipper

Yeah only when I'm very nervous though.

I bite them :o I've done it since I was about 7.. I quit in fourth grade because my teacher told us about all those germs under your nails, and it grossed me out. I started again about 6 months later, then stopped, then started, and stopped for homecoming in 10th grade, and then I started again, and here I am :P

I was just lightly chewing on my nail and quickly stopped as soon as I remembered what thread I was reading, lol. I still have the habit of putting my nail in my mouth and chewing lightly when I'm not doing anything. I usually do it when I'm reading something on the computer (such as a blog or post).

Yeah, I have been biting my nails since i was a child. Well, i don't know that biting nails is linked to anxiety. I just have to bite it. It's like a habit to me.I will automatically put my finger into my mouth and start biting my nails without realising it!!!

Sometimes I will bite my fingernails. I Guess it's outta nervousness. Dunno why, really.

I keep my nails a decent length now, not too long and not too short. I do still find my fingernail in my mouth every now and then, but I dont bite them off unless they get too long, or its a hang nail.

I don't bite my nails unless there isn't a fingernail clipper around.. I want my nails to grow out, but after they get just the way I want them they break off, lol.