Compulsive nail biting!

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Any fellow.nail biters struggle to kick this horrid habit?
I have always bitten mine but in the past year for the first time ever I managed to grow them by having shellac applied constantly. They looked lovely and I didn't want to bite them and the hard finish of thr gel made it too difficult anyway.
I decided to have a break from the gels & managed to keep my own nails long & lovely for some time.

Then my anxiety & low mood returned and I nibbled them all off! The more I did it the more I felt compelled to do it. Now they look terrible and I feel even more anxious as it affetcts my self confidence.

I wish I could stop for good but it's like I have some weird compulsive addiction to doing it even though I know its awful.

Can any fellow or reformed biters offer any advice please?

i used to bite. I have gel type ones put on - only tips on 2 of the ten and the rest are all my own
I have never had such amazing nails

Thanks Jack what do you mean by tips, is that like extensions? How did you stop biting?
Shellac was definitely the answer for me but I was a bit worried about the effects of the UV from the lamp on my skin.

yes - ends to elongate the nail, glued on and your nail grows behind.
mI have a powder acrylic thing at a Vietnamese place. nails all fine underneath despite what everyone says

No advice but sympathy, I am a compulsive nail biter and have never found anything that works. I have sort of accepted it now though, the only time I have been able to grow my nails was when I was pregnant

I too can sympathise, a month or so ago I had nails that actually had a white tip for the first time ever but then DS started his GCSEs and I started nibbling again!