#wolf biter

[halfdead-coyote707]

Again…

[shadowwolf146]

Bit my nails down to the quick again.

[shadowwolf146]

Not quite sure how to tell people in my family that just telling me "don't bite your nails" as I'm actively biting my nails is not the help they think it is lmao

[shadowwolf146]

I was doing so good and my nails were growing out a little and in the span of a few minutes they're back to bitten down again. Damnit.

[hollyjolly1021]

Dermatophagia

I know this isn’t BFRB week, but I thought I’d share something a little deep today with you guys about dermatophagia, a BFRB ( Body-focused repetitive behavior). Sorry this isn’t sims-focused <3

Ever since I was a little girl, I have struggled with dermatophagia. Dermatophagia is a psychological condition, in which the person who has this disorder picks or chews or gnaws at their skin, mostly around the fingers. Dermatophagia is honestly kind of new to doctors, but it really does affect you.

It affects me in many different ways. Growing up as a little girl, my parents often told me that nobody would like me, or want to marry me or hold my hand because of them. I frequently got told that my hands felt like leather (even though they don’t; I use moisturizer a lot of the time nowadays). I frequently got told bad things, and had pictures of raw hands hung in my room. It was emotionally scarring to be told I wasn’t “normal.” The problem is, I would try and stop but I just couldn’t. My brain was wired in a certain way.

One day, I went to Disneyworld when I was about 10 years old. Since I was an “adult” under Disney terms, I had to provide a fingerprint from my thumb. My parents were VERY angry to find that I no longer had my fingerprint on my thumb. Dermatophagia had ruined my fingerprint on my thumb.

Dermatophagia affects about 3% of the population - but that 3% does suffer. If you see someone with dermatophagia, try not to bring them down; instead, try and uplift them. They struggle, and they are human beings just like you. Having dermatophagia doesn’t mean you aren’t normal. You are a perfectly fine human individual with problems, and you were born with a disorder - so what? You can’t control that.

Stay you boo. Remember to stay healthy. Try and uplift anyone around with a BFRB and let’s spread some positivity this week. <3

[softestvirgil]

That would biter/skin picker feel when you bite/pick so much that you don’t even notice it until you look down and your thumb is bloody

[nbvee]

dermatophagia needs more awareness. my fingers are bleeding bc ive been picking and chewing on them so much. sometimes i pick and chew so much skin off my thumbs that i can barely even pick things up because it hurts too bad--yesterday at school I almost couldn't hold a pencil to write with. sometimes blood smears onto my palms and papers and clothes bc ive picked and chewed so much. and it hurts. it hurts so much but i can't fucking stop.

dermatophagia is such an ugly disorder and people NEED to talk about it so it gets taken more seriously. ive been told "it's just a habit, knock it off" so many times i could rip my hair out.

[probablypicking]

every time i bite at anything i feel the chip in my tooth get ever-so-slightly bigger 🙃