BotHack: How to use a rubberband to stop biting your nails

Former nail-biter Ken Norton kicked the habit by wrapping a rubberband around his wrist and snapping it just enough to sting when he thought about chewing on his fingernails:

"At first, I’d remember to snap myself only after I’d started biting. Or I’d snap myself, but chew anyway. But within 48 hours I noticed that I was chewing less and less. For one thing, I was thinking about nailbiting more frequently, and I was reminding myself how much I hated it. Amazingly, the involuntary habit had given way to my voluntary consciousness. Within a week I was done biting, and have never had the problem again (I ditched the rubber band after two weeks). For the first time in my life I had to learn how to clip my nails."

At BotHack we just don't recommend stuff, but we also check them out before recommending. And I stopped chewing my nails within 48 hours. This Hack is highly recommended.

Die Dulci Fruere

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