Most nail biters admit that the habit comes up when they’re nervous or when they’re bored. When you’re experiencing a lot of anxiety, biting your nails can be a way of releasing some of that stress ...

Nail-biting is the most common of the many habits that children pick up. Up to six in 10 children will bite their nails at some point (Baghchechi et al 2020, KidsHealth nd). The good news is that your ...

I am a great habit breaker. For years as a child psychiatrist, I have treated trichotillomania, a condition where people pull out their hair, often on their eyebrows or scalp. I also commonly treat ...