Biting my lips every day for like 5 years and any imperfection HAS to be removed or it freaks me out cause peeling lip skin looks freaky as heck

So I pick/bite til it's gone but of course then they don't heal and it repeats

I've tried so hard but it's so hard to stop

And it's made my teeth stick out

I just want to be free of this

Literally a life without biting my lips seems impossible

And like I used to gouge out the skin of my fingers (as a self harm mechanism) so to stop that I started biting my lips

Will I ever escape the constant mild anxiety

hugs super tight have you spoken to your parents about it? possibly see a student advisor at uni and they may be able to give you techniques to help you?

Thank you <3 yeah I think I might book a doctors appointment and see if there's anything they can do xxx thank you xxx

tobeheard I found a support group on fb and someone suggested a mouth guard so I've ordered one of those so feeling a bit more positive

mouth guard sounds like a good idea, as does the doctors appointment!!!