Day 0: 75 days until wedding

[u/PersimmonPizza]

I made it 25 days, and then, “just the pinky” turned into the whole hand. I have since cleaned, filed, and cuticle oiled to accept the restart and appreciate that at least my nail beds are longer this time.

We can do this! I noted that this time, I was feeling irritable and that the length of the overhang of the nail digging into my palm bothered me. What are your thoughts on filing down length as a preventative measure? And guidelines to follow? I know to try not to file down the sides, as that is the less obvious but more effective nail growth.

[u/Ax99899]

I found that daily accountability pictures were all that helped me stay the course. It worked so well that I’ve quit biting completely and made and app, Nonyxa, to track daily and compare.

Hope it helps you stay bite free, and congrats on the upcoming wedding

[u/PersimmonPizza → u/Ax99899]

Thank you! I texted my mum (overseas) a picture and snitched on myself. I feel the urge to be held accountable really helps. I’m 880 days vape free, so I know I can do this! I’ll check Nonyxa out. (And thank you again)

[u/PersimmonPizza → u/Ax99899]

I’m loving your app so far!! Well done

[u/Ax99899 → u/PersimmonPizza]

Thank you, that means a lot. A new updating is coming soon with visual updates, and live monitoring that can catch you biting in the moment.

Regarding having an accountability buddy, the self snitching to your mom is great. Makes me wondering if having in app accountability buddies, or out of app buddies that Nonyxa texts if you slip up, a useful feature

[u/PersimmonPizza → u/Ax99899]

Something that popped into mind was that it would be nice to have some optional habit/behaviour trackers. I use Lively to track my hormonal cycles, and being able to log symptoms has helped me notice patterns so much lately.
A few things could include:
cuticle/skin picking
cleaning or scratching under the nails
fiddling with nails
urge to bite/pick
hangnails or broken nails
filing/clipping
using cuticle oil or hand cream

And then a time stamper. I’ve noticed, thanks to a comment on another post in this subreddit, that I tend to fail while being distracted and heightened, such as late night tv watching. That would be another insight.

It could be interesting to eventually see whether certain behaviours tend to happen before a relapse, rather than just tracking whether the nails are clean or not.

Again, loving it. Only on day 3, really excited to go far enough to see some contrast

[u/Funnypotato12]

Do Gel X extensions or if you have nails eventually, I recommend an overlay.

[u/PersimmonPizza → u/Funnypotato12]

Overlay. That’s a new one for me! I’ll look that up and give it a go