I have tried to stop soooo many times and I just can’t. I’m 27 and been doing it since I was a kid. I also constantly chew the inside of my lip, however that one isn’t as noticeable. With my cuticle situation, I’ve always just picked at the skin but when it lead to bleeding, I’d move to another cuticle. That being said, I still picked all the time. Now with the stress from school, the blood has barely slowed me down. Every night I go to bed, I lay there and pick and then can’t sleep because I literally cannot stop. When I have sex with my boyfriend, I pick. Picking makes it easier to hold a conversation too. I pick at any and every point that it is remotely accessible to do so.

Does anyone have any advice to quit this habit? It’s gross and I’m embarrassed about how how raw my fingers look :(