I've just realised my most oft indulged guilty pleasure...
I do it so much I forget I'm even doing it. I absolutely love biting bits of skin off the inside of my cheeks and chewing it. I do it until there's virtually no skin left.

Please tell me I'm not the only person to do this and that I haven't developed a unique self mutilating nervous tick.
(Errorist, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 16:56, 6 replies)

you aren't alone
I do this constantly. It gets especially bad when my nerves are wrecked, if I'm not careful chew on the inside of my cheeks until they bleed.

I don't know how we both started doing it, but my brother is also a cheek chewer.
(absynd, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 17:39, closed)

I must confess...
I do it too =[
(Alexander The Great, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 17:59, closed)

I imagine nearly 50% of the population must do this!
It's where I get most of my nutrients.
(kris kringle I only posted this message to find out the date on, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 18:02, closed)

Me too...
Me too... I bite off a miniscule bit, and then guide it to the front of my mouth, and then chew on it with my front teeth.
(Jeepgun, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 19:16, closed)

And me
I've been doing this for as long as I can remember. Makes eating salt and vinegar crisps a bit nippy, mind.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 14 Mar 2008, 19:30, closed)

I only do it a little bit
usually if I seem to have a lumpy bit there (e.g. from a scratch)

I'm terrible for biting lumps off my fingers though and doing the same. My hand has just come out of plaster after 8 weeks so I have some nice callouses from where it was rubbing that need removing. I've also very little feeling at the moment in parts of that hand!
( thistle, Fri 14 Mar 2008, 21:38, closed)