Beth

I have been biting my nails since the age of 3, and I am 52 years old.

For the past 14 years I’ve had artificial nails, but… it doesn’t help. I bite the polish, break the acrylic, and can’t overcome the habit. It’s really painful and unpleasant. I tried putting myself down - didn’t help. Putting plastic covers on my nails - didn’t help. Using bitter substances and gloves—didn’t help. And then I came across the amazing SoloUno app, which beyond reminders and the technical side also provides emotional support. I’ve already been two and a half weeks without biting. I report things as they happen, when it occurs. The app taught me to identify when I’m tense, impatient, or under pressure.

I always thought I was insecure and also jealous, and that this was why I was biting. I learned to focus on the emotion and to be compassionate toward myself about the feeling. It’s not at all from insecurity or jealousy of others. It’s a habit that sits mainly on tension and anxiety. Outwardly I’m not an anxious person, but apparently for me it’s hidden, and I’m learning to identify it and later also to accept it. The app is easy to use - there’s nothing missing in it for me. I really wanted to stop biting, and it came to me from the sky. Without psychological therapy, without cognitive therapy - just like that.

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