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Pickers and Biters (self.becomeaman)

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[–]leftajar 2 points3 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

There are three strategies to control nervous habits, and they work best when all done together.

  1. First, anxiety can be reduced simply through exercise. Regularly lift weights and do High-intensity cardio. This will chill you the hell out.

  2. Meditate. Do 15 minutes every day. This will relax your mind and increase your mindfulness. Speaking of mindfulness...

  3. Watch yourself. Literally. Mentally observe yourself throughout the day. Each time you catch yourself picking, or even wanting to pick, stop yourself. As you do this, it gets easier and easier, until suddenly you realize you're not doing it anymore.

This three-pronged approach will stop your picking within a month. And it will also improve the fuck out of the rest of your life.

[–]SLUDGEBORG 1 point2 points  (7 children) | Copy Link

Can you give us some reasons not to other than "it's bad manners"? People might need to know.

[–]leftajar 1 point2 points  (5 children) | Copy Link

It demonstrates a core lack of mastery over the self. If you cannot control these urges, how impressive must you be?

[–]Theophagist -1 points0 points  (4 children) | Copy Link

What a load of shit. If you got a boogie and it won't blow what are you going to do? Basic maintenance.

Unless of course the little prince would like some golden tweezers to pick his boogie with.

[–]leftajar 1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

Bro, have you ever seen any high-profile individual pick his or her nose on camera?

Picking your nose in public is NOT alpha-don't-give-a-fuck behavior. It's Sigma, I-don't-give-a-fuck-about-social-norms behavior. NOT alpha.

[–]Theophagist 0 points1 point  (0 children) | Copy Link

I think I understand my mistake here, Do people actually pick their shnozzes in public and in mixed company? I've never seen anyone who wasn't mentally challenged do that.

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[–]Theophagist 1 point2 points  (0 children) | Copy Link

Who needs to be told this stuff? 5-year-olds?

[–]hasonish 1 point2 points  (1 child) | Copy Link

It would be nice to see some examples of how to get over such habits, such as nail polish or something on your nails to discourage biting. Not sure what you could do for the nose picking, as I have a problem with it where there never seems to be any tissues when my nose starts to run. Given an option, I always pick tissues or napkins over my finger, but it's not always an option.

If anyone else can add to this, that'd be great.

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