Biting the skin off my fingers feels like self-harm – but I can’t stop | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

Since childhood I have bitten the skin off my fingers, often leaving them bloody and painful.

I under 50s nd this to be a form of self-harm but it is s years ngrained behaviour I seem unable to stop.

I have had extensive therapy and understand why this behaviour may have started.

I’ve tried hypnotism, which works for a while. Interestingly I obsessively press the ends of my fingers for weeks after I have been hypnotised almost like I need to feel them.

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