u/Alive-Noise1996

I was doing so good with growing out my nails. The cuticle picking was still not great, but at least I had an incentive to stop before getting out of control (wanted them to look good painted). I broke a nail gardening earlier this week.... That quickly escalated into chewing off all the nails, then chewing them to the quick, then picking the cuticles, and now I've torn off the bottom of my thumb nail. It's so depressing to know you shouldn't be doing something and still watch yourself do it. Now I can't even restart the nail growth process because it will take this injury months to heal and grow out, (this is the second time I've done this in my life so I know how to care for it at least). Send bandaids and prayers.