Anxiety, Stress, and Lip/Cheek Biting

i cant stop biting my lips,.the shape of my LIPS is changed and there appeared wrinkles,.i dont know how to stop it,.it seems an easy job,but till now i couldnt stop bitting my lips,.:((

PLEASE has anyone commented with tip on this!? My dad is always telling me to not do it because he know the pain it causes me but it's become such a norm for him to say 'stop it' that i don't care anymore... it doesn't help... my mouth gets sore and i get self conscious and it's become almost a game in how much i can do it with out anyone seeing... i hate it! i need prayer! i don't know i just want it to stop! i'm shocked that so many other people do it, i've never found anyone else that does it, i feel better to know that there are others out there but i always scare myself that i might go too far one day and bite right through my cheek! please help us!!!! someone!!!!!

OMG!!!!! People are just like me!!! I hate this c**p so much! I wanna stop sooo bad! My lips turn black & I hate when my friends tell me! I've tried so hard to quit! My dentist told me that it could lead to cancer ! I just don't understand how this came about! I broke the habit of biting my nails and went straight to biting my cheeks! My boyfriend kisses me and I hate it! Because I feel the thrush and I know he does too! And sometimes I wana just stop kissing him!!!! I hate this with a passion!!!! I'm trying my best to stop! When you stop biting your cheeks and stuff will your lips turn back their normal color???? Does anyone know?

YES. it will lead to wrinkles around your mouth. I've chewed the side of my cheek on the inside for so many years I have a long wrinkle which outlines how my mouth has moved from 40 years of doing this. I'm 54 and look like I've smoked my entire life. Truth is, I have never smoked. I hate the wrinkles and still can't stop.

I have bitten my tongue, cheeks, and lips all my life from "excitement", anxiety, and or stress. I was informed by my therapist, and my doctor that is from having a Anxiety disorder. If you just bite at your lip for no reason then thats just a habit.. if it is caused by the things i have stated then you may want to get evaluated.

wow i could of written all of this myself, they sound like me. i good to know im not alone, just curious does anyone know how to stop. sometimes i do it so bad i cant talk because my cheeks hurt. then i get depressed because i did it but cant stop. ive told some people that i do it and i dont think they understand, at least im not alone

I started by the dentis...after I left the office I would start to bite my numed lips after that it became a habit

Hey I do that to in I've been doing it a long time it's a stress thing are when you are thing about something.....

:'( i keep doing it too and my mom threatens to have the doctor put some kind of injection in my mouth. i am really scard about the whole oral cancer, but i just cant stop! i havent tried chewing gum though, although the logic in that makes sense...except we're not allowed gum in my school :-@

I had this habit for about 3 years too, and I have finally stopped doing it in the last week. And the inside of my cheeks feel so smooth now, I wonder why I even started. :(

Here are the things I tried that were successful for me:

1) Instill some fear in myself by thinking of mouth infections, cancer etc. Think of positive things, like how I would look better when I'm outside, not twisting my mouth in strange ways.

2) I consciously willed myself to not let my tongue go to the side to feel how rough the surface is. If I did I would scold myself (in my head). This was a very useful step.

3) Sometimes I would have chewed the skin off to be not too jagged, and I would tell myself, OK i am going to stop NOW, and let my body heal by itself, let all the skin grow back smooth. For me, I guessed that all the skin would grow back in 3 days if I just STOPPED. And 3 days is achievable, right? :)

4) I became very conscious now of EVERY time I chewed my cheek. I roughly estimated the times each day I did that. e.g. 10 times today. Tomorrow, I need to do it less than 5 times.

5) Once I reach this stage, I told myself: If I chew my cheeks EVEN ONCE today, I will not use Facebook today (substitute with anything else you really love to do everyday).

This last point, number 5, finally cut out my habit. I took a few months doing the first few steps persistently (and failing several times). But now I'm in a better place. I really hope this helps someone.

Meh i used to do this too But what i found is that i just treid to make my lips a bit wet  instead of biting works for me now i can finaly eat food and drink without that anoyance :3 i hope i can help some of you out there i did this for 12 years now

OMG I do this too! I hate the rough patches etc and my tongue even gets sore. I really really don't like the wrinkles it is causing either! I can remember as far back as Jr High doing this. Within the last couple of years I was diagnosed with severe depression and Bipolar 2. Also have anxiety and OCD issues. I'm on meds and don't see it helping with my biting. I tore my mouth up bad yesterday and sit here trying to "clean" it up as I read this! Sad... I am shocked to see how many of us there is out there! I would love to stop....

I do the same exact thing it is so bad I feel like it's a bad itch and then I get gross skin growing over the holes and I stick my finger on the inside of my cheek and scrap it I've learned that camphonique if you put it on the sore spots kind of prevents but that only lasts for a short amount of time . All these people saying it can cause oral cancer as premature aging around my mouth then no thanks but I can't stop!!

I immediately went to the sporting good store and purchased a mouth guard for people that play sports that have braces.

They are not like the kind you form and mold. They are a soft poly.  They did hit my gums a touch, I just took some scissors and cut them down a bit.  You can buy just for upper or lower. It works for me.

 

 

This is a habit that is more addictive than nicotine. I've been cheek biting since I was 7 (as well as compulsively cracking my toes). 26 years later I still fulfill these habits every single day, upon the hour.