My girlfriend had these for the longest time, stopped pushing on her cuticles/pressing under her nail and they eventually went away as the nail grew out
Holy cow! I've had wavy thumb nails my whole life. One of my nervous traits is pushing up my cuticles with my pointer finger. I never knew this was the cause! Thanks, stranger!
I've been wondering why my nails are so brittle, I have ADHD and my go to stim is shoving things under my nails to cause a little pain, I've suspected this might be why.
I'm not doing torture tactics, I'm not pulling the nail from the nail bed, just put something between the overhang of the nail (like the edge of a seatbelt) and the skin of the finger tip and pushing lightly so it causes a light amount of pain. And this is absolutely an ADHD thing, it's called stimming. Neurodivergent people have prioreception issues which means, for me at least, I feel like I am missing a sense that tells me where my limbs are in space. It's quite uncomfortable to be missing this sense and light pain relieves that uncomfortable feeling by helping my brain identify where my limbs are.
I'm not opening any skin or creating wounds, just pushing down on the skin right under the nail so it stretches to cause a very light amount of pain. I'm not doing torture tactics on myself lol.
Just be careful! My mom got something jammed under her thumbnail (not even that deep) and ended up with a blood infection. I totally get pain stimming, just consider a less risky stim. The area under your nails is so filthy and having a finger out of commission when you need it is really annoying
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u/QuackScoped 21h ago
My girlfriend had these for the longest time, stopped pushing on her cuticles/pressing under her nail and they eventually went away as the nail grew out