Quitting Nail Biting.

A body-focused repetitive behaviour, not a discipline failure. The loop: rising tension, the bite, brief relief, repeat — mostly below conscious awareness.

The first half of habit reversal training. Making the invisible visible: the hand-to-mouth path, the situational triggers, the urge itself. What it feels like thirty seconds before.

The second half of habit reversal training, and the core of the journey. A physically incompatible action held for about a minute when the urge hits or the hand rises. Replacing the behaviour, not fighting it with nothing.

The honest word on bitter polish, short nails, and manicures. When the severe end needs a professional. Relapse as data. What ninety days of regrowth actually looks like.