biting nails
Chewing your fingertips
Biting nails is the habit of chewing or gnawing at one's fingernails, typically as a nervous behavior or unconscious response to stress: She's been biting her nails waiting for the test results.
The phrase can describe the action itself or characterize tense situations: It was a nail-biting finish to the game.
- sweaty palmsMoist hands from nerves
- cuticlesSkin at nail base
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
- on edgeTense and anxious
- self-soothingCalming oneself independently
anxiety · hangnail · stress · stress response · nervous habit · teeth · compulsion · habit · coping mechanism · skin · boredom · oral hygiene · impulse control · tension · embarrassment · chewing · worry · picking
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- fidgetingfidgeting, fidget, tapping, fiddle, finger tapping
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety