I'm almost 15 and i cant stop sucking my thumb!?

Question

I've had this problem...is it genetic? My sister who is 23 still sucks her thumb too, but her teeth aren't shifting at all (why is this)? So anyways, i got my braces off like a half a year ago...and i had them to correct the over bite i got from sucking my thumb...i lost my retainer and i didn't wear them and i started sucking my thumb again and now i got a little bit of a over bite...any help? Do you think the shift of my teeth was more because i didnt wear my retainer or because of my sucking my thumb?

Answer 1

try sucking on something else!

Answer 2

first of all, you are wayyy too old to be sucking your thumb. i stopped when i was around 7. you just need to find ways to comfort yourself other than sucking your thumb. many people may find you immature if you suck your thumb at this age.

your teeth probably shifted because you didn't wear it and you didn't stop sucking your thumb.

Answer 3

i used to suck my thumb.

i was about 8 years old when i stopped.

i stopped cause my mom used to suck hers too but she has a big thumb..and i didnt want a big thumb so i just stopped.

Answer 4

put something really spicy on your thumb whenever you get the urge to suck your thumb

and im guessing both the retainer and the sucking of the thumb contributed to your teeth shifting back

Answer 5

The way i got over it is before I had my braces I had something called a turtle and it wouldnt let my thumb go into my mouth. So thats why I quit. But really wear your retainer I have one and I always wear it.  

Answer 6

You guys are TWENTY-THREE and FIFTEEN and ur sucking ur thumb?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

you really need to stop. that's disturbing..  O_o

sorry.  

Answer 7

My guess would be it is from doing both.  Do you suck your thumb in public?  I hope not.

Answer 8

i don't know how to help you except, go to a therapist. it's not normal, and maybe there's a reason you two do that.  

Answer 9

Really? wow! um you probably did. try putting some Tabasco sauce on your thumbs ... you wont put them in your mouth again  

Answer 10

i suck mine too.and im 15.

Answer 11

Hey girl, ignore the ignorant comments other people are posting. i sucked my thumb until i was about 10 or 11. it was until i broke my arm of the thumb i used to suck and had a cast on it that i actually stopped because i could not bend my arm to my face with my cast on so i could not suck my thumb. yes, your teeth shift from sucking your thumb. my advice is to break the habit now. get something like a wrap or something from the drugstore that you can wrap around your elbow when you are at home so that way you cant bend your arm all the way to your face (this is what my parents were gonna do with me, until i broke my arm, which was actually quite lucky i broke my arm b/c it made me stop sucking my thumb). so yeh just go buy a wrap that you can wrap around your elbow and it will help you stop. i know the kind of addiction you can get to sucking your thumb but it is better to break the habit now than later. i do not think this is genetic. it is probably because your parents didn't give you a pacifier when you were younger.

this is the type of wrap im talking about-

http://www.firstaidandsafetyonline.com/p...

wrap it around your elbow until you can't bend it enough to get your thumb into your mouth and it will break the habit good luck.