I have the terrible habit of biting the inside of my cheek. how can i stop?

Question

a couple of years ago i realized my aunt would bite the skin on the inside of her cheek and decided to try it and see what it was all about. ever since then, i've been hooked on the habit. i do it usually when i'm bored or concentrating on something, reading something or watching a movie or worried. i've heard it's a form of OCD and can cause oral cancer. sometimes i manage to stop for a week or so and then subconsciously start again. i just can't stand to feel the roughness of my cheek, it makes me feel like i need to bite off the extruding peices to make them smooth, but they end up ragged and sometimes bleeding. i push my cheek with my hand to get it in between my teeth, which looks horrible in public. but i really can't stop. there has to be a medical treatment, or at least somebody out there who feels my pain (literally)!

Answer 1

i usually just chew on gum or suck on candy when i had a habit of chewing nails

Answer 2

You're gonna be looking at taking antidepressants.

Answer 3

I've been biting and chewing the right side of my cheek since I was a kid. So much, in fact, that the skin is now looser to compensate for it. I just do it to do it. I've never heard that it causes cancer. I don't know of any ways to fix it, though. Sorry!

Answer 4

First of all i would pay attention to WHEN you do it. is it when ure upset? bored? hungry? try to focus on it, think about it consciencly at all times.

If u have trouble concentrating like i do, put a piece of cotton in between ure cheek and teeth, when it's convienient. it'll be uncomfy for a while, but it will most likely help u stop.

Answer 5

i owuld chew some gum

but m,ake sure its sugar free

we dont want cavities now do we