I like the taste of blood?

Question

I often bite my inner bottom lip and chew on it till I tear a huge hole in it. I bite it until it starts to bleed..a lot. One time I couldn't stop the bleeding for 15 minutes. Its so strange but I like to squeeze the blood out of my cut and just watch it flow out. I also kinda enjoy the way it tastes. I am so creeped out by this too, I have never told anyone! What would be some logical reasons as to why I do this??

Answer 1

check ur blood line. may B ur fm Vampire decendent

Answer 2

I dont lik the taste personally but ill suck it until i stops bleeding. I think it tastes lik a penny

Answer 3

It's fine to like the tast of blood, but you just shouldn't do hurt yourself.

Answer 4

i do that ALOT too. and no i dont do it for self mutilation either...i guess im not alone. i was creeped out too. [still am]

Answer 5

Blood tastes good. I must admit but I guess you just have a bad habit. Try doing something else to take your mind off from it.

Answer 6

self mutilation??  Kind of sounds like that.  Other than that, I have no idea

Answer 7

it tastes good, i dont know if it's bad but i don't think so, i do it too, so... ur not alone gurl, hey my cous needs help

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Answer 8

this kind of behavior is associated with OCD.

it is called "picking"

Answer 9

Firstly, blood tastes good to you because it is full of nutrients.  Your body does not create a negative reaction because it can use the chemicals in your blood.  If you were to eat f***s it would taste bad because it contains bacteria, toxins, and unusable waste... so your body says "no eating f***s!"  Since humans can digest meat and blood, your body is ok with it.

Second, the most logical reason I can think of is that you may have a compulsive disorder.  Some others that I can think of include skin picking and nail biting.  I have not heard of chewing the inner lip until it bleeds, but I do know that some people bite the skin on the inside of their mouths.  These behaviors usually occur in an absent minded state while a person is reading, watching tv or something like that.  They can also occur in an obsessive way.  Maybe you have been biting your skin and concentrating on the point at which the blood begins to flow or something like that.  You commented that you enjoy watching the blood flow out.  Many people who practice cutting their body recall cutting experiences as soothing, out of body sort of things.  For them, it is somewhat like meditation.

One reason compulsive disorders arise in healthy seeming individuals is unaddressed life stress.  When the individual cannot mentally cope with the stress (and these things can be small seeming stressors like being in crowds, friendship drama, school, or work) they must create an outlet.  The flow of blood in your case.  Blood flowing from the body seems like a metaphorical release as well as physical.  This is not unlike people who suffer from Bulemia, who purge the food they eat because of strong feelings of guilt and anxiety associated with food or weight.

Some psychologists suggest that the cause of compulsive disorders has to do with a problem in the brain regulation of the central nervous system, and that people with such disorders may experience multiple symptoms, being unaware that their own behavior is irregular (source 1 below).  I read somewhere that self cannibalism can be related to conscious or unconscious stress but I can't remember where...

Edit: found and added to sources.  Also notes that self cannibalism is a naturally occurring mechanism... please read!

There are treatments you can try if your goal is to stop biting your inner lip.  I would suggest you do try to stop because biting can cause your lip to become scarred on the inside.  If you bite a vein and the blood does not stop flowing for 15 minutes this is an indication that you have bitten into an important vein and you may be causing undesirable damage to your lip.  Your lip biting may have to do with what is generally referred to as a chemical imbalance.  People who have trouble dealing with stress or show compulsive behaviors often have a problem with Serotonin levels.  Source 1 describes the B-vitamin inositol and its potential use to treat compulsive disorders as well as its relationship to serotonin.  

I don't know much about you other than you bite your lip until it bleeds, but I would urge you to please think about whether or not anything I have typed makes sense.  If you feel you may be biting your lip because of stress or something like that please see a doctor or therapist who knows what they are talking about and can help you with a treatment you are comfortable with.  Habit breaking is usually easier if you have assistance, or there might be a chemical problem that needs to be addressed.

I am not trying to scare you or make a big deal about your lip biting.  I hope I have provided you with some useful information :)

A point of interest... one complication that can arise from lip biting is a mucous cyst (source 2).  While there are no complications associated with mucous cysts, they can be unpleasant to some who don't like physical irregularities.

Answer 10

Who doesn't?

Answer 11

maybe your a vampire 0.o...i don't know

Answer 12

Don't worry, it'll just be a habit, you'll be surprised at how many people like the taste of blood. Just like you most people don't admit it because there afraid of what people think. As for biting open your lip, ask yourself why you do it. Is it for the taste of blood, you want to hurt yourself, your bored or is it a nervous twitch? Answering that my answer whether you have a problem or not.

Answer 13

UR NOT ALONE. i do the same exact thing, i enjoy the ripping feeling on the inside of my mouth and iv actually torn my piece of my gum off and i had 2 go 2 the hospital...and i too enjoy the strange taste of blood...i think everyone does

Answer 14

yummy.

Answer 15

This is seriously strange and more than a tad creepy - I can't think of a single LOGICAL reason why you would do this, but if pressed, I'm sure I could come up with some others that are'nt logical in the least.

Perhaps you should seek some counselling, before your "taste" for this type of thing escalates?

Answer 16

Mental issues.

Answer 17

sometimes it's just how people are, i wouldn't recommend doing this very often because your lips will end up with scar tissue which is a pain in the butt. but it sounds like you've created a habit--you might want to break it

Answer 18

You're a vampire... jk... i don't know but that's nasty!!!...