Does anyone else do this?

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When I get stressed about anything, I always stim by biting mostly my finger, but sometimes my hand or arm. I don't think this is a common stim, but I wanted to know if there was other people that did this..?

When was a teenager I used to gnaw on my fingernails and pens all the time. I took a lot of work to get past that and now I just have "fidgety" hands.

Oh yes. I used to chew the heck out of my hands and fingers. That eventually evolved into fingernail picking and digging my nails into my skin.

Now I have a stone animal bead on a bracelet I rub my nails on instead of my skin. It helps a lot. I would suggest giving something like that a try if you also scratch.

I didn't even realise I was doing this but I often dig my thumb nails into my fingers.

I do. I bite my fingernails too and sometimes chew on my hair.

I do that sometimes. I don't bite my arm often, but I regularly bite on a finger, not hard enough to be harmful or damaging. It's a stim I do mostly when stressed.

I do the exact same thing!

I usually bite my nails or pencils, but sometimes I will bite other things if my nails are not available. It happens when I am under extreme pressure or having a meltdown.

Occasionally I will chew on my hand when thinking. I also chew on my knee.

I'm trying to stop because I worry for my teeth, but I don't know what to do instead.
Would a stress ball help?

Yes, when I was a child I would bite my finger, my hand, my arm, and other people. Biting myself was due to stress. Biting other people was from over stimulation by the that person. Often it was from physical contact (tickling) or intense emotional feelings (like overwhelming love). Rarely if ever did I bite someone out of anger.

My autistic son seems to have very similar traits to mine. In addition, he does bite others out of frustration/stress (but mostly out of love).

I used to chew my hair when I was a teenager, I bite my fingers too.

I chew on my knuckle sometimes but usually just a pen.