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[quote=Anonymous]I chewed my sleeves and ate paper for about a year in grade school, and bit my nails until age 30.  I stopped with the nails when it caused an unrelated tooth injury to reoccur; I just decided to stop and it hasn't been a problem since.  I've never smoked but I do love to eat and can have trouble maintaining a healthy weight; I chew a lot of gum to keep from eating at my desk.

I was bullied in grade school, which in hindsight may have caused the chewing.  I have anxiety and perhaps mild OCD but am not in treatment (have been to talk therapy in the past) or on meds, and am doing fine.  The OCD was much, much worse in my childhood -- I used to think that everyone but me could read minds, used to check in the closet and under the bed at night well into my 20s -- but I just kind of outgrew it in my 20s/30s.  The anxiety has a hormonal link and shows up a certain times of the month, and is worse after having a child.  Both my parents almost certainly have anxiety (undiagnosed) as does my sibling (formal diagnosis).  When my toddler was about one I thought she had some sensory issues, especially related to her feet; they seem to have faded but we'll see as she grows.

I am very successful at work, and was a very successful student.  I did do a lot of extracurricular activities but don't see how that's related.  Now married, one kid, normal suburban life, normal friendships: not defined by my anxiety.  And not a molester.[/quote]

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