Popsugar Beauty Nails Nail Biting GIFs The 15 Stages of Biting (and Trying to Stop Biting) Your Nails 29 March 2018 by Gemma Cartwright Image Source: Getty / Pascal Le Segretain If you bite your nails, you'll know how hard it is to kick the habit. No amount of bitter-tasting liquid, expensive nail polish, or other tricks will stop a devoted biter from finding a way to nibble! But that doesn't mean we biters are proud of ourselves. If you've tried — and failed — to quit more times than you care to remember, you'll know what we're talking about with these GIFs! Source: Getty You know that biting your nails is a bad habit. Image Source: Fox 1 / 15 And you really do want to stop. Image Source: AMC 2 / 15 So you start a rigorous routine to strengthen them up. Image Source: The CW 3 / 15 The problem is, those nails, they call to you! Image Source: Warner Bros. 4 / 15 And occasionally, you give in and have a nibble. Image Source: Searchlight Pictures 5 / 15 But if anyone asks, it never happened. That nail broke, OK? Image Source: Dreamworks 6 / 15 Your friends and family try to provide support. Image Source: ITV Pictures 7 / 15 Even if sometimes, they take it a bit too far. Image Source: CBS 8 / 15 But the problem is, bitten nails just aren't strong enough! Source: MTV 9 / 15 You finally get them to grow, and what happens? They snap! Source: BBC 10 / 15 And then you might as well bite them all to the same length, right? Image Source: The CW 11 / 15 Immediately, remorse sets in. Image Source: Paramount Pictures 12 / 15 How is this so hard?! Image Source: Fox 13 / 15 Then, realisation sets in. You can always just paint your toenails. Image Source: Paramount Pictures 14 / 15 All the best girls bite their nails, anyway. Image Source: Fox 15 / 15 NailsNail BitingGifsKate Middleton