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I have picked my nose forever, but now that I’m going into seventh grade, I know I need to stop. Only problem? I can’t! What can I do to ditch this disgusting habit?

 

While you might have started pickin’ your nose way-back-when to see exactly what was lurking up there, by now you’re only doing it as a nervous habit. Brava to you for wanting to drop it!

 

The best way to bust this baddie is to keep your hands busy 24/7. Whether you’re snapping a rubber band at your wrist or folding scrap paper into cranes, you need to focus that nervous energy somewhere other than your nose. I know it stinks to be called out on bad behavior, but being embarrassed can make your subconscious want to ditch bad habits. Ask you friends and family to tell you to knock it off when they catch you picking…and work out a subtle sign for when you’re in public, okay?

 

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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 7/24/2011 12:00:00 AM

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mod mod mod! I have this terrible habit where I bite the side of my mouth and my lip. It hurts really bad, and I have sores and stuff from it, but I can't seem to stop. It used to be a nervouse habit, but now it's just out of control, and it hurts to eat sometimes, and even talk, because I get cankersores. No one in my family understands, even though they say that they do, and are really supportive. (By the way, I am going into eight grade, and I want to get rid of this habit by January, because I don't want to go into high school with that. My worst fear is that I will be kissing someone, and my lip will start bleeding from moving my mouth, which has happened).
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hey check this out: http://www.girlslife.com/post/2009/06/19/Canker-Sores.aspx




in order to ward off this bad habit try keeping a tally of how many times you start biting your mouth and stop yourself. keeping track will make you aware of how much you do it every day and make you want to do it less so you don't have to keep track of it at all. also set rewards for yourself like, if you only catch yourself five times one day get ice cream, next if you only do it twice go shopping and the first day you stop entirely get a movie or cd you've been wanting. good luck! 
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by romanticbookworm13 on 7/27/2011 8:15:01 PM

 
 



MOD!
I just read an article in the newest issue of girls life about learning disabilities, and something caught my eye: Discalculia. I've had trouble with math for my entire life, and I've been doing Algebra I for 3 years now (luckily I'm homeschooled, so I can go at my own pace with things that give me problems such as math of any sort.) I looked up discalculia to try and find more symptoms, and I have quite a few of them. I want to ask my mom to look at the symptoms and maybe take me to get tested, but I'm afraid that she'll think I'm making a big deal out of it. I know that she knows how hard math is for me and that I just cannot grasp even more simple stuff (I'm a junior, and I still have trouble with basic math functions), and that she doesn't know how to make me understand. I'm starting dual enrollment at a community college this fall, and I really need to figure out my issues with math. how can I talk to her about it?




hey! just tell her your interested in learning more about this, and if she says you're making a big deal then say you just want to make sure even though it might not be anything. good luck! 
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by rockinlishy on 7/27/2011 7:39:47 PM

 
 

MODMODMOD Im 5 feet 4, and i am a size four (in pants). I want to be a size two in one year, (just in time for highschool). i dont think being a size 0 would be realistic though...so how can i decrease a size??? thanks Smile




Hey girl,

Before you start losing weight, you should think about how that's going to affect your body. Maybe you are already in the average weight group for your age, so check with your doctor to make sure it's healthy for you to lose weight, because you don't wanna be too skinny or unhealthy. Anyway, to decrease a size, you just have to eat healthy and exercise daily. Cut out the sweets and go for a walk every day. x0x0 
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by jellybean368 on 7/26/2011 4:13:24 PM

 
 

MODMODMODMODMODMODMODMOD
I am going into 7th grade and i still sleep with my baby blanket. My family went camping and i forgot it and was fine and when we got home i started sleeping with it again. How can i stop sleeping with it again? I need help! Thanks in advance.







Hey girl. There is nothing wrong with sleeping with your baby blanket. If you feel bad about still having it cut a lil piece off and sew it onto your pillow or the inside of your comforter. Maybe you could use it to make a pillow (either as stuffing or a cover)?
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by victory13 on 7/25/2011 3:59:37 PM

 
 



MODS!!! so i might be switching schools from private to public and my guy friend knows a girl who might be switching from the public school I'd go to to my private.. It'd b really cool to meet her and find out more about the school...(cuz im really scared) but my friend said we'd just walk over to her house... Im kinda freaked... how can i make it as least awkward as possible? my mom could also call her mom but thwy've nv met.. ugh im scared to come across as stalker-ish... what seems like the least stalker-ish way of doing it? and how can i make it not awkward?




Hey chica! I answered your other post so check out that one! xoxo 
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by country_luvah on 7/25/2011 10:46:21 AM

 
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