Ditching childhood habits

[Zantos]

I need to know if anyone has a good way of kicking old habits from when you were little. I've been a nosepicker for as long as I can remember, but I've recently started getting regular nosebleeds which is making me want to stop. Problem is, sheer willpower and dislike of blood isn't cutting it. Anyone have any helpful advice?

 

[Aedes]

When I was younger, I had the weird habit of blowing my arms. Yeah, totally weird. I had to go to a doctor and she said I had to keep myself busy to avoid such behavior. A sport of some sort.
Mom forced me to do swimming 2 or 3 times a week. After a whole year of that, I had no desire or need to blow my arms so you can say it worked. The fact that I didn't like swimming at all back then wasn't much helpfull though.

When I think about it, I suppose swimming was the best choice since I can't blow underwater. So a sport where it's hard to pick your nose... I can't really think of any.

In case you can think on anything, that's an ideia that could work. If you want an effortless option though, I'm afraid I can't help you there.

 

[Ando85]

I need to know if anyone has a good way of kicking old habits from when you were little. I've been a nosepicker for as long as I can remember, but I've recently started getting regular nosebleeds which is making me want to stop. Problem is, sheer willpower and dislike of blood isn't cutting it. Anyone have any helpful advice?

One specific tip I can think of to stop nose picking is to clean out your nose really good when you wake up. With nothing in your nose to pick there will be no point in picking.

 

[Kezboard]

If you want to go at this the pavlovian way, you could rub habanero peppers on your nails so it hurts like Hades everytime you pick your nose.

You could also get a nose piercing that blocks access to your nostrils at the price of looking rather silly.

Or you could keep your fingernail shorter, so you no longer bleed when you pick your nose.