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Post by zenaida on Jul 9, 2017 23:05:33 GMT
titchycatnipsandwich Your psychologist is absolutely correct with that analogy with the glass of water. I use similar analogies when explaining things to my families. The suggestions about fake nails are very good, but it sounds like that may not work in your situation. If you have had some luck with necklace chains in the past maybe you simply need to get a sturdier one like a "wheat chain". It sounds like rings are ok, have you ever tried a spinner ring? You can also just google "fidget jewerly" and see what comes up. I find most adults know pretty quickly if something will work or not. It also sounds like the chew sticks helped, but maybe you need something else too. Some people find that chewing something like ice chips helps. That way it "fills" you but there are no calories. In a similar vein, drinking water through a straw might help. You also could snack on veggies like carrot sticks to get the crunch without lots of calories. Also you said "autism chew sticks" do you mean the rubberized ones? Or do you mean the licorice wood ones? You might try the licorice ones if you didn't do those because the flavor might help; they are also supposed to be good for the teeth. Anyway, you can start with any of these if you really want to. One of these could work, or it might be a combo. You can also tell me why these won't work and we can all try to think of other ideas that might work. I find that I usually don't tell my clients what works, but I give them ideas from my tool box and we all tinker with it until it works for them.
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Post by titchycatnipsandwich on Jul 11, 2017 20:14:14 GMT
Thanks, zenaida, I'll look into and give those things a try. I've never tried a spinner ring; I wonder if one might work for reading, but probably not for on the wards at work as one is only allowed a plain solid band. The chew sticks I'd tried were the rubbery ones, I had a few slender ones and a supposed-to-be-lemon one that just wasn't. I stole the original thought for doing it from baby teething rings, but I destroyed that too quickly, which is why I tried the rubbery chew toys. I'm wondering if a combination of ring/necklace/bitter varnish might help break the habit right now; I'll then have to work out what I do long term to prevent me falling back into the habit. It's usually a snag or hangnail that attracts me to start biting, but keeping nail files around to deal with them did nothing for me - it's quicker to bite the wonky nail out than to file it or find the cutters... :/
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Post by deguconvert on Jul 11, 2017 21:59:56 GMT
I used to go nuts for the tails on the caps of pens . . . something about the soft plastic and the click of my teeth when I almost bite through . . . my pen caps were a mess but how I LOVED to chew them!! They should make necklaces out of that stuff, though I'm sure I'd need a new one to chew every day!
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