Read that The DSM will soon label nail biting—currently listed as “not otherwise classified,” a.k.a. not a big deal—as an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
It’s certainly not my disorder — I couldn’t imagine biting my nails because I would equate that with putting everything I have touched since the last time I washed my hands (5 or 10 minutes ago) directly into my mouth and licking the hands of everyone else who has touched everything I have touched since the last time I washed my hands. GROSS!