My story is weird I didn’t start sucking my thumb intill I was 6 it was cause my dad started to scream me as a punishment and it made me cry so I found sucking my thumb mad me happy and stop crying but now I do not cry when my dad scream at me but I am addicted and can’t stop I it like when you get addicted to smoking you do not feel right without it
Its actually easy you just need patients To stop it you just need to do the tape trick don't take it off just take it off whenever your going public places or taking shower you need to use tape to prevent sucking it if you can't stop it like me I used this tape trick to stop it and it worked I did it when it was December 2017 till March 2018 so I'm 12 now so just do the tape trick for a few months or years or just 1 year it depends.
@Keti Anteneh Tsegaye I'm going to the same thing I'm 12 about to turn 13 and I still do it sometimes I'm at school and I just want to suck my thumb but I get to embarrass so when I go home I suck it until I go to sleep but it's still a bad habit
I'm 25 and I still do it. I got braces at 17 stopped till I was 21. But stress brought it right back. I don't do like I use to, at home or in my sleep. I still wear my retainers but I'm not ashamed i don't drink or smoke so this is pretty much my only vice. Sucking my thumb wont cause and earth quake and it hasn't scared away men.
@@lazurm I'm 27, and can confirm all ex's found it cute. Kind of disturbing really! I still find it embarrassing and want to quit, but I just do it automatically in my sleep! I'm fine when I'm awake.
@@Hazeydaze92 The only aspect that's disturbing (in my opinion) is the cognitive dissonance between one's assumptions and reality. The fact is that from 3-7% of the U.S. adult population (usually between the ages of 21 and 35) suck their thumb. Point being: the reality undermines anything worth disturbing oneself about. :)
I've tried everything! I liked the taste of the nail polish stuff, I broke through the thumb guard thing, it's awful. I'm 11 and can't break the habit. It's honestly so shameful.
Don't feel bad. Feeling ashamed and guilty of it can actually make it worse, personally for me. I'm 17 and still doing it. For me I realised I did it out of stress, and the more I was stressed about it, the more I sucked my thumb unconsciously. It's ok, take one step at a time.
Same I feel phicotic and I feel crazy and messed up in the head for still doing this because my parents make it suck a big deal and they make fun of me and make me feel ashamed, but it’s ok... it will break someday and everything will be ok🥺😞
I'm 11 too and I use it to sleep but I'm thinking about getting a thumb guard though I'm scared that they won't have my size because they are mostly for 7 year olds at most.
I‘m 16 and I am so embarrassed about this habit. I can’t sleep whiteout it and relax at home without it. I‘m getting braces because of it and I really need to break that habit. But I am also somehow glad that I am not The only one who has that habit
I have a little bit of a trick for you. This help me a lot put a sock on your hand and put tape on it so you need help to remove it. Your parents are friends will not help you to remove it for your own good so you will not be able to suck your thumb.
I’m 13 and still sucking my thumb. My New Years resolution was to stop sucking my thumb and to stop biting my finger nails and sadly I didn’t succeed. I tried that bad tasting solution that you put on your fingernails and I put it on my thumb too but it didn’t stop me from my bad habits, I’m sure it will help some people but sadly it didn’t help me. Now my New Years resolution for 2019 is to stop my bad habits and I am determined to stop this time. Good luck to anyone else who is trying to stop their bad habits. 🙂
Elif Bastug: If you don't have any negative health affects why stop? After all, it's free, legal, quiet, non-intrusive, without calories or drugs, instantly calming, aids sleep and concentration. If more people would suck their thumb there'd be less smoking and drug abuse. Thumb Suckers Unite!
@@joleenmarch3253 Note, I stated in my first sentence, "If you don't have any negative health affect...." And then the rest follows. You didn't address what I wrote, and may not have even read it or comprehended what you may have read. Fact is, a HUGE percentage of thumb suckers have none or little dental affects and, so, for them it's almost a perfect habit, but for the social definitions.
@@joleenmarch3253 Your statement, though correct in many instances is NOT correct in close to 50% where no effect can be measured and only slightly correct in about another 10%. You should try to consider the benefits of knowing that many truths exist in the gray area of life with VERY few that are either black or white. Also, consider looking in Google Scholar where scientific papers are reviewed. This subject is amply represented and offers proof to the validity of my statements and the falsity of yours. I suspect that your information came from unreliable sources, even rumor possibly.
I’m 17 I have braces I had the appliance to help stop, it worked when I got it off I stopped for almost to years suddenly my thumb ended up in my mouth and I’m back at square one
@@breamacaskill3204 I’ve been sucking my thumb since I was 2 years old. I don’t suck my thumb as often anymore usually when I’m bored it’s getting better eventually I’ll stop I have too stay occupied
I am getting older and I hate it,in public my thumb gets so dry I have to stick it in my mouth wherever I am,shops,schools,hotels,pools! I want it to go and I feel like chewing everything! I want to stop but it is a addiction,I have to sleep like this and it's terrible,my thumb is flat,I sometimes even have to chew my skin,it is a dry thumb and I try everything! I want to stop and it is so challenging to do anything with my fingers I'm Lailipopsrocks and this is my story.
To stop it you should prevent or stop yourself from sucking If you can't do it Wear a full covered hand glove or put small or big anything not that big tape and just take it off if your gonna wash or take a shower or going public after few years or months doing it it will be gone I did this trick to put tape in my hand to stop and few months it stopped so this is my recovery for this addiction
I am 12 right now trying to stop, we(me and my family) have not tried anything major yet that is why I am on here I stopped for a while but then started again. When I suck my thumb I do it because I am stressed, sad, tired, bored, watching tv, and even when i'm mad. I really want to stop EDIT:oh and I can't sleep with out it
Same I’m 12 and was going 1 1/2months strong and this girl was talking about how I used to suck it and I was laughing and then she got her friend and forced me to put it in me and the a month and a half had gone to waste :(
I got a MRSA infection from sucking my thumb after biting a hangnail off and that really shook me to my core. If it wasn’t for that I never would have stopped 😭
I am 11......the thing is thumb sucking helps calm me down. I have extreme temper problems I also have emetophobia, it helps me calm down so much, I can!t stop!
I was founding alot of stuff regarding thumb sucking even at the of 20. I liked it too much, it give a relax and even i doesn't even realise when my thumb is in my mouth, but my family used too hate me for this, they said they get irritated from me when i do it. and even my father even hit me many times, so i thought i should quit this habit and i am the only person who have this habit even at the age of 20. but after reading all the comments it dosen't feel like alone and felling bad for this habit. i want to thanks everyone who shared there story in comment and make me feel to share my story here.
I am 13 and i suck my thumb everytime I sleep, watching something, and literally do anything. Honestly it's shameful to do it, i want to stop that but it calms my anxiety and makes me feel safe and calm. Looking at my younger sibling looking at me doing it is honestly embarrassing. I wear braces and i made so little progress, my dentist knows that i suck thumb because my mom told them it's very embarrassing and shameful. i feel like I need a distraction but i can't seemed to find what i really need.
Hey, I started sucking my thumb since I was a baby til I reached 20s. I couldn't sleep without doing it, so my sister decided to make me have braces. IT WAS SO GODDAMN HARD FOR ME. I swear, months of sleepless nights but I must go on. It gets better as time goes by. It's been more than a year now and I can sleep well without sucking my thumb, the life that the society considered, "normal" You can do it too. I can sleep anywhere I want now PEACEFULLY and without being embarrassed. Give it a try, babies! You have to resist your hand. You'll get there soon! :)
Its bad for your teeth so yea if you stop its good for you. My top teeth and the bottom have like a small hole that got created because i suck my thumb and it looks bad. I honestly dont smile much because my teeth look wierd. So yea its good if you stop it
Its actually easy you just need patients To stop it you just need to do the tape trick don't take it off just take it off whenever your going public places or taking shower you need to use tape to prevent sucking it if you can't stop it like me I used this tape trick to stop it and it worked I did it when it was December 2017 till March 2018 so I'm 12 now so just do the tape trick for a few months or years or just 1 year it depends.
I'm 32 and I still can't get rid of this habit. I suck on my skin flute when I'm under stress. It is extremely difficult to get rid of this habit because it relaxes me so much.
I'm 14, and I thought it was only me who still do this, but there are so many people that can't stop it too! My parents always tell me to stop, they say it's ridiculous and I know that, but I just can't stop, it's a habit that I have since I was a kid, and even though I don't sleep sucking my thumb, when I wake up, it's always the same thing. I have a little gap between my teeth, but I hope to someday stop doing that
I’m 11 going on to 12 and it’s been so hard to stop and I have tryed everything like when I put gross things I hate on my thumb I always end up just swallowing it or just sucking it right off ugh
Why are they not talking about the psychological side. It’s not just an oral fixation, it’s a coping mechanism and sometimes the only thing the child has.
I have a foolproof solution. I bought a new sleeper, cut the feet off and sewed them on the sleeves and put the sleeper on backwards. I have to take my daughter to the bathroom once a night, but it’s absolutely foolproof. She defeated all other devices.
This is actually normal To stop it Stop sucking the thumb if you can't resist it you should like put tape or something to prevent yourself from sucking it or you can wear gloves. And don't bite it If your sucking it after a few months that your not sucking it it will be stopped This isn't any disease or anything My theory is that this is an addiction I had these and now I'm 12 and stopped at march 2018 I used tape to stop or prevent myself sucking but whenever I sleep this happend when I was 11 I bit my thumb whenever I sleep and some wounds come to my thumb and it hurts so I was thinking to stop it and now my addiction from that is gone I'm not sucking my thumb any more so for those people doing it don't be shy its normal its just an addiction
I'm 13 and I hate this habit I can't get rid of it and I'm really ashamed and guilty about it. although I'm kinda glad to see that I'm not the only one out there that is struggling with this.
I’m 11 and I’m literally so embarrassed my dad literally took pictures of me sucking my thumb and sent it to the family group and now everyone knows I feel so embarrassed I’m hoping I stop it plus my teeth is coming out bc of it..
I used to be like this too but I started to put lotion on my thumb. Also I put a glove on and I noticed that when my thumb dried my nail would too and it would give me an urge sometimes to duck my thumb dipping my thumb in water or closing my hand to make it sweat would make it moisturized I would stop eventually.
I’m 9 almost 10 and still can’t help but to make it the part where they said my kid would get it off in 10 seconds is true for me I’ve been doing it my whole life and I feel like I’ve just grown to be addicted to it it’s like some people have an addiction to gambling and they can’t stop. Nothing will help me but I’m pretty sure the thing that they said it’s pretty hard to get off might help me. I’m so glad to see so many other people are like me. I feel terrible when people talk about it but now I realize a lot of more people are like me. I hope y’all stop if you want to and I hope I stop.
My name is Jasmin.... Ever since i was in my moms Stomach i would suck my thumb... When i wad getting older my parents always thought i would stop sucking my thumb because we never had this problem with my other sisters.... Now im 9 years old there telling me to stop but its so hard because i sucked it for 9 years.... Even when i try going to sleep without my thumb in my mouth it gets in in my sleep anyway.... Sometimes i cry... Because it separated my teeth so i have to get braces.... It also damaged my own thumb and it might fall off... My bottom lip goes down and i will look ugly... I JUST WANT IT TO STOP! I pray all the time it was getting better.... But one day my thumb would just keep on getting in my mouth... Im trying so hard to stop but it just wont budge... As im writing this its making me cry... Im asking if u ghys are reading this please pray i dont want my thumb to fall off.... Please I'm begging u....
@@laurahonaker2805 I’m looking back at this comment 3 years later and I’m just laughing 😂 Ty for making me realize it was a lie! I no longer suck my thumb during the day but I do it when I sleep bc its hard for me to stop doing it while sleeping. Doing good though! I also just got my expander out and I’m going to be getting braces very soon so I hope I will completely grow out of it by then! It’s just weird to think that I wrote this comment when I was 9 and now I’m 12. I was literally crying when I commented this and I’m just laughing now 😂
@@TariqKhan-mc4ld Sadly, yes. But, I’ve definitely gotten better with it! But, I just don’t know how to stop- I literally can’t go to sleep without sucking it, and if I do it will take me atleast 4 hours. And, during the day I only suck my thumb if I’m really upset, or sad, (because it comforts me) but I’m trying to work on that. Edit: And, I’m wearing braces now and that makes me still sucking it even worse
Like many of you I also suck my thumb I have always done it to go to sleep or when I'm chilling in my room, I ordered the mavala stop from amazon and going to be trying it tonight wish me luck :D (hope it break my habit)
im 13 and i cant sleep without it i dont know what to do anymore i need braces soon but i cant get them unless i stop ive been sucking my thumb for 13 years :(
I had tongue gates (sharp things that painfully poke my thumb , located on the back of my two front teeth) they even got damaged and fell out in the drain.
I stopped for a few months how but then I went back! I don’t want to do it but I can’t fall asleep without doing it Unless I’m at a sleepover which I don’t get Btw I’m 11 ;-;
Well you two obviously don’t understand that is applies to adults too. It’s not a thing where u can mentally stop by saying “stop” It is sooooOOOOOO hard to stop. It’s in our brains to do it. The comforting feeling. Our brains get stressed without it and just thinking about stopping feels 😫😫Empty. We try try try and without thinking it happens and it just feels so damn goood once you put it back in after long. It’s a worser addiction than nicotine because you can’t control yourself at all even being an adult it’s a real battle
As long as there's no serious, negative health affects (and, note, it's been shown that it reduces (on average) allergies by around 30%), what's wrong with a habit that's legal, free, without drugs or calories, instantly calming, aids sleep and concentration, is convenient, quiet and non-intrusive and more? Really, it should be socially accepted especially when considering some alternatives that are socially accepted (gambling, over-eating, etc.).
I had a palatal crib for a year and braces going on four years it was effective but then around a year ago it started again and now that I’m almost 15 and going into high school and in a relationship it’s really embarrassing and I want to stop it’s just really hard
Sooo I was 6 and my family put that stuff to make your fingers taste bad and they even put jalapeños like rubbed Jalapeños on my fingers and I apparently liked the taste of I would just get up and wash my hands 😂 it’s not funny but....
I’m 16 and I’ve commented this prior but I think it’s purely down to how bad you want to stop, the determination with in yourself is the only thing that will break the habit, it’s been a month since I last sucked my thumb and it’s so rewarding being able to fall asleep at night and not need my thumb
The bitter stuff, the thumb shield and the palette crib are all really just ways to reminds the child who sucks their thumb or fingers that it’s something they’re doing. It can work sometimes but it works best with a replacement to go along with it (a necklace or something). The replacement helps control the urge, but because the replacement is not the THING they want to do, it can help them stop completely.
My 36months son won't stop i have tried everything including the most bitter substance. And i just noticed the front teeth is pushing forward 😥😥😥. My 7months baby followed suit from birth too.this is so frustrating when you have a child with a very strong will even at tender age
I’m 14 and tryna stop ... it’s shameful to me ..... but I can sleep without mine Bc I wear nails and I go to sleep a hour early to make sure and now it’s working try wearing nails and getting them glued in good where yu can’t take them off
I'm so glad that I'm not the only one with a thumb sucking problem, I'm only 12 and I can never smile because I'm too ashamed even though my teeth don't even look that bad
If kids suck their thumb past 4, they need therapy. They are self soothing, because they are constantly feeling over stimulated. Taking away their ability to self soothe, and not addressing the underlying issues.... that's barbaric.
