How can I stop sucking my thumb?!?!


Question: How can I stop sucking my thumb?!?
i'm 13 going on 14 and I still suck my thumb. I've been sucking my thumb all my life and i have a over bite. I need braces but I don't wanna have braces and still suck my thumb. Are there any home remedies that can help me? BTW I can't wear stuff on my fingers at night nor can I just stop whenever i want to. Sometimes I put my thumb in my mouth by habit. I really need help! thanks

Answers:

Put some hot sauce on your thumb nail.

The idea is that your thumbsucking is an unconscious habit, and the hot sauce alerts you when you put your thumb in your mouth. It helps turn an unconcious habit into a conscious habit.

Many mothers put hot sauce on their kid's fingernails to keep the kid from chewing the nails.

You could buy latex gloves, cut off the glove thumb and wear it, and when you put your thumb into your mouth the taste of the latex will alert you. When that thumb is worn out, cut off a glove finger and wear that. This is a slightly more expensive method but it is also compatible with doing your school work as you won't get hot sauce on your school stuff.

You don't say if you use both thumbs or just one. If just one, each glove gives you five coverings.



hypnosis?



put some ointment on it so you will not like the taste when you suck it.




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