Hi!
I suffer from a lot of anxiety. I also have a short attention span (which, according to my boyfriend, is a symptom of another situation rather than the situation itself)
Since I'm maybe... between 8 and 13 years old, I crack my nose all the time. I play with the cartilage, push it, move it around inside. I have a huge weird nose, but I didn't start it because I disliked my nose, but really as a nervous reflex, I think.
I've been trying to stop for years. I bleed from inside the nose all the time. And my nose gets painful too. One side of my nose has a bigger muscle or cartilage, and I can't tell if it was there before or after I started doing that.
One reason it is hard to stop, is that the only times I'm fully focused on my homework or on my class, I'm playing with it. I'm too focused to even notice I'm doing it! When I finally notice I'm doing it, I can't tell how much time it has been going on. Sometimes also, when I try to stop, I feel like something in my nose isn't at the right place and I feel to urge to try to replace it. So when I try to not touch it, I find myself moving my mouth around to make the nose alos moves and I can then feel it crack...
I don't know how to stop. Should I see a doctor or a psychologist about that?