WhiteFemale Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 22 years old. Fully grown. Work two jobs. Engaged. I seem like your normal and functional adult. And when nobody is looking I very rudely bare fingered pick my nose. Sure, if I come up with gold I'll grab a kleenex and clean up. Sure, I'll wash my hands. But nothing beats going in there with naked fingers. How can you feel which way to pick or how to dig out that lil booger that's been bugging you? I am disgusting. It makes me think of the book Rant, the part where the kid saves his boogers on the wall. That was me as a kid. I had a spot next to my pillow that I had to clean on the wall. I still can't break myself of this. Please don't judge too harshly. I wanted to give a real confession. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Guy Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) If it helps, you're definitely not alone. I have no data to back it up (and I don't want to make you feel invalidated), but my hunch is that it's so common as to be almost universal, probably. You're in good company. Gotta love Pubmed. Here's this for you: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7852253 Edited February 19, 2015 by The Dead Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteFemale Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yeah I am sure it's one of those things most people have done when only god was looking. It's like when you're wiping off and you miss the tp and accidentally get a little shit on your hand. You wash it off really good and never tell anyone, but secretly feel ashamed you're an adult and you messed up. Maybe not. I crazy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mambo Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 check out the percentage of people who said yes to #1: http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/are-you-exceptionally-gross#.vhj1jn8V5 and check out the first two here, especially because this version has the actual number of people who have responded http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/how-disgusting-are-you-compared-to-everyone-else#.uikGL9zWK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dianthus Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I love picking my nose. I don't really see why it's disgusting. It's my body. I'm not sure why using my hands to touch a thing in my my own body is disgusting. Granted I don't do it in public and I dispose of my boogers properly. I also like popping pimples. I do wash my hands afterwards on both counts so no one catches my cooties. I do draw the line at playing with my own poop or that of anyone else because it's sticky and it smells bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crtclms Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's good to know that you aren't anal, di. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seahorse Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I like picking my nose as well. #FreeTheNose2015. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WinterRosie Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 There have been studies that suggest that children do this to help acclimatize their immune systems to the environment that they're situated in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Always Unstable Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I pick my nose every day when I get home from work. It's part of my routine. I can't stop but I do t mind. I don't think it's bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
discomposed Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Oh lordie I love picking my nose. It's common, people just don't talk about it because we think others will think we're gross when really the other person is more often than not also keeping their nose picking secret because they think you'll think they're gross. I mean, I don't recommend going up to your acquaintances and digging for gold or talking about your latest expedition, but you can generally assume that the person in front of you does, when nobody is looking, occasionally pick their nose and isn't telling you about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goddessone Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Well, I usually use a tissue but sometimes you just can't get it with anything but your finger. I also use a saline nasal spray so I guess it's all relative. I mean, I'm jamming a nozzle up there and spraying out saline.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zxrtpky7g Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I pick my nose anytime I want to. I always wash my hands after though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malachite Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 My nose picking hygiene is worse than y'all. I only started doing it ten years ago, because I thought it was disgusting. So maybe I am making up for lost time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jarn Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'll outgross you all and say not only do I pick my nose...but I EAT IT. I like taste. Hey, it came out of my body, it can go back into it. That's what I figure. I don't do it in front of anyone but my husband (who I also pee in front off, so I'm just gross). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crtclms Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 My husband sometimes doesn't close the door when he takes a shit. I really wish he would. I've even said I'll never feel comfortable shitting in front of him HINT, HINT. Jarn I hope you make an exception for what comes out and what goes back in for shit. And I mean I actually *say* "HINT, HINT." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iaawal Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) I also eat mine, habit I've never been able to break since childhood. Not my shit though. I don't pee or poop in front of my bf, but I never fully close the door all the way. I always walk in on him though and hug him while he pees. Because I'm a weirdo. Edited February 20, 2015 by iaawal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lexie Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) edit: (blank) Edited November 13, 2015 by identity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RoadToRecovery Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I pick my nose because, well I wake up and there's boogers in there! Never was one for eating them though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KateBeckett Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I used to eat them but stopped when I was about 10. I still pick my nose though and do it often. I believe the reason I rarely ever get sick is because I bite my nails and pick my nose, therefore building up my immune system by accidentally ingesting microbes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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