Adult Thumb Suckers - Are You One?

I don't remember ever being much of a thumb sucker. I was always a nail biter instead.

Yikes. I havent' ever really known of adults who sucked their thumbs. That's unhealthy and I believe even can cause dental problems. I certainly don't need any more teeth issues! Anyways, no, I never sucked my thumb in my life. I think it was a habit my mom was quick to prevent at early age. I'm glad she did. I had a friend who had to have a device put in her mouth, similar to a quadhelix at 8 years old because she would not stop sucking her thumb! I had a quadhelix for a cross bite and it was not fun.

No thumb sucking here. I don't think anybody in my family did now that I think of it. Our kids never even caught on to that habit thank God. I guess it never occured to them that they could put their fingers in their mouth and go to town. My neices and nephews never did it either.

Not a thumb sucker here. lol

I don't, but I know a girl who is 23 who still sucks her thumb.

I have never sucked my thumb or fingers that I know of, but to each their own right?

an adult sucking their thumb its a soothing technique & Harmless habit
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I chew gum all the time over a pack a day ... It calms me it helps me focus
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its all oral fixation

I never sucked my thumb, but I was nearly attached at the mouth to my pacifier. My mom was able to "break me" of that pretty easily, when I accidentally left my pacifier behind in a beauty salon. I was very small, so I don't remember, but my mom says I asked her to please break in and get my pacifier back.

My brother was a big time thumb sucker though, and my mom tried a number of things to "break him" of the habit. None of it worked, he eventually stopped on his own when he wanted to.

I'm not sure why my mom was so intent on breaking us of sucking on those things when it is just a harmless, self soothing behavior... but, whatever!

Wow, I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of positive comments on this subject I myself am 20 and still suck my thumbs. I used to do it every time I would sleep but since I started college and started sleeping in the same bed as my boyfriend, I got into the habit of trying to hide it, so it only happened every so often. When our relationship got more intimate in the way that we starting having deeper conversations and confiding in each other, I finally felt comfortable to tell him. He was the first and only person that had known about my thumbsucking, besides my immediate family of course. He was very accepting of it I was always afraid that people would hold it against me and tease me for it or think of me differently. I don't do it during the day, usually its just occasionally when I'm asleep. For me, its always been a comfort. If I'm stressed out or upset, sucking my thumb just relaxes me and makes it all go away for a while And as for the tooth damage thing, my teeth are perfectly straight and I have never had to have braces or correction of any kind. As for my thumbs, they're pretty much normal looking also. The only thing is that if I've been sucking on the same one for a long amount of time, which is rarely now since I don't do it as often compared to a few years ago, my teeth may start to cut into the skin on the knuckle of my thumb. It's really not as bad as it sounds unless I get something in it that can start to sting. It usually heals within a day or two if I don't bother it. My parents also tried to stop my habit when I was little by putting stuff on my thumbs or painting my nails with nasty tasting nail polish, but obviously nothing ended up working, so they eventually just accepted it. It has never gotten in the way of any aspect of my life, so I don't really have a reason to see it as harmful or stop doing it. And if my future children feel the need to suck their thumbs as well, I won't object or try to stop them as long as their teeth are healthy.

I really appreciate everybody that has voted and/or commented and I just have to say that everyone's positive comments have made me feel a considerably more comfortable with sharing my 'secret' with more people. Thank you!!! And feel free to share more comments and stories and if anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to ask me
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Even when I was young I didn't suck my thumb and my mom said I hated pacifiers.

I was never allowed to suck my thumb as a child, because my parents didn't want me touching something gross and putting my fingers in my mouth. I did have a nail-biting phase, but that's about it.

So of course, the habit was just never there as I got older to want to suck my thumb. I have a friend who does though, she was teased relentlessly by other kids growing up, when she would do it in school out of habit during tests and stuff and I felt bad for her

I personally wouldn't want to, just for the reason my parents didn't allow me to, but nothing wrong with other people doing it I suppose.

Not me ,but I did bite my nails for years

I never have but, I have a cousin in her late 20's that still does.

I have never sucked my thumbs.

i never sucked my tumbs know a kids who is 20 something who does it tho lol

I think I stopped when I was a little old, but really it was nail biting that was a problem. In first grade I had a teacher that would give me treats for not biting my nails and that was how I kicked the habit.

I have a lot of bad habits, but thumb sucking isn't one of them