I just bit my lip. Why is it you KNOW you are going to bite your lip but you can't stop it???

[hunter]

There's a part of your mind sending out various "chew" messages and once a malformed message enters the pipeline there's no stopping it. It's like pushing the "send" button on an email, or dropping a letter in the mailbox.

Ouch.

[Jeroen]

1. The worst part is the inevitable second bite within five minutes

On the same spot. I hate myself for doing that

[hunter]

3. Exactly! Sometimes I'll even tell myself to stop eating NOW until I'm certain the glitch is gone.

But then I think, no that's silly... just before I bite my lip again.

[Jeroen]

6. Lol! n/t

[True Dough]

5. Been there, done that

So many times!

Lip or inside of my mouth. Of course it gets a bit swollen making it more susceptible to being chomped on again. The worst is when it's healing after a day or two and you go back to square one after another accidental bite.

[malthaussen]

2. Because you secretly love the pain.

It reminds you that you're alive.

-- Mal

[hunter]

7. Alas, I can be much more creative when it comes to self-inflicted pain...

...and I've got the scars and photographs and unpaid medical bills to prove it.

Not much secret, I've posted a few of my misadventures here on DU.

[lunatica]

4. floppy lip syndrome

OUCH!!

[Wounded Bear]

8. Most of the motions surrounding chewing are automatic...

once you bite it, you will continue to bite it until your subliminal nervous system learns to chew differently.

Been there, done that.