From very young I have been a nose picker. I have also been known to eat them. As a child especially I was something of a compulsive nose picker. I would often have a bloody nose from picking.
I wonder how much this is an ASD (or other disorder)related trait. I know it comes under body focused repetitive behaviours.
I was a very frequent nose picker. Turned out to be due to excessive mucus production caused by perennial rhinitis (nose allergy) for which I now take Beconase nasal spray. It is estimated that 15% of the population have perennial rhinitis. Cured now and and am no longer a picker.
Ack- that’s my middle brother!
My mom once caught him doing it and flipped on the light in his bedroom much to her horror- a headboard full of boogers!
hehehe…she made him wash them all off. ew.
My mom would never under any circumstances allow us to touch our nose without a thorough wash with soap and hot water.
We used to tell her we were going to wait until we were an adult to pick our nose properly- like all the other adults sitting in their cars, drilling their noses up to their elbows…
Okay, for you booger eaters, I’m just dying to know, please indulge me,
Do you eat it for the taste, or the texture- as I’d image they wouldn’t have much taste…?