Acetone (thing that makes it luqid but hardens the nail polish once it evaporates) breaks it down, and no water is able to give the nail and the surrounding skin moisture from above.
I've tried as well, but the chemicals they put in the water is too addicting to me. Even my dog is addicted. Every day I drink it I always get sleepy after about 15 hours, and then my body crashes due to all the toxins and the dihydrogenmonoxide they put in the water.
I've also tried purifying the tap water through the coffee filter, like I saw on tiktoc, but it only helps for a few extra hours compared to when I don't do it.
"low support needs" is the preferred term. Still having needs neurotypical people don't, but not a lot of them.
High support needs would be the opposite.
I'm in the exact same boat, except I only recently started (1 year ago) my journey to diagnosis after learning that I've had anxiety and depression for most of my (30 year) life without knowing that the gloom in my life isn't normal.
Now I think Adhd might be the reason behind it all, as so much of what I've read about Adhd fits with what I struggle with.
I always just lived my life thinking everyone else's life was just as shit as mine, because I didn't lock myself in the bedroom like "real depressed people".
Learning to notice that the automatic thought are negative ones is the first step to learning to interrupt them once it happens and shift the future automatic thoughts to be more positive.
It takes time, but is well worth going for if you find yourself doing this a lot.
I'm early thirties, I say this to friends (online and irl) if they talk to much.