Help. I seem to have this insatiable urge to pick at myself. It sounds crazy I know but I cannot leave my skin alone.
I'll pick any surface on myself thats able to be dug at....I'll pick till its raw, at the moment I have picked the bottom of my feet, on my heels the skin... I'll pick till it hurts to walk, then I will leave it and let it heal, swearing to leave them alone... only to do it all over again.
The same thing happens with sores, or cuts, pimples anything I can pick.
I think I have always been like this, I get cold sores and as a child I used to pick those relentlessly. Im also a nail biter and will bite them till they are sore aswell!
Why can't I stop?
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I've been doing this for 35 yrs. Almost my whole life. It's a real disorder with intense desires to pick and causes the sufferer immediate relief followed by mental anguish for doing it. I go thru periods of remission, sometimes years, but it always returns. It's very hard to treat.
I pick my scalp and my hair has gone grey in those parts now. I have little sore bald patches. sometimes one. Sometimes 30 of them. Willpower is hard to manage. Its like fighting the urge to eat wen your starving.
So as you can see its impossible. Medication may help you. However it did nothing for me. See a doctor.
I pick my toe nails which is so gross. But stress triggers them. I pick them and pull them apart until they are so sore and ugly. Then regrets...
Takes massive will power. And sometimes I will even bargain with myself and allow myself to pick only 1 toe hahaha I know that's totally ridiculous. But thought I would let you know you aren't alone.
I found for me its definately an anxiety thing. My partner hates that I pick at my face so much and so do i because I'm constantly red and blotchy and attack the tiniest of pimples. But its soothing in a sense. I know i need to speak to my psychologist about it but we get caught up on other things. Not sure if mentioning it to a dr will help either...
Ich zupft Haut von der Hand Innenseite mit pinsette,ich weiß nicht warum ich angefangen habe
Ich nehmen regelmäßig pepp