Posted by DiamondDoggie on November 28, 2005, at 1:16:10
Hi! I am not sure if this is the right category to post this...
I was wondering who out there is a skin picker or knows anything about self injurious skin picking? What do you do and how do you do it? What are your triggers? How do you stop from doing it? Is it linked with anything else in your life?
I pick the skin on my face and have picked at my feet, legs, arms, chest, and nails before. I pick at my face and lips. I have only picked several times since early Sept. when I started to stop and get myself help for it. I also deal with binge eating disorder/emotional eating and low self esteem from an emotionally abusive relationship I was in. All of these things are connected, and lately for the first time in a reaaaaaally long time I picked at the skin on my face very very badly, which induces all kinds of negative feelings, and have also been eating badly. Skin picking is almost like cutting yourself, but not as severe physically.
Any thoughts, opinions, suggestions, etc? Just anyone out there who has anything to say about anything relating to their skin, unhappiness with their skin, trials and tribulations with dermatologists and treatments, compulsively or/and injuriously picking at their skin, skin as it relates to other factors in life, etc.DD
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