Posted by Elle2021 on February 28, 2004, at 23:10:30
In reply to Re: ((((Crushedout))))), posted by Kind Girl on February 27, 2004, at 1:00:00
This is a website I found about OCD, but it had a special section on skin picking (like cuticles).
http://www.ocdla.com/compulsiveskinpicking.html
Elle
> This whole thread interests me because I am a closet self injurer. The thing I do is called "self excoriation"...it is a really disgusting habit of picking at my fingers (yeah start with cuticle and work around the tips) and my feet. It is so disgusting I hate writing about it.
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> I could barely talk to T. about it and finally did after I put on acrylic nails and COULDN'T pick if I wanted to (my way of constraining myself). My t. says I/we need to find ways for me to comfort myself in other ways instead of dissociating by picking at my skin for comfort.
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URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20040225/msgs/318673.html