I have Dermatillomania, and it disgusts me.
I pick at my scabs, peeling thm off in one piece, and eat them. I pick at my pimples compolsively, even though I know it just makes them worse. I bite and eat my fingernails, and when they're too short, I peel away the skin around them and eat that.
A dentist could tell how stressed out I am by th condition of my cheeks and lips- the more stress I have, the more I bite, and suck on them to make them bleed.
I think it's so gross, but I just can't stop myself. Today I tried to go the whole day without picking or biting: I made it to third period. I need therapy, or something.
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10:57:29 AM
4 comments:
yea thats pretty nasty, Why dont you use some substitue like chewing gum?
Therapy isn't really a bad idea as far as bad habits ending in -mania go. But if you don't want to go, just googling "Dermatillomania" I found a bunch of help sites and forums. It sounds curable or at least treatable so no sadness okay?
Chewing gum helps with nail biting, but I don't know how much it would help with picking.
This actually sounds a bit like me, but I'd have to say that I only do some of these things, and to a slightly lesser extent.
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