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crazydancer9288 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
not all, but sooooooo much of what you said on this video sounds just like me, except i pick b/c of acne and ingrown hairs. Luckily mine's only on my face, my arms and somtimes on my chest. My legs have bumps all the time and i've used acne body wash but nothing helps. I guess I just stop myself from picking too much on my legs. I might pick a bit but that's it cuz i know it won't fix it. As for the other areas, especially my face, man, they look so ugly, i can't even look at myself
Puddywattcatwaddy (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
I have it too but I am finally getting better after close to ten years of the demon. Thank you for being so brave. I never had sever acne but I would pick and keep on picking till it bled. Even then when it had healed over I'd pick more. Like you my body is riddled with scars from it.
GreekNeptune (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
I suffer from acne excoriee...Picking makes me feel better, I want to stop but I can never get myself to stop. I feel as if I don't belong and I try to hide the fact that I pick. Is there hope for us who suffer from this? I'm embarrassed to even admit it. I want help, I want to fit in, be normal, but I'm afraid that while looking for an answer I might not find one. I'm afraid of hearing there is nothing that can be done. I'm only 16, yet somehow I feel that it has been an eternity.What can I do?
ergirl16 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Hey there, just curious how you were able to break free from csp? Thx
ergirl16 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Hun I go through this hell pretty much every day too. It's so frustrating because it seems like something i should be able to stop myself, but it's been about a decade now. I have trichotillomania too..among other problems. Bless you for bringing your struggle into the light for others to become educated on the issue. Hoping we'll both break free.
michabella22 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
i've been doing this as long as i can remember...sarted to get bad when I was 14 I am now 27 hopefully it will subside soon!!!
michabella22 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
i tried celexa,anafranil(twice),wellbutrin(twice),prozac and Ativan...none of these seem to help...prozac helped the most out of all of them though but I was gaining weight.
opiumpoppy (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
Well it was something I dealt with for like 16 years before it got any better. I am lucky I didn't scar too badly. I stopped the overly obsessive behaviour when I started to care for myself more. The better I felt mentally, and the better I looked physically, the less I wanted to mutilate myself. I found that when I switched to a raw food diet my depression and anxiety disappeared, and I felt less of a need to pick. I still do it, but not excessively. It's brief and sporadic, its not obsessive.
anonymity86 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
I would say that comparing it to Munchausen's by Proxy is a little harsh. Maybe not because I'm biased from having the skin picking disorder but with Munchausen's the victim (child) is put in and out of life-threatening situations.A lot of skin pickers actually enjoy popping other people's zits as well. Personally, I just like doing it to myself, but many people have the obsession carried on over to others. I'm so sorry that you had a childhood that no one deserves to go through.
anonymity86 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)
How did you reverse it? Was it a serious problem for you or were you on the path of it becoming too obsessive when you were able to reverse it. Any insight would be wonderful! |
