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Constantly picking face
I obsessively pick my face. In fact, I pick at everything. I have sores/red marks all over. I know that it's gonna make it worse if I keep picking but I just can't stop. It just keeps happening. I have scars everywhere. It's the most embarrassing thing and I absolutely hate it but I just can't stop. Does anybody know how to stop doing this? If I stop for a week my face clears up. But then I just have to do it. I have this unbearable NEED it compulsion to pick and then all the progress I've madenis ruined in a matter of minutes. Sometimes I am in front of the mirror for hours. Does anyone know how to stop doing this? Please, I'm at my wits end. I'm so ashamed of this...
I'm exactly the same way! Read the post titled "Found my cure". I just did, and I think what she wrote just may help me..and maybe you too.
I thought I was alone in this. I have been picking my skin for about five years and it makes me look awful. I do it when I'm worried, I do it when I'm bored, I do it when there's nothing going on. I use it as a way to control my emotions.
A good way to start would probably be finding out when you pick and what you get out of it. Make a detailed diary. What was going on? Who were you with? Was there a problem?
I found out recently that I have a big problem with attracting male attention, so this may be a clever but really bad way of making sure no pervs go after me. You should think really carefully about this, just in case.