Mucus eating

Such a relief to know that I am not alone. I too pick a great deal - Almost to the point of "danger" insofar as I love to pick my nose at almost every opportunity and take considerable risks socially. No-one (I hope) knows of my obsession, but I have nearly been caught eating my snot on numerous occasions and at work I will scrape my nail inside my gusset to collect my pussy discharge. (Mine smells bad but tastes like very nice yoghurt, by the way). I always think of the durian fruit eating experience - Has anybody else found that? As far as I know I have never suffered any illness doing this and like a previous writer, I like to leave my underwear on for several days, if practical, to let thedischarge build up. Otherwise I appear as a well adjusted and 'normal' person.

I do all those things too, as well I pick dry skin off my heels and eat it and chew the skin off my fingertips. I am a 35 year old mother of 3 who has been married for 12 years. I never pick or eat in public or in front of my husband or children. I have seen my husband Chew skin he has picked off his heels as well, so I really think more people do it than would ever admit to it. When my children were babies I would eat mucas from their noses as well. I used to suck my thumb until I was about 4 and I chewed my nails from then until I was in my early twenties. I wonder if it is some kind of oral fixation or an OCD thing? Even though I would be very embarrassed if I was ever caught doing any of these things, It isn't hurting anyone and lots of people do 'strange' things in private. Regardless I am so relieved to find out I am not alone in these compulsions!

Sadly to say this me too I eat my toenails/fingernails LIVE skin I know I am classified as a cannibal, and I do it with peoPle but secretly I even eat my hole discharge too and it smells like like an ass hole and I am sad of it but don't want to stop I am also sad too that you's too have OCOD and I like the taste I hope you all understand I am not a little child and I know what I shouldn't do And @ Rachel same same

yeah i no how u feel with the vaginal discharge, i pick it off of my underwear, but i dont eat it. and my nose, that i also do sometimes. but my fingers are so bad right now i can hardly type. they need to find a cure for this. its controlling my life.

It may be a headache for you, refusing foods is actually an important part of growing up because it is one of the first ways your child can assert their independence Thanks for sharing the informative post. Regards, Jack - picky eating

I am so glad I found this whole post! I'm sixteen and everyone at school talks about how gross it is to pick your nose and eat it but if they only knew that I eat EVERYTHING I can get off my body. I pick scabs from anywhere, even my scalp, I pick my nose, I pop pimples, and anything I get, I eat. I've always felt so strange, awkward, and alone. And I also obsess over wanting to pop someone else's pimples! Me and my boyfriend will be in deep conversation and I'll catch my eye on a big juicy blackhead and all I wanna do is pop it! He hates it but he gives in and lets me spend hours at a time popping everything from his forehead to his neck to his chest, his back, and even his genitals! God, I feel so weird trying to even be intimate because the first thing that compluses through my head is "Pop me! Pop me! Pop me!" I'm so glad I'm not alone! Much much much love.

I'm so glad I found this. I've been doing the same thing for as long as I can remember. I will literally pick anything but like you I don't stop wounds healing. I will pick and eat my ears, scabs, vagina, spots, scalp, nose, anything. I don't get breast discharge but if I did I'd probably eat that too! I'm In my 30s, a professional and now a mum and I know this behaviour is shocking and shameful but not enough to stop. Weirdly I am breast feeding but have no desire to drink my own breast milk. I do eat mucus from my vagina which is the thing I have the most shame about. I think in the past I may have eaten my own egg but I manage to stop myself doing that these days even though I'm tempted. I hide this behaviour from my husband but he once caught me eating my eye mucus ('Sleep' as we call it in Britain) and was disgusted so I'm more careful now although he knows I pick everything. My mum picks her fingers til they bleed but I manage to leave my fingers alone. I really hope my daughter doesn't start doing this, she's only 7 months and I do do it in front of her but I need to stop. I've been known to pick at her scalp but I've stopped now as I read it can get infected. Otherwise I leave her alone although I do get a weird pleasure from cleaning out her nose and ears. Thanks to everyone for sharing and making me feel I'm not so alone with this.

Wow...I just came across a forum that was making fun of this thread. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3486508&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 I urge you not to read it if seeing people say REALLY awful things about dermatillomania will cause you to go into a picking frenzy. I can't believe the people in that thread think it's funny to make fun of people with a serious mental condition. Karma is going to get them in one way or another. I'm at a loss for words right now.

Ladies and Gents!!! I'm soooo glad I found you guys!! I have had this habit for a long time I'm 28 now but I can't remember a time I wasn't picking something and eating it!! I slowly found out that everyone else wasn't doing it.. So I had to sneak and do it.. My BF caught me with a scab in my teeth nibbling away.. He said what's that! I said huh nothing! I think he has caught me more than that and just hasn't said anything.. I'm always in my nose!! Oh well I'm not going to stop. It's my boogers scabs mucus vaginal fluid and whatever else I pick and eat!! And like it.. Thanks everyone for sharing!! We need to have a club or group!! But I live in Hawaii who else is here..? Im excited I found y'all!! Love picklick.

I think this is very gross but if it is a habit I say you should not eat the stuff in your underwear and on your nipples just wipe it off with a kleenex or a baby wipe.your face just try to annoy it and your nose pick it out with a klenex and throw it away.Hope this helps! ;) Peace,love and cupcakes!

hi, this is crazy. i can't believe how many people r on here. i do the same thing. fucking EVERYTHING. its been such a problem since i was a kid. the only people that really know about it are my close family. iv honestly been in self denial for such a long time. the worst i pick and eat is my dandruff. i just cant stop scratching my head and eat what i find under my fingernails. theres something so comforting about it. however i can keep the picking of everything else under control, and wait until I'm alone so no one can see me. its only recently that I've been able to admit it to myself. I'm even too embarrassed to admit this to my therapist. i know i have a mental disorder. and I'm on medication. but it doesn't change the picking. the only reason I've really realized I'm not alone is that i just caught my boyfriend of 2 years picking off some dead skin from his foot and eating it. i was like WTF. and he froze, wide eyed. but i couldn't help laughing because i did the same thing. we both pick and eat scabs, any dead skin and boogers. but he does tend to chew on his fingers a lot too. however I'm better at hiding it than he is. so i wanted to look this up cuz i was wondering wtf is wrong with us?? im 19 right now. i have really pretty hair. I'm really worried that i will go bald with how much i pick at my scalp. I've been able to stop before, but never longer than a month. because when i run my fingers through my hair i can't help but just notice something. & once i start i can't stop.

Hello everyone? This is my first time on here. I eat boogers, I use to eat snot. I like to eat the clot that comes when your nose bleeds. I to eat scabs fingernails and toenails the skin around them. That's disgusting. Eating vaginal discharge is super disgusting, at least from like a health perspective. I don't mean to judge, I'm just saying.

Thank you all for posting, I'm sitting here crying because I always thought I was alone. Recently at the dermatologist I the doctor quickly said, "Well you obviously have OCD" and just left it at that. I have always felt embarrassed and alone, Recently the picking has gotten so bad that I have scars down my leg. I pick my nose and eat it, I eat my scabs, my nails are chewed down to nothing and I make my toenails bleed I bite them and peel them so low. I got here by accident after clicking a recipe on pintrest and I think now that I have information I'll have more confidence in stopping. I'm a teacher so my students always see my hands which makes me so nervous on interviews, and I've been taking acne medication again to help stop breakouts because I pick my face less when it's not broken out, but that makes me go for scabs instead. I'm just so happy that I'm not alone.

Hello! Ok #1..... To the rude and inconsiderate ones, IF WE DISGUST YOU, STOP READING AND MOVE ALONG! No need to judge and be hateful! We have to live with that enough in the real world already. #2..... So glad I'm not alone! I also have trichotillomania as well as dermotillomania. I'm 234 days pull free though so yay! I too eat my pimples and boogers. My mom has caught me occasionally and it's embarrassing but I don't even realize I'm doing it sometimes. :-/ Take care everyone and try your best to ignore the haters. YOU ARE LOVED!