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Desperate
Friends, I'm new here at the forum and I am both sad and happy to be here. I am sad because I realise what I am doing and I am happy to find this shoulder to lean on.
I have pick my skin for about 6 years. I am 23 now and I am from in Sweden. There is not a single one swedish site about skin picking.
I do really want to stop picking. But I dont know what to do. I just cant stop. Right now I am sitting here with a totally red face... I hate it so much.
I am very worried over scars. Now I cant se so many, but can they be more and bigger in the future even if I stop picking? It feel sometimes like there is no reason to stop picking cause I will look like a disaster in my face when I get older anyway. Do anyone here have any experience that?
I so tired of wearing a HUGE disgusting layer of make up every day! Do anyone know what you can do to stop pick? Cut my hand of feels like my only chance.
(Sorry for my bad english)
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May 11, 2010
my heart goes out to you. it is great that you found this place and that there are more and more places becoming available online. there is a book on stoppickingonme.com that has loads of information as well as the menus on this site. and of course there is lots of information in the topics on this forum. spend a lot of time reading about it on these sites. information is power. the fact that you realise this is not the way to treat your skin is also very important. research the changes you are willing to make in order to stop this behaviour. pull together a plan. talk to people close to you about it. you are young and your skin will reward you with healed skin once you begin to treat it in a healthy way. it will recover. don't wait until you are in your 50s like i did to stop harming. it won't go away on its own. i've many posts and topics that outline what helped me and hopefully they'll help you. many others have shared valuable information too. all the best to you. i believe in you. you can make changes.
May 15, 2010
Hello, I'm new here too. I've just read your post and I want to tell you that I know what you feel exactly. I am french, and older than you. I had to learn living with this disorder that took so space in my life. Because of it I became a pro of camouflage with make up too...sadly. It is my shame and since today I've never shared this secret with anybody. Men see me like a very attractive woman but because of this disorder I always lived it like an imposture. I dream one day to be able to show my skin free of make up without rash, scratch and puffiness...yes it is my dream !
However, I knew some short remission (some weeks) and what I can tell you to reassure you that skin is an incredible organ who can restore incredibly, even when you did it for alot and alot of years. Believe my experience.
Anyway, I wish so badly like you to find a way to stop. It would change my life so deeply !!! But right now, I feel just relieved to know I am not alone to get this awful disorder. I share it with alot of people everywhere in the world. I will take time to read posts of other people and may be all together we will find one day, little by little, a solution to this hell ! I think to speak together can help us incredibly. Hugs