Phoenix, I started picking when I was a kid, I would go to the bathroom and end up coming out 2-3 hours later, a little interfering. I think I finally just got fed up with my face always looking like I had acne, tired of the constant scabs on my head that would never heal.

It took me years of trying to stop to actually stop, and from time to time I'll catch myself starting again. I never found a healthy way to stop, I just exchanged it for cleaning. When I was picking it was like a wave would wash over me, calm, tranquil and very detached, soothing tho. The cleaning invokes the same feelings. I wish I knew a way to actually stop.

Have you tried looking on the OCD forum, I haven't yet but I think there would be some answers there.
You can talk to me about it anytime tho. I'm curious if you have similar feelings while you are picking, I've never actually met anyone I could ask.

Just looked it up, don't know why I never bothered before, I didn't think there was a real name for it. If it is your skin it is called Dermatillomania. I know tho that picking skin can turn into picking anything you can pick at.