I feel guilty and shameful to admit these bad habits, but I'm not the only one so I hope no one reads my words and thinks, "ewwww!".

I am obsessive about picking at my hair. No other words accurately describe it. I search for split ends, methodically, and try to pull them off cleanly. I've been fighting this tendency for 10-15 years now. It still takes all of my might to get myself to stop. Half of the time, I can't give in to my logical mind & keep picking anyway!

Another real strong tendency is skin picking. Shame comes right with it, yet it isn't enough to get myself to stop already. I literally bawl myself out, calling myself all sorts of names, to get the motivation to stop. But it doesn't work.

A couple of years ago, I made the mistake of tweezing my eyebrows too , and now I'm fighting strong impulses to tweeze. Ughhh!

I have noticed that these tendencies are stronger when I'm under a lot of stress. A lot harder to make myself STOP! But, when day to day life is filled with a lot of stress, that means I'm being pretty obsessive compulsive. Are there easier, healthier ways to avoid going with techniques that need to be avoided?