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Old Oct 04, 2011, 08:12 AM
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OH. WOW. This is a thing??? There's a name and all? Why hasn't anyone told me about this and why has no doctor diagnosed me with this (because I need ANOTHER label attached to me, don't I?)

I started biting my nails when I was 6, and it got really bad, I'd bite right down to the quick, they would bleed and get infected. When I started going through puberty I picked at my spots ALL the time. I'd find spots that were probably not even that bad and scatch and pick. On my face, my legs, my arms, my back, my shoulders....I'd find bumps on my scalp and pick at those, making them so bad they'd take weeks to heal, if I even let them heal. I'm now 32 and my nail biting is so much better, jst the odd nibble, but the picking is still bad. It seems to have gotten worse now my self-harm has eased off a bit. Is it connected to anxiety at all? That would make sense in my case....
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