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Old Feb 02, 2012, 11:12 AM
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my friend does the exact same thing! it's gotten so bad that her favorite excersie is to swim, and she can't do that anymore.
i try to get her to stop but she said she doesn't realize she's doing it while watching tv.
she picks, it bleeds, turns into a scab, and she picks again.
I used to do that a lot when I was a kid. I always picked my scabs off. I guess that was my baby way of self harm. Now I just scratch holes in my skin because I itch from dry skin. I have claw marks all over my back, neck, and shoulder area that connect.
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