Thank you soooo much for your support everyone! It really makes me feel better, 'cause there are only very few friends whom I've ever told my problem to, and nobody who has ever dealt with the same thing. It's such a relief to know that I'm not alone...

But this anxiety med thing - I had never heard about that before, that's interesting! (Only discovered it through reading some posts on PC here lately). But aren't those medications only for when you have an official diagnosis of OCD, and it's severe enough to require medication? I don't know where you all live, but where I live in Europe medication for mental health issues aren't prescribed that easily / fast (apart from anti-depressants, maybe). I don't have any diagnosis of OCD whatsoever (or at least my psychologist never mentioned it), and I would just be afraid that doctors or psychologists would laugh at me if I described the picking problem What if they say "You pick you're face? What a silly habit! Just stop it already, and everything will be fine. Run along now, girl!"

I don't know... I've never taken any mental-health-related medication whatsoever, so I'm pretty scared of such a big step. What if I become completely hooked? What if it makes me act really weird, or I become horribly emotional, or suddenly gain a lot of weight or something?
(My apologies if these are big prejudices - meds are a big uncharted territory for me, I hope I'm not offending anyone! )