Hello!

Looking for fellow sufferers. I've been harming for about 17yrs now. I tried addressing it when I was about 15 and my parents just laughed. Since then it's affected my sex life, self confidence, how I dress, going to hospital, having children, what activities I do. I have permenant scarring. I normally go through phases of intense activity, not so much now I'm an adult but if left to my own devices I could shred myself in a night. Very much triggered by stress/tension and boredom. Often feels like an itch and a disgust at having clear skin if that makes any sense? I'll pick my face, cuticles, chest, breasts, back, thighs, calves and I also pick my lips and bite my cheeks. In the last few years I've started eyebrow and eyelash pulling, once again due to an itch or the sensation I have a hair out of place and must correct it. I can go for weeks and be fine too. Never really thought about it much until I started addressing a bad period of my life and low & behold it was when this started too. And I'm SO ready to kick it's butt! Found myself picking my chin tonight and decided to confront it. Any tips! Seeing my therapist tomorrow to see what she says....