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Originally Posted by TryingToMoveForward
Does picking at your skin count as self-harm? Like when my lips are chapped and pealing, I have to pick at them. The dry skin feels horrible, and although there is some pain when the skin is peeled, it doesn't bother me. It almost feels good. Its kind of a compulsion. I just remember people trying to stop me from doing this in the past. Which made me feel anxious. I guess its kind of soothing.
I don't know, I was thinking about it tonight because my lips are peeling and I wondered why I'm not like other people who can resist the urge to take the skin off.
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Yeah it does. I didn't realize that until I was part of an emotional regulation study. The questionaire asked about not letting wounds heal and I feel an almost obsessive compulsive need to pick scabs. I find it soothing, like what you're describing. I didn't know it was an issue before that, it was just something I always did. Lush makes a lip exfoliant that is a sugar scrub. It helps chapped lips a lot plus it tastes good. You might try that if you have a lot of problems with it. I do during the winter and I find the lush lip scrub + the body shop hemp chapstick is the greatest combo ever.