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Elysium · Mar 29, 2009, 03:06 PM

Hi everyone!!

Normally I hang out in the dissociative disorders forum but I found this place and I had to say that YES, I am a skin picker. I have various scabs that I pick on my trunk and sometimes on my head and I pick till I bleed.

I think I do it out of stress, depression, anxiety, boredom...I just do it. I also pick my toenails, sometimes till they bleed.

When I was a kid I would bite my nails. My dad would force me to soak my fingers in chile oil to try and break me of the habit. Well, I don't really agree with his methods...I think that was a bit cruel. Especially when he didn't realize that his behaviors and treatment were the reason for my stress to begin with. But anyway, once I couldn't bite my nails anymore, that's when I moved on to my toenails.

I do have a history of cutting. I haven't cut in a while. The picking seems to relieve enough stress that I don't feel like I have to cut.

Just a tip. I recently discovered a NEW use for bubble wrap!!! I was very dysregulated and I wanted to cut, badly. I found a piece of bubble wrap in my closet and just sat down and wickedly went to town on it. This lasted for about 5 minutes till all the bubbles were popped, but once I was done, I was done. I didn't feel the need to cut, or the need to pick anymore for that moment!!

I think I'm going to go buy some bubble wrap and keep it handy for those real intense times.

Well, hope you all have a good day and take care!!