I posted this in the Introduce Yourself forum too, but figured maybe I could get more help and advice here
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Well, there ya go. What do you guys think? Let me know if you need more info, I am very new at this....it feels very weird to say to my huband "I think I have OCD", "what can I do to help control my OCD", etc.
I basically want to stop. Not just stop picking, but stop having the urge to do it as well. :
: I want to have pretty arms and legs and not feel weird when I wear tank tops. I always wear jackets in the summer time...which can get VERY hot and uncomfortable.
I'm thinking about getting acrylic nails, like I said above...but I don't just want to address the physical picking only and not the depression part. But I also can't shovel out tons of money for therapy :
: So IDK.
I also eat my scabs. Boy is that really embarrassing to say. I started to cry when I told my hubby that I do that....he reassured me it doesn't gross him out.
I feel awful about myself through the whole process. I'll feel for scabs on my arms, legs, head, anywhere...and when I find one I feel so gross. But I do it anyways, and it hurts like heck..but I take the whole thing off...sometimes with the help of nail clippers. I hate myself afterwards, I feel so gross and weird and angry and ashamed. But what do I do? Look for more to do!!! Ugh, I don't get it!!!
I just don't know what to do....I hate hate hate doing this but I don't know how to stop. :
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Hello!! My name is Emily and I am from NE Ohio. I am 23 and currently am a stay at home wife (looking for work). I am a recent college grad in speech therapy.
I think I may have Dermatillomania. (Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP)). I have always picked at my skin, but never as badly as I have recently. I am very ashamed and angry at myself for doing this so much, my arms and breasts are the worst. My back and face have some scars on them as well. I decided to google "I pick my scabs" and found out that I probably have a form of OCD. I think this because CSP is the worst when someone is depressed and/or anxious. I have definitly beed depressed lately, I spent 5 yrs in school and cannot find a job. I am home all day with nothing to do.
I also stutter. So now I think I have a double disability, stuttering and OCD.
Well anyways, I'll probably post a thread in the OCD section of this forum and see what happens. I am thinking about getting acrylic nails to help reduce the picking, and I am constantly working on my happiness and trying to reduce my depression.
Well, there ya go. What do you guys think? Let me know if you need more info, I am very new at this....it feels very weird to say to my huband "I think I have OCD", "what can I do to help control my OCD", etc.
I basically want to stop. Not just stop picking, but stop having the urge to do it as well. :
I'm thinking about getting acrylic nails, like I said above...but I don't just want to address the physical picking only and not the depression part. But I also can't shovel out tons of money for therapy :
I also eat my scabs. Boy is that really embarrassing to say. I started to cry when I told my hubby that I do that....he reassured me it doesn't gross him out.
I feel awful about myself through the whole process. I'll feel for scabs on my arms, legs, head, anywhere...and when I find one I feel so gross. But I do it anyways, and it hurts like heck..but I take the whole thing off...sometimes with the help of nail clippers. I hate myself afterwards, I feel so gross and weird and angry and ashamed. But what do I do? Look for more to do!!! Ugh, I don't get it!!!
I just don't know what to do....I hate hate hate doing this but I don't know how to stop. :
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