I know skin picking is part of OCD. I’m 35 and been doing this my whole life. I recently started breaking out on my shoulders, chest and back due to hormonal changes and cannot stop picking! I’m causing myself scars it’s so bad. Does anyone know how to stop this??? It’s embarrassing!
This is so hard. I struggle with this daily. And I too have struggled with skim picking my whole life. I know that is a body repetitive behavior and it has to be replaced. If you’re working with a therapist, they can help you with a treatment plan. I wish there was a magic answer. Just know you’re not alone.
I’ve had this problem for the longest time and what’s seemed to help is finding something to distract me, like throw on a loud tv show, play a game, talk to someone, just keep your senses active 🤷♀️
@PastelEyesore What if we do this while doing those things? I try so hard to keep busy but my fingers just go the spots I pick. And I zone out of it
@FJustRightOCD Try wearing longer clothes that cover your skin possibly? I notice when I wear jeans and jackets I never feel like urge to pick. Though it is a little inconvenient if warmer clothes aren’t your thing 😔
@PastelEyesore That is helpful! Thank you! It seems like a simple but doable option! My arms and legs and back are okay but for me it’s my face/head but maybe I can wear hats more!
@FJustRightOCD I know this is not a tip for you to be able to help with your OCD but what I do have to offer is something to help you with healing from the picking. Try Bag Balm and it will help with healing your skin and not leave a scar or at least a barely noticeable scar for serious damage. It can be found at Walmart or many drug stores. I hope this helps you out some if you don’t know about it yet. It’s like magic and speeds healing. 🪄❤️🩹
I’ve started having a problem with skin picking. Or rather, I’ve had a problem with skin picking and now I’ve gone back to it. It seems like I do it in cycles. I come back to skin, picking now and again, as if it’s optional thing in my repertoire of things to do in my OCD bag of tricks. The skin picking is one of the things that I seem to do when my mind is going overload worrying about things and stressing. My recent skin pick event was picking my arms so bad that I’m sure I’m gonna have scars on my arms. I partly justify it, saying I was picking out the blackheads and blemishes, but there is no justification for anything to do with OCD. Any help would be appreciated.
@John 786 Sometimes it does happen with ocd bc it can come from a compulsion of wanting to smooth out something much like wanting to “get to the bottom” of an issue we are ruminating or fixated on. At least that’s why I have my BFRB me thinks.
Yeah, I was definitely worried about a lot of things. My wife and I are planning on moving, and in that area, there’s a dirty cop that has a raging hard on for me since childhood and now he is a cop, there are financial issues, there’s a lot of problems, and I’ll just leave it at that, a lot of problems to worry about. anyone of those problems at loan is stressful with all those problems piling up on me it’s hard and I’m just kind of breaking down.
Skin care tips for skin-picking disorder please!! On top of/related to my OCD I've had lifelong skin picking disorder. Anyway I had a bad night and I've picked away at two areas on my face (I don't even have acne just random spots I've picked away at) which are now huge bloody scabs and also a patch of bleeding nastiness on my lip. Every day I tell myself I'm NOT going to pick the scabs off and then before I know it I'm picking them off and they're bloody again. Recs/tips for 1. How to stop picking the damn scabs off and 2. Any products you've used that will make this heal faster??? It is hideous and too bloody to cover with make up :(
I feel like my ocd has manifested in picking my skin. For the last few years of my skin doesn’t feel smooth, i pick it. This has led to infections and scars that are embarrassing. What are some things i can do?
So I have dealt with skin picking my entire life but over the past few months it has gotten so bad and I was wondering if anyone had like tips for how to curb the obsessive urge to scratch I have caused irreversible damage at this point and I really just need to curb the need to fulfill the urge.
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