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.
Following. I need help too cuz I'm right there with you. I cut my nails super short, I make "deals" with myself, I give myself X amount of time to pick, I try to redirect my thoughts by doing something else, and I've increased my Anafranil. Nothing thus far has helped. I hate this OCD theme so much. It truly disgusts me, but I can't stop.
for me i’ve started just to glide my fingers over the spot i want to pick or scratch and then just press and then that’s it. i know i can’t do it cold turkey so in slowly testing myself. I have definitely made progress over the past year as i would pick my face until it was bleeding
This may seem weird and not traditional- but I use lotion frequently on my arms- when I go to pick them, or pick my scabs from picking or try to scratch the skin it just glides over or if I try to squeeze it’s too slippery I guess to get a grip.
Keeping hands busy with fidgets or other things, reducing overall stress and increasing exposure to imperfection & uncertainty Therapy, exercise, and sleep hygiene can help
And I say this as someone who has it myself
There is habit reversal training (HRT) therapy for BFRBs as well
Hey! I suffer with Anxiety, OCD and depression. I'm really struggling with my OCD, I feel like I need to wash my hands more, I'm biting my nails down as far as I can and I feel like I constantly need to be touching things that make me cringe such as carpets with both hands and i can't cope with it because it's every minute. The main thing I have to do is grind all my nails on the carpet and I get intrusive thoughts to do this every minute and it’s really making me upset. Does anyone else get this? Is there any advice anyone has?
My ocd has randomly become so bad this past week that i cant even get dressed. I constantly feel like i have bugs on me, i have started to hit myself when i get frustrated. Its never been so bad and i have no idea what to do. Every second im on edge i cant relax. Does anyone experience this or have any advice?
I’m having a horrible time today with my OCD. I worked a 7 hour shift in which the checkout line was consistent. There was many children in the line as well as all type of people, ranging from clean to smelly to outright dirty. All day I’ve been feeling as if there are piojos (lice) in my hair and even imagined the feeling of them falling onto my neck. I know I do not have them, but I have been picking at my scalp until it bleeds for the past hour because I feel as if there are piojos in my hair or bugs under my scalp. I keep having thoughts to take a knife and dig into my scalp to create an opening to pull the bugs out even tho I know there isn’t any and that I would only be harming myself. How do I combat my bug-related OCD??? And what is a healthy alternative for skin picking when I feel as if I have bugs under my skin??
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