OCD-obsessive skin picking & checking if straightner is on over and over

I've been picking at my face arms and legs since I was a freshman. I don't have any acne but any bumps I see I just want to pop them. I don't know if I got it from my mom but I pick mostly my arms and legs. I want to stop but I can't. I do it mostly when im stressed out or alone which is most of the time. I do it so much that I make scabs and I pick them. Its kind of a comfort thing I would say. I want to stop because I don't want scars but I can't help it I don't know what else to do. I even make scabs on my head just by scratching soo much and I pick at that and I end up bleeding but the pain doesn't bother me I put up with it. What's wrong with me?


After I use the straighter I double check and triple check multiple times that its off and disconnected. I look at the cord and check ok there is nothing connected meaning nothing is on. I wrap up the straighter and place it in the middle of the room where it isn't touching anything. Then I pick up the extension cord and put my hand all around it to feel there isn't anything connected even tho I see there isn't. I leave the room and replay what I just did over and over to assure myself its off. I come in and out of the room to do it all again. And if I leave the house I replay what I did to myself to make sure I know that its off. It DRIVES ME CRAZY. I hate that I always have to do it. I even have to say it out loud to myself to make it like official. How can I stop?

[xxsarahxx2010]

Hi finally im not on my own lol i pick really bad and cant stop i have to wear clothes thats long to cover my arms and legs im scarred to buggerie i have picked for yrs, It starts off a little lump and then i pop it but i wont stop picking till it bleeds then i get a scab then because i cant stand scabs i have to pick again but recently iv started  on the lil lumps on my face but im trying sooooo hard not to pick but my hand ends up on my face without me realizing, and for gods sake i pick my goose bumps lol its stupid i know but i just cant stop!!!! i try sitthing on my hands, putting gloves on, i put oily moisturiser thick so my fingers cant get a grip, iv even tried plasters on the ends of my fingers, iv tried cutting my nails and everything!!!!! If you find out whats wrong with picking or how to stop then please please let me know lol......

sarah x