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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
obsessive behavior
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
obsessive behavior
by TammyR1216, Jun 01, 2007 12:00AM
I am 30years old and have this obsessive behavior of picking my face. EX. pimples, blackheads, hairs and thing that I think dont belong. I pick my eyebrows and have even started picking my husband if he'll let me. I pick the hairs out of his beard. They arent long hairs they are the very tiny pieces just breaking through the skin. I even tweeze out my pubic hairs to bald spots.I feel like I cannot stop. everyday I tear my face apart poping pimples and things that havent even begun to come out yet. I feel crazy. Is there a treatment for this?
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Jun 01, 2007 12:00AM
, Jun 01, 2007 12:00AM
Yes, this is a form of ocd, and there is both medication and psychotherapy for this...see a psychiatrist who can do both and help you choose which will be best for you.
