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Obsessive Picking :o)
by Trinityb, Sep 11, 2007 11:45AM
I understand that the forum that I originally found this is was closed to questions so I figured I would start something in here. I am currently a person who picks at themselves obsessively and like many others it is not the only thing in my life that I can be obsessive with. I am a cleaner, for the most part it gets to the point where I have to force myself to stop just so I can go to bed.
The Obsessive picking seems to come in when I am bored. If I have nothing I am doing currently at that moment.. there I am picking at something, a small bump on my arm, or a scab that has formed over something. I too seem to have that transe like state when I pick. I was a smoker and it got worse for me when I quit. What I found works the best for me,because I refuse to put myself on medication for lifes little things, is to read, draw, play mindless games on the computer.. Anything really to stop the boredom feeling. Once I get mindlessly into something else I feel no need to pick. Yes I still do it once in a while but it is not as bad. You would be amazed at how even keeping a journal on the computer to type **** in can help.. Keep the fingers busy, Now the only time it is at the worst is when I am in the car driving for a while, I start scratching my head and four hours later my scalp hurts.. this is where the smoking helped unfortunately :o)
So to anyone looking for a non medicated way to stop or curb the picking, try finding something to keep the hands busy before you start. :o)
The Obsessive picking seems to come in when I am bored. If I have nothing I am doing currently at that moment.. there I am picking at something, a small bump on my arm, or a scab that has formed over something. I too seem to have that transe like state when I pick. I was a smoker and it got worse for me when I quit. What I found works the best for me,because I refuse to put myself on medication for lifes little things, is to read, draw, play mindless games on the computer.. Anything really to stop the boredom feeling. Once I get mindlessly into something else I feel no need to pick. Yes I still do it once in a while but it is not as bad. You would be amazed at how even keeping a journal on the computer to type **** in can help.. Keep the fingers busy, Now the only time it is at the worst is when I am in the car driving for a while, I start scratching my head and four hours later my scalp hurts.. this is where the smoking helped unfortunately :o)
So to anyone looking for a non medicated way to stop or curb the picking, try finding something to keep the hands busy before you start. :o)
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Perhaps looking at some self help for OCD.