It can chip away at your sanity.
It can make you feel insecure and unable to control your impulses.
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Updated 6 years ago,May 18, 2019
Excoriation disorder sucks.
Kevin Laminto
It can chip away at your sanity.
It can make you feel insecure and unable to control your impulses.
Keep your hands covered at all costs.Wear gloves.
Wear bandages (or scotch tape) over your fingertips.
Make it as hard as possible for you to pick at your skin.
If you get your hair done, you wont want to ruin your new style with picking.
If you moisturize your face and body, you wont want to ruin your skin with picking.
The more you pamper yourself, the more reasons youll have not to pick.
Distract yourself with a similar sensation.Peel the skin off fruit.
Scratch at your dogs ear.
Run your nails along a textured pillow.
Hold an ice cube in your hand.
Fidget with whatever is around you.If you cantstopyourself from picking, find areplacementfor your picking.
snag the head of a pen.
Tap on a desk.
Flick the sound switch on your phone back and forth.
Use whatever you have nearby.
Get rid of the tools you use to pick.Cut your nails too short for picking.
Use your hands for good.Sketch.
If you want to stop skin picking, you should see a licensed therapist.
It provides you with the tools you need so you can start conquering the illness on your own.
