Do i have an issue with picking?

I always seem to be picking at something on me. Such as when my lips are chapped and a peice of skin will stick out and I rip it off to the point where you can't any more and it's bleeding and hurts. Or like scabs. My scabs never heal cause I pick them so much that they don't bleed any more. Am I nuts?

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  • BlackLamb

    I do the same. I have eczema on my hands... it's awful. I wear cotton gloves at night and sometimes during the day if I'm picking. The gloves may help you a little bit but with lip I end up biting too!

    Find something else to do like a game, read, stress ball, get your mind off of it. Think about how if you bite it, it'll be so gross no one will kiss you! lol. Also, I like eating pommelos (like a grapefruit but not so sour) and you have to pick at those to get to the flesh. Maybe start sewing something, like a tapestry? You can find easy patterns, it's similar to picking at something and something positive comes from it :D

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  • stone_love

    I do exactly the same thing, with bits of skin on my lips and any scab that has hardness to it at all. It's a common form of OCD but some people do it really really bad %%u2013 they just pick at their skin all over the place until it bleeds, as a nervous habit or a method of dealing with stress. So I'm not sure how severe you have to be at it for it to be OCD.

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  • KittyCat333

    try putting school glue on your hands and letting it dry. IT IS AWESOME!!!

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  • ocdgirl89

    You have what is called dermatillomania. It is normal. My sister my brother and I all have it. It is linked to ocd. I pick at my scabs pimples (I have cystic acne) and especially my lips and cuticles...anything that I see as being imperfect. I also believe it is addicting because when you pull that one piece and it gurts just a little maybe starts to bleed ..it releases endorphins. (Just my opinion)

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  • theaverageatheist

    when I was little I used to bite and pic at my lip allways in the exact same spot, now i got a little scar on the side of my lower lip, like I sliced it bad.
    don't do it.

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  • Zesty

    I have the same problem to some degree, it's not life interfering or anything, but its there. I bite my nails quite often, and also pick my chapped lips as mentioned. Did you use to smoke? I think it has something to do with not being stimulated enough as a developing child or something of the sort.. that's just what I read.

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  • laurrrose

    I have the same exact problem and I hate it. I am constantly picking at something, my scalp, the hair on my arms, my eczema, its sickening to me. I just can't help it though.

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  • hotchickie81

    I have the same problem... though mine is from OCD. Maybe you have OCD too?

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