I do this too. I tear at the skin off the heel and it often times makes it hard to walk, the skin is so tender. I eat it sometimes too. It’s disgusting. I know. But you’re not alone. It also causes my shoes and feet to smell horrible, in fact I think my coworkers are starting to notice. I also notice that the skin becomes pitted due to moisture and bacteria eating away at it. I am trying to stop. I didn’t used to be like this. I haven’t let someone in my life for many years now, not because of this, but I’ve developed a few strange habits since closing myself off from intimacy and relationships. I spend most of my time alone if I’m not working, and I do weird nervous ocd behaviors such as this, or biting nails, or picking at my beard and finding the bald spots and rubbing them. God, I am a mess.
I pull the skin off my feet compulsively
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I do this too. I tear at the skin off the heel and it often times makes it hard to walk, the skin is so tender. I eat it sometimes too. It’s disgusting. I know. But you’re not alone. It also causes my shoes and feet to smell horrible, in fact I think my coworkers are starting to notice. I also notice that the skin becomes pitted due to moisture and bacteria eating away at it. I am trying to stop. I didn’t used to be like this. I haven’t let someone in my life for many years now, not because of this, but I’ve developed a few strange habits since closing myself off from intimacy and relationships. I spend most of my time alone if I’m not working, and I do weird nervous ocd behaviors such as this, or biting nails, or picking at my beard and finding the bald spots and rubbing them. God, I am a mess.