I Have Dermatillomania

I went to the doctor after being advised to do so and she told me there was no help for me

Am I alone in the uk?

I want to stop but it seems there is little professional help available.

but i found out about what i was doing, and now i can consciously watch out for my triggers, and not let myself get started..

I've healed up pretty well..

It wasn't until a few months ago I even realized I had a problem. For some reason I thought what I did was normal - that other people probably scratch and pick at their skin sometimes. I guess when I started noticing just how...

I've picked at my skin for as long as I can remember - even as a little kid. First it was the skin around my nails, after I'd finished biting those down to nothing. Then as I got older it was my legs and shoulders, though I couldn't...

From what I can remember, I started picking when I was around 9. I THINK it could have been near enough around the time my parents split up, which is pretty much when the shit hit the fan.

We lived in the countryside at the time and I...

I was watching YouTube videos on strange addictions when I came across one for a woman who picks her skin.
And a psychologist stated a point that:
'When a person first picks, they feel pain so the brains way of dealing with this is to...

I was shocked and in some ways relieved to see how many people have admitted that they suffer from this little understood condition. I thought I was about one in a million.

I have been going through it for years now and it is...

It's been taking over my life... I have avoided many social interactions because I was ashamed of the self-inflicted red spots on my face. To think that I don't even have acne-prone skin, that I am the one disfiguring myself is...

Ever since I was little, I think about 6 is the age I can first remember my mom trying to make my stop, i have been picking my skin. usually i pick it all off around my fingernails, until it bleeds or until there its too raw to pick and...

Hey guys,

Now I know everyone is different and we all have our own methodologies and routines. I happen to pick at my face excessively, my back less often (because I can't see my back) and very mildly my chest area. My back and my...

I have picked and popped the skin on my shoulders, arms, back and now legs for nearly 20 years. I've been diagnosed with anxiety/depression and have been prescribed Zoloft (excellent during highest crisis time around my early 30s) and...

Hello everyone, I'm Josh, 17 years old and I have Dermatillomania. I've had it for about 4 years, since freshmen year. It was nowhere near as bad freshmen year as it is today. I've dealt with traumatic events in my family, such as I was...

I have been picking my skin since I was fifteen years old. I won't ever forget the first time someone noticed it. My doctor put me through a slew of tests, thinking that it was a skin disease or something of the kind. The whole time I...

June 26th, 2010, today and yesterday, I HAVE GONE PICK FREE. almost. I have been experimenting with different off-the-wall treatments, and something is working! I'm so excited and proud.. I wanted to share this with you, and maybe this...

Funny someone mentioned flea-picking. My mom is obsessed with it and I have done it too. I had a kitten once who started to avoid me because of it. She got out one day and found her freedom, I guess. I remember also pulling the fuzz...

It wasn't until a few days ago that the severity of my condition became obvious to me. I had just gotten off from work, and my wife and I decided that we both needed new shoes. While shopping at a local Kmart, I passed by a large mirror...

I only found out there was a name for it recently. I've been doing it ever since my preteen years. Got a nice collection of scars and puckers now, particularly concentrated in my shoulders, upper arms, and breast areas. When I'm...

So this was intended to be in the question section for this group which i couldn't locate... or poll section.....idk?? lol.

I was just sitting here thinking about it because i have noticed my other half has started to pick at...

I started picking when I was about 11 or 12. I had just learned about how some people pop pimples to make them go away. Since I was having some acne problems at the time, I tried it. But it didn't stop with the acne. Soon I started...

how can I stop skin picking? been doing it over 15 years. I've never been seen for any mental disorders. But this dam skin picking is taking over my body.  I can't attend certain social settings because of my skin, I wear long...