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Have you guys heard of this?
Hotgreensoldier:
--- Quote from: Tomcat on July 14, 2011, 02:23:30 PM ---I have ADHD
yay
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Same here.
Sabb:
--- Quote from: Devie ♥ on July 14, 2011, 07:41:20 PM ---I think I've already spoken about this once before. It's supposedly a habit in that "What's your worst habit" thread or some shit.
I pick the skin around the side of my thumbs constantly. To the point of bleeding. Once it bleeds, I stop, let it heal up and once it's "pickable" I resume picking it and the process loops.
The skin around my thumb is now discolored from skin constantly dying and trying to grow back the way it is. It's somewhat gray.. like skin cells have died several times. I don't know.
The question as to why I pick it? I don't understand at all. I don't know. No clue why I do it. I just do it, subconsciously without even trying. I can't stop. I've tried.
Well, I just did some googling and this is what I found out.
Picking compulsions are psychological in nature. Just think about it – you’re doing it to yourself, no one forces you. Some inner force takes over your body, and it is often stronger than your will power.
Compulsive picking is only a symptom of a deeper illness taking place inside you. You cannot stop picking by treating the symptoms – you need to treat the cause.
Common causes of compulsive skin picking are:
-Stress, anxiety and other psychological factors.
-Neurological imbalance caused by overloading stress to the nervous system.
-Chemical imbalance.
-Traumatic events, particularly in childhood.
-Heredity (oftentimes it runs in the family).
...these are only to name a few. All the causes are interconnected and you can expect to identify a few of them in your case.
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Picking and anything along the lines can be a huge variety of things, not just from what's listed there.
A looooong time ago I got into the habit of chewing my gums from when I had some scratches on my gums so I'd just start chewing the skin off. A lot of people do it, I'd say I used to do it more than most, to the point of bleeding and such, but I'm 90% sure it wasn't a symptom of one of those things listed. I simply liked doing it for what ever reason, and it literally became a habit, and I would do it without thinking.
EDIT:
Now that I think of it, I don't bite my gums anymore, but now I always bite my lips lol.
Carp:
i don't really have a picking habit, the only thing thing that could be ocd for me is that when i walk over lines and shit, I hate when I go over 2 lines with the same foot. That doesn't happen so much now as it used to tho.
The bad thing about anxiety though, is that the medication that they give you is only to slow down your heart rate, stop your sweating, and the rest of the physical symptoms. It doesn't really get rid of the psychological symptoms.
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