Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group

when i was in high school i used to cut and burn myself with a curling iron. sounds crazy talking about it now. haven't done it in forever. now i'm just a serious hair puller and a skin picker. i pick at any bump i find, and i bite/pick at the skin by my thumbs daily till they bleed.

I pick my skin too! Ugh! I know this sounds terrible, but I've been really grateful that I've been getting zits on my scalp so I can pick those where they can't be seen instead of my face. The name for skin picking is Dermatillomania! This was a good post.

I'm glad you're not cutting any more!! Now let's see if we can all help each other not pull or pick, right?

I'm here for you guys!

Yeah, I will pick at my scalp sometimes. I know, it's gross!
Oh, and I also pick the wrong men...that's gotta count too, right?? ;)

I used to cut too.
The pulling started six years ago, about three years later I started to cut and pull. (but the pulling had become less)
I gave up the cutting, it's been three years and two months since that.
I bite my nails, not so much anymore, usually just the skin around them.
Good on you for stopping cutting!
I think if we can overcome the cutting, we can beat this!

I bite my lips and the inside of my cheeks until they bleed It's similar to pulling my hair. I obsess over it and try to bite at the 'right' spots. Weird.

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