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Post by Me on Nov 25, 2004 20:52:36 GMT -5
Because we are all hiding inside, afraid to show ourselves. Maybe if we all took to the outside and because social and unafraid, we would actually see each other and not feel so left out.
I was on vacation in FL in August, and I hadn't picked all week because we were busy and together all week.
We were getting into our rental car to leave town and the trunk was still popped. Some girl, who was apparantly a skin picker, on her face, came up to my driver window and knocked on it, and said really quickly "Hey your trunk is open!", and ran away, and I thought...'huh. shes just like me. and i know exactly how she was feeling to have to face someone that *looked* normal' And it was such a relief to come accross someone else that had that problem.
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msp8
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Post by msp8 on Nov 28, 2004 1:21:45 GMT -5
i am constantly seeing "pickers" at work. this is a horrible thing to say but i always feel better when i see someone whose skin is worse then mine. then i get overwhelmed with guilt. whenever i see someone who looks like they have been picking i always want to tell them about this site... but how do you do a thing like that?
im a horrible person.... and all i want to do is help.
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Post by princesscelexa on Nov 29, 2004 1:33:59 GMT -5
to the person above: i don't really think you can tell someone about this board in a "nice" way. HAHAHAHAHA. that would be like being at a bar and having someone come up and tell you, "hey, there's an AA meeting down the street from me on mondays, want to go?" HAHAHAHA. people will seek out help when they're ready. you aren't horrible. i'm probably the oldest person here, and i have suffered through LOTS of "disorders" and addictions . . . and basically still kind of am . . . i mean, you don't get yourself fixed until right before you die, right? i'm kidding.
i think this is one of those disorders that was never NEVER discussed. i am 47 now, and i only recently started to find things on the internet about picking. and here's something else even more horrifying:
for probably twelve years, i picked these HORRIBLE wounds on my legs. well, some were burned with a cigarette, some from cuts, you know, various things . . . and i just kept them there. i would pick the scabs off and never let them heal. finally, i had to have surgery and be in the hospital for a couple of months, so i managed somehow to let them heal before i went. but i still have the scars. i always wore pants or dark tights so no one could see. and i NEVER considered this a psychological problem. SHOULD I??? HAHAHAHAHA. i mean, i know the answer is yes, but it was just something i hid, and did, and was extremely ashamed of but managed not to let anyone see.
i am not comparing this to face-picking--i actually think it was far more severe--but i was also a face picker. i just got over the "chicken-pox face" when i was about 14, because it was just too embarrassing to have scabs on my face. i have still done it off and on the past thirty years, but rarely, and it has never gone to the getting a needle or tweezers and performing minor surgery. i left that to places no one could see.
please don't be horrified. i'm just kind of appalled at myself that i was in therapy at least three different times, three different people during those twelve years and it never occurred to me to bring it up. probably because i was too ashamed.
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Post by princesscelexa on Nov 29, 2004 1:35:58 GMT -5
just to note: i am unable to successfully use the modify function, but i DID NOT type that little face up there. i used a question mark and an exclamation point i think. i would never type a face. just so you know.
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