jules
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Post by jules on Jun 2, 2005 11:41:10 GMT -5
Hey guys, Thought it would be interesting/therapeutic to share some of the most embarrasing moments caused by picking. My such moment is all the way from highschool when I was about 16 years old. I remember another horrendous picking session which prompted me to stay home from school for a few days. When I finally reappeared in class with a fake "sick note" from my mother, my teacher looked at me sympathetically and said: "Bad case of chickenpox, huh?" I just mumbled something incoherent, and scurried back to my desk where I wanted to die of embarrasment and shame. That incident is the most embarrasing one in my memory caused by picking...  Jules |
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Post by sunshinefunk on Jun 2, 2005 19:25:39 GMT -5
I hear ya! Damn moments. Mine is when my derm. asked me if my face bothered me as much as it did him. Yeah, that was a crappy day.
Now that my boyfriend knows I pick, he said, "I can tell when you pick." That was pretty embarassing too. I want him to help me stop, so I guess the embarassment factor is helping. I try not to pick around him.
I'd like to hear more stories... I know people have them.
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Post by flower on Jun 3, 2005 13:38:11 GMT -5
well i have a few one was when i was round my mates watching a film and i totally forgot and started picking and she just looked at me and asked what i was doing. i felt really embrassed i didnt know what to say and when i have scabs on my lip people ask me what ive done
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Post by kaydede on Jun 3, 2005 16:25:44 GMT -5
I hear all of you. My most embarrassing moment was when i was 17. I was hanging out with some people in a big group. This was back when i had problems withtring to recover from my major arm picking. One guy looked at my arms and said " what the hell is wrong with you arm?" everyone heard and turned and looked i was like "um well..i have scars from when i had chicken poxs when i was a child" even though that was a complete lie. I never had chicken poxs in my life. I just couldn't bring myself to tell the truth.
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Post by kaydede on Jun 3, 2005 16:28:08 GMT -5
oh yeah i also forgot to mention the present. My scalp bleeds when i pick it and unfourtanalty right now the scabs are right in my hair part so people can see it. Some people say "oh your heads bleeding" im just like oh i bumped my head. OUCH
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jules
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Post by jules on Jun 4, 2005 10:09:30 GMT -5
Hey guys, thanks for responding.
Sunshinefunk,
That must have been hurtful with the derm. And I also remember how embarrasing it was with my boyfriend. I was ashamed and haven't told him for years that I pick and self-inflict the wounds. He always thought that I had major acne and sensitive skin (which "caused" a little popped pimple to turn into a raw wound). He knows now, I finally told him that I don't have raw wounds because of sensitive skin...
Flower and Kaydede,
I hear you on people asking "what you've done" and pointing it out. It is so embarrasing when they acknowledge the picking and how it looks. I remember one time my mother's boyfriend asked me if somebody shot me in the forehead (I had a big scab there). Yeah, he literally asked that. "Funny" guy.
Jules
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Post by Frustrated on Jun 9, 2005 22:48:35 GMT -5
My story is like Jules. I went to Walmart and the cashier asked if I had the chicken pox. I replied yes because I was so embarrassed. Of course, the cashier couldn't stop there...he had to continue the conversation about chicken pox and asking me questions about it....I-Yi-I!!!
To make matters worse, my arms, legs, chest, stomach were all covered and those are 10 times worse than my face....I didn't think my face was THAT bad....guess I was wrong!
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Post by Constance on Jun 14, 2005 13:45:18 GMT -5
My most embarrassing picking moment is from the result of my picking. I was sitting in a meeting of aa, when a pretty cute guy acquaintance sat by me and asked me about a scar that I have on my face. I told him I didn;t want to talk about it, he asked me why, I said it's personal.
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Post by sallyb on Jun 21, 2005 11:43:00 GMT -5
When i was at the dentist ,and had my mouth wide open while she was inspecting my teeth,i noticed the dentist looking rather perplexed.Finally she said your face is bleeding ,do you want a tissue.(i nearly curled up with embarrassment and shame.)  |
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Post by molly Moran on Feb 6, 2008 18:53:32 GMT -5
hi, i'm new here, i'm 15 and a a dermatillomaniac.
anyway, i've had a lot of embarrassing high school moments, but my picking started when i was about 11. today i stayed home from school because of my picking and this happens a lot, so, instead of moping around all day i decided to take some action and change this. everyone knows i'm not sick, because i come back to school with a bright red, spotty face at least once every few months.
my most embarrassing moment has to be when my little cousin asked me, "what's on your face?".
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Post by getting older now on Feb 10, 2008 7:37:51 GMT -5
 Hi. Here goes: When I was at a smart party wearing a white armani shirt (bought cheaply by the way) and a scab on my back that I had picked earlier that day had 'leaked' bright red blood into the centre of the shirt. I was walking around with it there all party... When I was having a lunch meeting with a work colleague with whom I did not get on and this was our chance to find common ground: a picked spot near my mouth cracked whilst eating and bled and dried crustily red... All the time the concealer looks crap over a picked place and friends look at it and think yuk. The million staring looks whilst they are trying to work 'it' out. When an important acquaintance saw me again after ten years and said 'You still look the same' meaning you still look like you did before with the red face and wierd skin condition. It was a subconscious kind of utterance from him. When I originally knew that emminent guy and I was looking after his son and after a night session arrived for work. A few days later I explained that my other job kept me up till the early hours. He said to the little boy: 'there you go! That's why she looks that way!'. They'd obviously discussed my face together in private. My husband seeing the marks on my side of the bed where I have picked and then laid down. How can we make love in that bed and enjoy it? I cannot and should not. The clothes I bought in the sale and gave to my friend to try on with her daughters. I went back to pick them up a week or so later. No good. They didn't seem to have even tried them on. when I took them back to the shop, at the counter I noticed a small blood stain on one top. The party mentioned previously was at this friend's house. She's my best friend but i think that embarassment will now stop me from ever going again to visit them... Loads of other times. It makes me so sad and self-hating. Writing this makes me aware of how I have treated myself in my life. I have compassion for myself but I also feel vile and dirty and the lowest of all humankind. Getting older now
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Post by Trance on Feb 22, 2008 22:36:01 GMT -5
I have you ALL beat. I used to pick at my skin so badly I would get these huge scabs on my face. I would then try to cover the scab with makeup (which never really worked). So one day in college I completely destroyed my nose. I had this HUGE scab on my nose... it basically covered like the whole nose. The next day the X-Men movie was opening. I had bought tickets for myself and my 2 friends. There was no way I could get out of it because I had the tickets. So, the next day, I tried desperately to cover up the scab. It didn't work at all. But, I had to suck it up and go to the movies. My friends spent the whole day staring at my nose. They would never dare to say anything.... but it really made me realize how obvious my problem was. It was so obvious that even at it's worst stage my friend's knew what was wrong and knew not to comment. Oh, I have had the "chicken pox" comment all the time. OH, I also was asked if it was ash wednesday one time because I had this scab on my forehead that I tried to cover with makeup (but all it did was make it look gray). AND FINALLY, because I used to have so many scabs, people constantly would say "oh you have some dirt on your face" (because after makeup it just looked gray). I had to basically run away to the bathroom before they tried to "help me" get it off my face. But, you see, I can talk about this now and it doesn't bother me as much because I have gotten a lot better over the years. This stuff just makes you stronger. Now, pretty much nothing embarasses me.  |
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Post by sweetpeaunregistered on Feb 29, 2008 8:29:00 GMT -5
Hey Friends,
I've definitely had people say "you've got something on your face," or "what happened there?" in reference to a spot. Probably the worst was when my ex-boyfriend and I were at a waterpark (oh, the terror!) and went in the bathhouse to apply some more makeup and he said "it doesn't help." He was a real dick.
Anyway, I'm happy to share that I've been pick-free for five full days now! I'm so excited and proud of myself. Day six, here I come!
xo
sweetpea
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Post by moonflower on Mar 4, 2008 2:28:24 GMT -5
when my boyfriend tells me my lips look disgusting.
when I can't shake people's hands because they are bleeding.
when i get blood on a public computer or book I'm sharing.
when someone asks to see my ring and I have to try to show it while curling the tips of my fingers under so they don't see the torn red skin...
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Post by krissy on Mar 4, 2008 6:37:22 GMT -5
I also want to share some some very embarrassing moments with you:
- During a teaching practice in an elementary school, a kid said: "You remind me of me brother - he has many pimples, too." The other intern looked at me sympathetically...
- a friend (?) of mine looked at my scabs and commented "Oh my God, what do yiou look like?" (she was used to me looking like that, so it wasn't actually a surprise to her - maybe she just wanted to embarrass me?)
- a teacher at school looked at me and asked worriedly: "Did you have an accident?" Fortunately, it was a very small class and the others liked me and were very annoyed about her insensitive comment - but I can't blame the teacher, she probably just wanted to be nice and show her compassion...
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