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Post by jbyars on Jul 18, 2005 11:00:04 GMT -5
I have had this problem picking for quite a while. But, I pick my scalp. I have sores on my scalp that haven't healed completely in months. I have noticed that when my obsession for checking things (ocd) is worse, my picking is not so bad. When I don't feel the compulsion to check and re-check things, my picking is much worse. To top things off, my daughter calls me on my picking every time she sees me doing it, which aggrevates me. And if this weren't enough, now I have a strange compulsion to eat coffee grounds right out of the can. I am really going downhill here and would appreciate hearing about anyone else who has some of these same problems. Janice  |
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Post by kimj on Jul 21, 2005 1:03:06 GMT -5
I have heard about this compulsion to eat coffee grounds and it is actually caused by a vitamin deficiency (the same goes for a compulsion to eat ice cubes.) I know it sounds like that wouldn't be true but it is...I just can't remember which vitamin it was. You should talk to your doctor about it.
Keep hangin in there. I know it's aggrevating when people keep calling you on it, but what your daughter is doing actually may help you kick the habit in the long run. I wish you the best of luck.
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Post by Morticia on Jul 23, 2005 10:49:47 GMT -5
This is my first time here and I am laughing like a maniac...a nervous type of laughter triggered by the recognition of others in the Secret Society of Shame. I am so secretive about my "scalp thing" that I hesitate to post for fear my computer savvy boyfriend may find this.
I've picked my scalp for years. Pain doesn't stop me. I may leave it alone for a few hours but if there's anything raised above the surface the compulsion will overtake me sometime later that day. I've always feared that if I ever lost my hair due to chemotherapy that all of my scars would be there for the world to see. I've picked at the scab(s) on my "crown chakra" so consistently and for so long that I'm missing hair there and must strategically part my hair.
I used to want to stop, but I don't know what I would do to calm my nerves if I did. I need to dig multiple times daily, but I am so tired of the secret keeping and the dirtiness that I feel from doing this.
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Post by JoJo on Aug 15, 2005 3:58:26 GMT -5
Wow. A while back I tried to find something online about this...my sometimes secret and sometimes not so secret shame. I started picking at my scalp at the age of seven while trying to fall asleep. There was a spot where I had gotten a few stitches, and it just felt so oddly satisfying and fascinating to pick at it...oh, it is the most ridiculous thing, is it not? Same here, I wish I could stop but what else could possibly compasre to that sensation under my nails and that concentration it provides? I have wondered if its related to OCD or ADD or both... I have mild OCD (more obsessive than compulsive, nothing twisted, just a lot of cyclical, repetitive thoughts more than anything, and definitely some irrational "preferences," ie compulsions...but nothing too time-consuming...or so I tell myself!) Sometimes I think it is stimulation I crave as do so many with ADD...so confusing! I have stopped for some brief and some extended periods of time over the years but for the past few years I have been on a roll! Don't know what to do...tried light meds, stress-relieving squeezy thingies...any ideas, anyone?
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Post by phonegirldaisy on Aug 20, 2005 7:47:23 GMT -5
I CAN'T BELIVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT PICK THEIR SKIN LIKE ME! I JUST THOUGTH I HAVE BEEN CRAZY SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRLS. I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE FOUND THIS FORUM! ANYONE HERE FROM NYC?
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Post by phonegirldaisy on Aug 20, 2005 7:48:06 GMT -5
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT PICK THEIR SKIN LIKE ME! I JUST THOUGT I HAVE BEEN CRAZY SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE FOUND THIS FORUM! ANYONE HERE FROM NYC?
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Post by Ms Picky on Aug 22, 2005 15:23:33 GMT -5
I am another scalp picker. It's the most disgusting, abhorrent thing I can do to myself, but I cannot stop. The only thing that stops me is getting acrylic nails put on, but when I take them off and my nails are shreds, I get pissed and swear I will stop picking on my own. I don't know why it feels so good, but it does, even as my soars are stinging (on my scalp) right now.
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