Post by sweetpeaunregistered on Mar 1, 2008 15:14:11 GMT -5
Hi recovering pickers,
I'm six days pick-free, and working on my seventh. I think the last time I went this long without picking was probably at least 5 years ago, and honestly, I can't remember what the circumstances were that helped me to stop for a while. I've been picking since I was probably about 15 years old--I'm 24 now.
I had a wake-up call last weekend when I was feeling really badly about a "session" I'd had while my husband was out of town (it's always worse when he's away). I discovered www.stoppickingonme.com and read nearly the entire thing before I finally went to bed.
It was really sobering and scary to realize the long-term damage I was doing to my skin, even if I couldn't see it (or chose not to see it). I had resolved to quit picking this year, but hadn't been successful thus far.
Now I've been pick-free for almost a week. I've been taking photos of my face every morning, make-up free, and it's been a great visual motivator. It seems ironic, but it's hard to tell what you're actually doing to your face when you're an inch away from the mirror. Stepping back and looking at the big picture has been keeping my honest this week--and motivating me, because I see my skin healing itself every day.
I've considered doing the 12-step program proposed on Stop Picking On Me, but haven't totally decided if that's the program I want to use. For now though, I have identified my Higher Power as something that designed the biology of my body, biology that knows better than I do how to heal my body. When I've had the urge to pick, I think of that biology, and how it's doing the best possible job it can to heal me and make me whole. I can't speed the process by picking, I can't help it along.
I'm going to be adding to this as I move on my journey.
I'm six days pick-free, and working on my seventh. I think the last time I went this long without picking was probably at least 5 years ago, and honestly, I can't remember what the circumstances were that helped me to stop for a while. I've been picking since I was probably about 15 years old--I'm 24 now.
I had a wake-up call last weekend when I was feeling really badly about a "session" I'd had while my husband was out of town (it's always worse when he's away). I discovered www.stoppickingonme.com and read nearly the entire thing before I finally went to bed.
It was really sobering and scary to realize the long-term damage I was doing to my skin, even if I couldn't see it (or chose not to see it). I had resolved to quit picking this year, but hadn't been successful thus far.
Now I've been pick-free for almost a week. I've been taking photos of my face every morning, make-up free, and it's been a great visual motivator. It seems ironic, but it's hard to tell what you're actually doing to your face when you're an inch away from the mirror. Stepping back and looking at the big picture has been keeping my honest this week--and motivating me, because I see my skin healing itself every day.
I've considered doing the 12-step program proposed on Stop Picking On Me, but haven't totally decided if that's the program I want to use. For now though, I have identified my Higher Power as something that designed the biology of my body, biology that knows better than I do how to heal my body. When I've had the urge to pick, I think of that biology, and how it's doing the best possible job it can to heal me and make me whole. I can't speed the process by picking, I can't help it along.
I'm going to be adding to this as I move on my journey.