Post by artist on Sept 20, 2004 11:37:19 GMT -5
I've had a good idea for something that might help, but I can't bring myself to do it yet. I was thinking that maybe I could take a picture of myself with my digital camera when I've not picked for a couple days, or just look better than normal. Then if I ended up picking, I would have to take a picture of myself after. Obviously I would keep the photos private and make sure noone could find them!
I know that sounds like a very, very scary thing to do, which is why I I can't do it yet. But, I think it would reinforce how I am not making my face any better by popping things. I think I still believe that I have to get the "stuff" out. Being able to really see my face as a whole before I pick would be sort of a reality check. It would also give me an incentive to not pick because the rule is that I would HAVE to take a picture of myself after picking which is a big fear of mine! If anyone else wants to try this, let me know if it helps!
So, I think I will try taking the first photo in a couple of days if I can leave my face alone. I was doing pretty good, but this week is the time of the month and I got a bunch of little bumps....so this morning I was horrible
Oh, and another thing that has helped, by accident! This is kind of funny actually. I'm living in a 1 room studio apartment right now, with a little bathroom. The lightbulb in the bathroom ceiling light went a couple weeks ago, and the ceiling is too high to reach without a ladder. So of course I put a little lamp in there. The other day my boyfriend was closing the window and knocked the lamp over, and broke the lightbulb. I have to go get some new lightbulbs today. So at night there is no light in my bathroom, I have to leave the door open to let the light from my apt. in to see anything. So I haven't been able to pick at night anymore. (My boyfriend is always here at night, I'm certainly not going to do it in front of him!)
I know that sounds like a very, very scary thing to do, which is why I I can't do it yet. But, I think it would reinforce how I am not making my face any better by popping things. I think I still believe that I have to get the "stuff" out. Being able to really see my face as a whole before I pick would be sort of a reality check. It would also give me an incentive to not pick because the rule is that I would HAVE to take a picture of myself after picking which is a big fear of mine! If anyone else wants to try this, let me know if it helps!
So, I think I will try taking the first photo in a couple of days if I can leave my face alone. I was doing pretty good, but this week is the time of the month and I got a bunch of little bumps....so this morning I was horrible
Oh, and another thing that has helped, by accident! This is kind of funny actually. I'm living in a 1 room studio apartment right now, with a little bathroom. The lightbulb in the bathroom ceiling light went a couple weeks ago, and the ceiling is too high to reach without a ladder. So of course I put a little lamp in there. The other day my boyfriend was closing the window and knocked the lamp over, and broke the lightbulb. I have to go get some new lightbulbs today. So at night there is no light in my bathroom, I have to leave the door open to let the light from my apt. in to see anything. So I haven't been able to pick at night anymore. (My boyfriend is always here at night, I'm certainly not going to do it in front of him!)