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Post by Stef (Incubabe) on Oct 26, 2003 16:16:13 GMT -5
I had this strange dream. I was somewhere...kinda like a lake and I was in a bathing suit...I havent worn one in years. And I was swimming and there were tons of people around, and I went in the house and looked at my arms and they were still all picked but I was still going around like they werent and no one said a word. They talked to me and didnt even acknowledge the fact that my arms were all picked. It was odd.
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Post by Lucy on Oct 27, 2003 17:40:18 GMT -5
You know, I believe dreams are your minds way of telling you something. Maybe that you really want to feel that way or maybe that you need more confidence. Since there was a lake in your dream, that would symbolize your state of mind Swimming is you trying to find a different state of mind, which is why I think it means you wish to gain more confidence about your skin and yourself.
Yeah, I love dreams. I've been interpreting my friends dreams and mine since 5th grade. ;D
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Post by angelkiss on Oct 27, 2003 19:47:24 GMT -5
That's awesome, I love dreams :-) i think we should have a whole board just for dreams...of course i'm sure that's another forum.
i have had this dream at least twice since i stopped picking (46 days now!). i am in what looks like a doctor's office and a woman comes in. i don't see her face at first but i remember thinking she was beautiful. she begins to examine me, like she is a nurse or something. but she is examining each of the scars on my arms and legs. and in my dream i know where each scar is and i see it in my dream. then when i have gone through them all, the woman looks up at me and says, "well, it looks like you are healing up very well." and i realize the woman who is examining me is ME, and I am talking to myself.
kinda cool :-)
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Post by Lucy on Oct 28, 2003 2:23:22 GMT -5
I love that dream!!! I want that dream!!! It seems so positive. You are healing from the inside and you have to give yourself credit for what you have accomplished. That's what I think it means.  |
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Post by Elsie on Oct 28, 2003 20:19:39 GMT -5
Hey Incubabe: I have experienced your dream in real life many, many times. IT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN!! Please don't convince yourself that it can't. I have mentioned before (but a while back, so all the new members probably haven't read it, and apologies to the old members who have) that I have been picking for about 30 years  , and have never made much of an effort to cover it up. I don't wear makeup, and I don't wear long sleeves and pants in the summer. My problem now is more the scars than the open sores--little white spots all over my body!  This may be the wrong attitude, and maybe I'm making everyone who sees me sick, but it sure provides me with a lot of freedom because I just don't allow myself to worry about it. And it's not that I'm not embarrassed or don't care or don't want to quit, but I refuse to let it get in the way of me living my life. I can't. LIFE IS TOO SHORT!!!!  (stubborn face) In the thirty years I have been picking, I have had maybe four or five people say or ask anything about my skin. Most people really are well-mannered enough to let it go, and for those who aren't, there are plenty of answers you can give them. You choose! Anything from the straight blunt truth to a bold-faced lie, or something in between, depending on the situation. There was a whole thread on this board (before Kathy had to erase it because we got spammed) about what explanations people use when asked about their sores or scars. Don't know if you saw it or not, but I found it very helpful, and pretty funny. One that I have used is "I'm sorry, I don't think we know each other well enough to discuss skin problems, but don't worry, it's not contagious." A couple of the people who asked were little kids, and I believe they deserve the truth, so I said something like "all those white marks are from mosquito bites that I scratched and picked at, so when your mom tells you not to scratch at your mosquito bites, do what she says, or it might make a scar like that on your skin." Anyway, the point of all this, is that your dream can easily be reality! And it doesn't mean you wouldn't keep trying to stop picking or anything, but you just wouldn't have to worry about it so much. Maybe you wouldn't have to be on guard all the time. Let yourself not care. Maybe you could do it one day a week, or something. I don't know. Go to the store without makeup as a start? I hope this all makes sense. It got a lot longer than I meant. I hope someone gets something out of it. We all have to do what is right for us, but I just hate for everyone to feel so limited by their skin. I say go out and have fun--THE WORLD WILL JUST HAVE TO GET OVER IT!!!!! And I can't end without saying that though I know it feels unattractive, someone out there might see you and your skin, and see that you are comfortable in it, and maybe it would give THEM a little boost of confidence about something they aren't comfortable with about themselves! Now that couldn't hurt anyone, could it? Take care everyone!  Elsie |
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Post by Lucy on Oct 29, 2003 0:56:09 GMT -5
I totally agree Elsie, That's a very powerful post. That's how it is with my dancing and going to things like Prom and what not, I let it get in the way of me having a good time and living my life. I hate the feeling that I am not good enough to wear certain things because of my skin. I am really finally starting to not care so much when it come to someone in my family seeing my scars, but with friends and public, it will probably take a little longer, but hopefully, like you, I can one day not care as much and live my life.
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Post by scarreddaisy on Oct 29, 2003 18:54:31 GMT -5
speaking of weird dreams... i had a strange on this morning.. i dont know if any one in here watches south park on comedy central.. i dont have cable so i dont see it very often ... usually only when i am at my bf's house.. anyway, i caught the episode where everyone in soth park was metro sexual ( all he guydresses gay and took reaelly good care of themselves butthey werent gay... itwas a repricussion of the queer eye for teh straight guy series) anyway, i was dreaming and i was one of the south park characters and they were all wearnig the same "gay" otufits that they were in the show and talking "gay" and we were standing in front of a mirror and pickng at our skin and getting out black heads and the like and were like oo thats a big one and one wouldbe like oh yeah and go for one and everyone was impressed and i woke up and was like holy crap.. i dreamed about pop zits and pinching clean pores... it was crazy....
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Post by Stef (Incubabe) on Oct 29, 2003 23:40:22 GMT -5
Yea. last night I had a dream that I picked the hell out of my face and I woke up and was like "OMG!" and ran to the mirror to make sure it was just a dream...it was. LOL
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Post by coolhandluke on Oct 30, 2003 0:15:58 GMT -5
I love weird dreams. Most of mine are weird, so whatever. But I dream often (usually during a bad spell) about picking. I either dream that I've done it again and done irreparable harm this time, OR (more cruelly) that I've finally beaten it for months on end and my skin looks awesome. Then I wake up and am like, "Oh, whew, it was only a dream," or "Oh, nooooo, it was only a dream, I hate this!"
While my dreams more frequently center around other stuff, it's nice to know that others dream about picking, too.
My studies are calling. Talk to y'all later.
~coolhandluke (X-chromosome girl, though)
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, and have never made much of an effort to cover it up. I don't wear makeup, and I don't wear long sleeves and pants in the summer. My problem now is more the scars than the open sores--little white spots all over my body! 
(stubborn face)
Elsie