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beyondaurora
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I have some really bad 'picking' habits: at my cuticles (I bite my nails too), my gums and facial blemishes. The latter two are really the worst.
I'm really trying to clear up my face, but if there is even the slightest blemish, I have to pick at it to rid my face of it, but the picking causes either a) the blemish to go in deeper and becoming infected and/or b) an open wound that is far worse than the original blemish (which I then pick and pick and pick and never let heal because I hate the idea of having a scab on my face).
My gums are really swollen and bleeding easily right now because I keep picking at them with folded receipts, pen caps, etc.
I've heard that these types of activities are forms of self-mutilation, that they represent trying to purge the self of anything unwanted. I've also heard that in the case of nail biting, one is trying to 'de-claw' themselves, repressing anger and regression.
I'm not finding sufficient information on the psychological nature of these habits. Do you guys have any resources?
I'm really trying to clear up my face, but if there is even the slightest blemish, I have to pick at it to rid my face of it, but the picking causes either a) the blemish to go in deeper and becoming infected and/or b) an open wound that is far worse than the original blemish (which I then pick and pick and pick and never let heal because I hate the idea of having a scab on my face).
My gums are really swollen and bleeding easily right now because I keep picking at them with folded receipts, pen caps, etc.
I've heard that these types of activities are forms of self-mutilation, that they represent trying to purge the self of anything unwanted. I've also heard that in the case of nail biting, one is trying to 'de-claw' themselves, repressing anger and regression.
I'm not finding sufficient information on the psychological nature of these habits. Do you guys have any resources?