—adding that my brain isn’t satisfied until an area is raw or bleeding. Ingrowns, bug bites, acne, splinters, and now little cysts from eczema I am convinced I personally need to get it out of my skin myself or else it’ll go deeper and kill me and I know that isn’t how it works logically but I cannot convince myself otherwise

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yes you probably have excoriation disorder that’s what i have it typically develops in people who have anxiety or other mental disorders as a coping mechanism

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Mood. I'm trying to tell myself the body can sort it out without me doing that (works about 5-15% of the time, better than nothing)

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currently in urgent care to get antibiotics for the fourth time in three months because i keep scratching my skin off to the point that more of my feet are raw than healthy skin

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Have you been diagnosed with OCD? This is a common symptom of it. It’s more than just numbers or repetitive behaviors.

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