Thanks for sharing! I pick at blackheads. I can't control it, and when I'm anxious I'll leave a room and go do it for 15 or 20 minutes, and then be extremely embarassed of my now splotchy face.

Whew, I feel better too!

I was able to cut back on this almost entirely when I started a/d. Now I guess it has creeped back again. I'm a lot more aware of it as an unhealthy coping mechanism.

Try reading Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz if you ever get a chance. It's got a four step program to help train your brain not to make you do stuff you don't want to be doing.

And love yourself! Love your nervous habits and bald patches and go on from there to take the best care of yourself that you know how to take. It's all good.

Adinva 51, S20, S18
M24 total
6/15/11-12/1/12 From IDLY to H moving out
9/15/15-3/7/17 From negotiating SA to final D at age 50
5/8/17-now: New relationship with an old friend
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Happiness is a warm puppy.