Dermatillomania Obsessive Skin Picking Community Group
This group is for people with OCD who are obsessive skin pickers.
Wow, I just put in Dermamtillomania in the search browser on Faceboook and to my surprise, there are 15 groups/sites on there. I really wanted to join the groups and "like" the pages, but I am terrified to let any of my friends on FB see that on my wall!!! I will just have to go and visit the pages frequently. Also, I wanted to post this book that I found that looks really interesting regarding this topic. Here is the FB page:
"FOREVER MARKED: A Dermatillomania Diary" by Nova Scotian author A. Hartlin
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/FOREVER-MARKED-A-Dermatillomania-Diary-by-Nova-Scotian-author-A-Hartlin/177738602694
I stayed up until 2am lastnight researching my crazy obsession with picking my skin, I am really tired today, but I feel better about learning I am not the only one suffering. I hate that this controls my life and I have to sneak around and keep my whole body covered!
Good luck to everyone suffering from this disorder and I hope one day we will all be cured!
"FOREVER MARKED: A Dermatillomania Diary" by Nova Scotian author A. Hartlin
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/FOREVER-MARKED-A-Dermatillomania-Diary-by-Nova-Scotian-author-A-Hartlin/177738602694
I stayed up until 2am lastnight researching my crazy obsession with picking my skin, I am really tired today, but I feel better about learning I am not the only one suffering. I hate that this controls my life and I have to sneak around and keep my whole body covered!
Good luck to everyone suffering from this disorder and I hope one day we will all be cured!
As for the Forever Marked page, I hit LIKE with PRIDE. I am sick of being ashamed. Would a diabetic be ashamed to click like on a FB page with information pertaining to diabetes? The world needs to stop seeing us as freaks (actually they need to stop looking down on anyone with a mental/neurological disorder). Who cares if they see I like it. I am almost 34 (on the 12th of this month) and I have had this awful disease that I have hidden and covered up and suffered and blamed myself for since I was 10 years old. 24 years is long enough for me to come out of the closet. And that is exactly why Angie has created the Forever marked page. She also has an awesome book, called "Scars of Shame" and very soon (I was told sometime early in 2012 that they were releasing a documentary chronically Angie's life.
I understand the fear and shame, and don't mean to preach to anyone. I know exactly how you feel b/c I have felt it before, and will feel it again I am sure. Good luck to you both, and know that there is hope. I have been "sober" so to speak since early December. It took me getting to the point of literally gouging 2 nickle/quarter size holes down to the muscle (one in my smile line and one in my chin that had to be surgically repaired before I hit rock bottom and thought to myself, Who the F^%k cares; I obviously have a problem. I have been utilizing exposure therapy along with meds and talk therapy. I purposely do not try to cover up my scarred skin or actively picked places, go somewhere public, (a store, a restaurant, etc.) and have full conversations with people. You'd be surprised how many people don't look twice at you. Its really ok to free yourself from this bondage. Uncomfortable yes, impossible, no.
Much Love, pickedon (aka Laura)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/53173448037/ and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2213187823/