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got2stop , 25 Apr 2012

near relapse - help!

Ok so i thought i was doing really well, its been 2 weeks nearly since i picked, my sore was healing, looking less swollen and red and I thought it would eventually go, then i realised it had never got to that scab state and now i know why, the spot what i had tried to get rid of in the first place is still there, and I'm sure it has a white head. I'm tryin so hard to resist the urges but i just want it to go! Surely that white head has got to come out? But then i will go back to how i was! Please send me some encouraging words! Xx
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AngelSkin
April 26, 2012
did you resist? Shit i just had a total relapse and so f-ing angry at myself. My skin was so near perfect and I had a breakout today and just went for it. aaaaaaarghhhh.
got2stop
April 26, 2012
I couldn't. Did it whilst at work as well - how shameful! I just couldn't stop myself! But it had come to a head, which came out easily, followed by a little bit of blood and then it just dried up and went down straight away (eeeew disgusting I know) and today it is almost completely gone!! So the head did need to come out for it to get better and I was lucky I didn't make too much of a mess. But I just hate the feeling of do you leave it, or has stuff got to come out for it to get better? And I was so angry at the fact it had come up again and this last couple of weeks suffering had been for nothing! Sorry to hear about your relapse. I know how it feels, when you've done it you do feel really angry and full of regret. And you know you will feel like that but you just can't help doing it! Try not to touch it anymore now and be kind to yourself. We can get through this! Keep me posted how you get on xx
AngelSkin
April 28, 2012
sometimes they absolutely have to be dealt with; if youre a picker then youll always know which ones need to go so it can heal. But it sounds like you managed to resist the last two weeks, so hopefully you can keep it up. Im so frustrated as I had a really good two weeks, I was starting to wear less make up and have my hair tied back, feel like a grown up again. GRR. even though my face is a war zone Im managing to leave it alone now mostly, and it will need a couple of weeks to heal properly. argh.
Momo
April 29, 2012
that's the thing - you know after awhile how your skin will react to each different type of blemish. i'm so proud of you and wish that i could be that strong. i find tea tree oil helps, especially if there is one that you're really focused on. be careful when you're touching it, soak a q-tip with tea tree oil and hold it on for about a minute or so.
AngelSkin
May 01, 2012
Hows it going now, got2stop? I had a really good two weeks but I totally relapsed this last week, and Im so frustrated and anxious because of it. Theres a bit of work related stress in there too, and frustration. Its bloody frustrating. As I went to town last week on my face I have a load of dry and broken skin thats trying to heal around my forehead and chin, and I just wont let it. there not even anything to squeeze, its just dry red skin. EVERYWHERE. Its making me crazy. When I found this forum it was encouraging and I spent a lot of time on it, but as with everything else the positive effect is wearing off. I WAS DOING SO WELL.
got2stop
May 01, 2012
Hi AngelSkin. I'm so sorry to hear that. I know what you mean about the dry and broken skin. I'm always trying to peel little bits off when it gets to that stage and it just makes it worse. Also when you put make up on it it gets all congealed and cakey around it. I know its hard but try and think positive. Now is the time for you to think to yourself "I don't want my skin to get like this again". Thats what I did last time and fingers crossed I am doing so well at the moment. The spot I squeezed has completely healed now and I am thinking positive and trying sooo hard not to go back to that place. I have got all these tiny little whiteheads at the moment and normally I would have attacked them all but I am resisting. I have been listening to my skin picking self hypnosis CD each day and it has really helped. I also made a list of reasons why I shouldn't do it and everytime I get the urge coming on I look at that list, there's things on there like I don't want my bf to see me like it anymore, I don't want anymore scars etc and thats helped too. I have been stressed at work and I agree with you that does not help. I have another worry now that I have been told by the doc I have to come off my pill as I suffer from migraines and I am dreading my skin getting even worse :(

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