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first success in a loooooooonnnnnnggggg time
I just want to put out there that today is the FIRST time in about six years that I didn't look in the mirror upon coming home. Usually I get in my house and go straight to the bathroom where I stay for hours. I still feel a lot of shame, frustration, and other yucky feelings about it, the time I've wasted, the hours I've missed with my family, etc. The list goes on - well, you know already!
Success!! I feel very different right now - no guilt or shame, but I'm of course scared bc there's lots of mirrors in the house and I only have to get a glimpse of myself before the destruction of my skin begins.
Responses welcome! :)
My life is bigger than what I see in the mirror.
Congrats on your achievement! I took down every mirror in the house except for one that doesn't even have good lighting that I can use to put on makeup. I wish I could say that I have stopped picking for good but it has greatly helped. One step at a time ;) It is a process.
In reply to Congrats on your achievement! by Amy19587
I still have mirrors in various rooms and inevitably, I go there to pick! Not really rocket science, right? :)
I am in constant pain though...burning, stinging just randomly throughout the day. I am really so done with picking... I just want whatevers on my face to heal so I can leave it alone. What am I supposed to do, though, until it all goes away? I hate that I'm in this self-inflicted predicament.( I'm not asking you to solve my problems, just venting because I'm in physical pain.)
Have your tried putting anything on your face. It turn out I am allergic to aloe, but it could help you. I have been using witch hazel and calamine lotion. Maybe a face mask... Do you wear makeup?.