What helps me

I have mentioned it before on here, but since it's been helping me lately I wanted to say it again for emphasis. Picking at skin is definatley an anxiety issue which I am sure no one here can dispute. And on days where I am especially stressed out or worried or anxious I find myself picking a lot more. And sometimes, it just starts in the morning and I can't seem to get out of that trance all day. Picking, then stopping, picking again, like I know I have a lot to do, but feel overwhelmed and would picking seems to fill that feeling of accomplishment even though once you snap to reality you just wasted however long you spent picking. On those days, I really stop and clean my skin wherever the damage was, and make myself start on some sort of project. Then at the end of day I am happier that I did actually accomplish something. That helps with the depression too. But sometimes I get into these ruts where every night is picking picking. But when I talked to my pyscicologist about it, she said there is no pill to make someone stop, but she perscribed me xanex. And for awhile I was taking it everynight, and my skin looked amazing. I got good sleep and felt too relaxed, and I was able to get my mind under control (when I start to think way too much, I pick) And my bad times are night times. Although I felt my body get addicted to the Xanex, which I didn't like, cuz I started to NEED it just to calm down. I stopped taking it for awhile, and since I had sort of broke the habit of picking every night I didn't pick for awhile. I still have bad nights, and I still have my xanex there when I need it, and if you can identify (which is sometimes the tricky part) when you might have a bad picking day or are more stressed out, I take a xanex. And just keep it in check that my body doesn't become too used to it. My doctors were amazed that how disciplined I am about my xanex, since it is a highly addictive drug. But if you can handle it or it's no problem for you, I think it's worth a shot to try.