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 Dermatillomania 

Dermatillomania

Latest Dermatillomania Articles

On Having Dermatillomania, The Compulsive Skin-Picking Disorder

On Having Dermatillomania, The Compulsive Skin-Picking Disorder

Gina Clingan Gina Clingan
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Having anxiety is bad enough, without physically wearing it in self-induced bloody tick marks and bruises on your skin. Not to mention, bloody nails and fingertips, or a bloody chin from picking at bloody lips.

Learning To Live With Dermatillomania

Learning To Live With Dermatillomania

Kirsten Corley Kirsten Corley
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It annoys me how much it controls me but it doesn’t annoy me enough to stop.

The Truth About Living With Anxiety And Dermatillomania

The Truth About Living With Anxiety And Dermatillomania

Sadie Olson Sadie Olson
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Everybody worries. Worry is normal. Anxiety is about not being able to function because your mind is in a constant state of apprehension.

Confessions Of A Former Skin-Picker

Confessions Of A Former Skin-Picker

Jay Stephens Jay Stephens
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It’s called “Dermatillomania” or just “Derma” if you don’t like the “mania” part of it all.

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