How to stop picking my lips by Hopeless Dreamer

"Rewarding"

How I did it: I guess I never truly had a reason to do it, since I had never had a boyfriend or anyone to keep my lips soft for. So when I finally started dating this guy, my lips became less of a place for me to go for stress because the relationship was (and still is) not stressful at all and I find no reason to relish in my lips anymore to cure anything that is wrong in my life. I guess I am just wishing I had taken less time to do it, because even though it was fun to pick them...it was not fun to see the result later on in the week when it was not able to be repaired until the skin grew back.

Lessons & tips: Find something you want to do more. It has to be a strong distraction, don't force it. Chapstick reminders always work, too. Or even nasty nail polish, if you don't want to pick and to punish for tasting icky nail polish.

Resources: This site helped me, and so did my boyfriend. I guess looking in the mirror and seeing the result had as well.


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Apr 25, 08:29AM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


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Lip Picking is Love Hate Relationship

I’ve been picking since I was about 12. Recently I started looking up any medical reason for it, like OCD. I went to the Dr. a while back and he said it was a form of self inflicting pain. So I found this website that discribed something called CSP Compulsive Skin Picking. It fit me to the T. When I put chap stick on at night it just makes my lips ripe for the picking in the morning. I mean it helps me focus when I am picking out something to wear. I do it in traffic, through out the day weither I am bored or stressed. I am going to continue to try to stop but I just don’t see it happening. Although I admit I am so embarissed when I am at work, freshly picked and someone asks me a question. I turn around just hoping it’s not to red or even worse – bloody. I will try doing the constant lip balm thing but honestly in the past it’s always just made it easier to pick. :(

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