Seriously/ is this a psychiatric or mental thing?!
Question: Seriously/ is this a psychiatric or mental thing!?
What does it mean when someone picks at themselves until they leave holes in there skin!?
This person is NOT on drugs and seems "relatively" normal!.
Its like if she gets a mosquito bite or any little blemish she will pick at it until its a giant hole and it gets infected!. She has all of these little scars all over her!.
She claims she doesnt realize she is doing it, but I dont believe her!.
I find it gross, but would like to help her!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
This person is NOT on drugs and seems "relatively" normal!.
Its like if she gets a mosquito bite or any little blemish she will pick at it until its a giant hole and it gets infected!. She has all of these little scars all over her!.
She claims she doesnt realize she is doing it, but I dont believe her!.
I find it gross, but would like to help her!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
The condition you are describing is called dermatotillomania!. It is a psychiatric condition similar to trichotillomania (i!.e!., compulsive hair pulling)!. OCD-related treatments are helpful for some sufferers of dermatotillomania!.
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I do this too I am on Prozac right now!. I was on Zoloft and that didn't help, but my counselor Victoria says different people work with different medications!. But if she decides to go off Paxil, tell her to do it VERY SLOWLY!. If she does it too fast she will end up completely miserable for a few days!. I went off Zoloft too fast because the pill kept dissolving and I couldn't do any of my schoolwork for a week!. (I'm homeschooled!.) There is also a medicine called selexa!.Www@Answer-Health@Com