From the article: Coping With OCD
It is a fact of life that we will all experience stress from time to time. Learning to cope with it can go a long way to making it more manageable. Share how you cope with your OCD symptoms below. Share Your Experience
Hand picking
- When I was in high school I always chewed on the insides of my cheeks. Later, after I married, I began picking at my fingers and the palms of my hands. Sometimes I would begin by scratching intensely until there was a blister, then I would peel the blister. I also pick at sores, incisions, just about anything. I've made a few attempts to quit picking, but those attempts were short lived. I went to the drug store and bought a box of disposable gloves and tried wearing them all day long. But that didn't work because when I wanted to pick, I just took them off. I've told my husband that having an actual cast on my hand for a few months would stop the picking, but I don't think it would do any good in making me stop altogether. I've also tried acrylic nails which would hinder my picking...but I ended up buying a sharp pair of tweezers to pick my skin with. My history involves severe sexual abuse from age 8 to 17... and an abusive marriage which I am still in.
- —Nejmie
