I can’t stop picking my scalp and I’m sick of it. I have tiny little bald spots from where I’ve picked it to death. If I stop it grows back. It’s just I can’t seem to stop. I talked to my psychologist about it and he didn’t really have any good ideas and referred me back to the pdoc. The pdoc has some ideas but the best idea it an old tricyclic ad that will be very sedating. I don’t fuc*ing want to be sedated. I just am so sick of it. I don’t know what to do. Someone has got to have some ideas on how to stop this habit. By the way I can go a day without doing it sometimes if my anxiety is under control but then I pick in my sleep.
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Have you tried keeping your nails too short to pick,
Or acrylic nails?
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well I just tried taking my nail as low as I could go and I can still pick with it, and acrylics weren’t as satisfying but I could still do damage.
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I do something a little similar. I pick at little scabs on my skin (sorry if I gross anyone out) all the time and won’t let them heal. I think, oddly enough, it is because I want my skin to be perfectly smooth and it bothers me to feel little bumps. So I keep trying to even out the bumps by removing the scar tissue. The only thing that keeps me from doing it too much is biting my nails. (Don’t I sound like a keeper lol). I’ve never been able to find a way to completely stop doing either. I was thinking of trying distraction/mild behavior modification. I just have so much other stuff I’m working on now that I cant’ get myself to do it.
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I have a habit of picking my face. I’ve so far tried wet wipes, putting on cream. If anyone has any other ideas I’d love to hear them.
Could you wrap your fingernails in bandaids, or wear gloves at all times? I pick at my fingers, so I sometimes wrap them in band-aids to keep them safe.
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@Ninjastar
Thank you, I will definitely try that. I’ll let you all know if it works 
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The band-aids work best for me, because I can just remove the gloves if the impulse gets strong enough. But band-aids are stuck on there, and I have to really try if I want to get my hands free. I recommend leaving your pointer finger and thumb pads free if you use touchscreen devices. You can just cut a hole in the bandaid.
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Some of the meds for OCD help with picking.
NAC is also supposed to.
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If you can not stop yourself then do some damage control before you damage your scalp.
Regular school glue dried on a hand area maybe.
Wait. Bubble wrap! Pop bubble wrap. There are lots of people who like that.
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