does anyone else squeeze spots when depressed or stressed?

[baggysenior]

hi, i have a horrible habit of when i'm feeling low i get my 5 x magnifier mirror out and put a spot light on it then look at all the white/black heads on my face and squeeze them for hours, make my face red and blotchy and create spots. I've been dumped recently and i want to feel good within myself but i'm low and stuck in this squeeze spotting cycle and i hate myself all the more for doing it!!!!!!!

[boxtops]

Just stop yourself doing it, sit on your hands.

[ummmm]

In the wise words of Sara......spotted...lol

[boxtops]

Good link pinki - baggy, just break the mirror for now.

[baggysenior]

i'll follow that link thanks! i wish sitting on my hands would do it! its almost like an alcoholic needing a drink, i wait anxiously for my little girl to sleep then get the mirror out, squeeze, feel a release, then hate myself! as soon as i'm in a happy place i'm hoping it will stop! you should see my blotchy face now! yak

[sara3]

lol @ ummmm ;o)

you're on self-destruct.. just stop it! do a face pack/scrub, etc.. but no picking unless you have something going green on your face.. which you don't, or you wouldn't need the massive magnifying glass ;o)

[baggysenior]

wonderful link pinkilady! so very true. glad there are others that do the same and its not just me being weird. I'll never be able to have a relationship with any other man until i get it sorted! not that i'm looking! thanks so much x

[fruitsalad]

i do similar sort of thing baggy, but I pluck hairs out of my face eyebrows or any others i can see i call it my therapy lol

[Postdog]

I'm 50 odd now. How I miss those days.....

[wolf63]

I have some spots on my scalp that won't heal because I pick them - but at least nobody sees them.

I must confess to being a spot picker too - I get them just before my period and they are sore and red.

I bite my nails and pick the skin too - my fingers are a mess just now. I have been wandering around with plasters on my fingers to keep me from picking.

And don't get me started on in-grown hairs - good fun!

[4getmenot]

i used to pick skin around my thumb till it would bleed. Not just around naij but around and right down to joint. Ive stopped now coz im happy, thats the only cure.

[ChocolatChip]

Yes! Im just like this, I find it extremely calming and I can spend ages doing it. If I can't get to a mirror I tend to feel down my back, chest and legs to see if there is any scabs black/white heads i can pull off or any spot to be squeezed.
As you say it's definitely a stress and depression thing. As the link said it probably is a kind of self- mutualation (sp?) but I can't help it, it truly is addictive!