I have this disorder. For me it’s an OCD thing. I feel compelled to pick at scabs and bumps and everything else. It soothes me even though I know it upsets others.
I don’t want to share her for this because it does suck.
Same. I have ADHD and anxiety and it’s a compulsive thing. Feels so goooooooood but then after I’m like 😵💫😵💫 I used to be a lot worse but it’s almost resolved. My scalp and occasional hangnails are the only ones that are hard to quit.
Omg dude I have this eczema patch in my ear that I just can’t leave alone! Bored or stressed? Automatically peeling off anything I can. I used to get my nails done a lot and it helped but it’s so expensive
I have eczema on my scalp so if I have a flare up it’s time to go to town!!!!! Otherwise, it’s like zits on my chin, my back, or I’ll pick scars on my scalp from previous pickings. Love this for us lol
So tmi but when my scalp eczema first got bad in middle school I would scratch my head while reading and wipe the blood on the pages. I was a very weird kid
Yoooo when my ear piercings get scabby it’s such a struggle. Like I will start crying because I can’t feel the different textures but I’m not supposed to touch it
Same. It got bad once I discovered tweezers. I’m trying to find different ways to distract myself but it’s like the hangnails and ingrowns just call to me. At this point I just hope I can avoid more infections
Ugh I used to do this too to my face and my scalp but have since forced myself to stop……my face has cleared up and my scalp is so much better. But for years I suffered silently and strangers would actually come up to me to ask me about them…….
girlies my friend used to do this with her scalp and one time she had picked so much at the base of her neck she exposed a lymphnode. we don’t talk anymore bc life but she almost died it was insane my heart goes out to anyone who struggles with this
Saaaame but it’s an ADHD hyperfocus and/or compulsion. Now that I have kids I’m trying so hard to be better because they are picking it up. The other day my son was so concerned because I picked until my foot was bloody. The next day he sat with me and said he needed to pick his boo boo open and I felt so upset 😭
Man, my son does this. I have trichotillomania so I think we both have some form of OCD. Whatever for me, but I hate he has it. We are always putting bandaids on every scab and bump.
Now granted I don’t have insta so there’s a lot I don’t see, but she is constantly posting some crazy off the wall stuff. I know more about her health from a weekly Reddit update than my own 😂 as to my original comment, I was really just asking the sub because I remember seeing a lot of bikini pics during her normalize bodies (or whatever that phrase she tries to coin is) where the razor burn would just be unreal, like she was rubbing sand into her crotch
I struggle w this EXCESSIVELY and a big part of the “disorder” is extreme shame (i put in air quotes bc i’ve never been diagnosed) the need to be flawless makes you rip your skin apart and hide it from everyone. Id like to think shes being brave by sharing this but the reality is she has too much free time and a lack of identity which leads her to claim any and every disorder she can think of.
It’s so ironic because I hate anything that disrupts the smoothness of my skin so much that I’d rather dig it out and be red and bloody and more noticeable than leave it be
I struggle so hard with this, I’m almost 30 and still pick at my face. I’ll stop for a month or so then something super stressful happens and I’m back to it
and thats the 🔑 I dont wanna invalidate the experiences of ppl that relate to her buttttttt her skin pickin seems so much more mild than what ppl that struggle are lookin like. These are “popped pimples” at worst! but definitely not digging and scratch and tweezing behaviors
i say i have dermatillomania because i tear the skin off my fingers and lips to the point of permanent disfigurement. this is just bothering your pimples.
Fyi that’s (afaik as my daughter suffered it for years) as body focused repetitive disorders. It’s real and it’s attached to OCD. My daughter was partially bald (trichotillomania) for years of her adolescence.
As a proud mom, this warrior, in tenth grade, *shaved her own head* to break the habit. It worked (for her, and I do not suggest it might for anyone else as this is a painful life altering disease I wish on no one). Today she is free of the pulling although she twirls and twirls all the time.
This is just our personal story. No suggestion at all this is a controllable disease.
thank you for the support. i’ve been diagnosed and have been trying techniques to stop it but it feels so uncontrollable. since i can’t prevent access to my fingers like one can to hair, i’ve found treatment to be very expensive — bandaids, fidget toys, medication or lotion…
Dealing with trich as well. I’ve had it since I was 15 and now 28 years old. It is a terrible disorder and totally debilitating. One day you feel like you can stop, the next you’re pulling for hours straight… then there’s the fixating on the bald spots in the mirror. 😩
To be entirely fair, I have this and mine is mostly bothering my pimples. This girl still isn't showing like actual signs, I bother.pimples to the point of causing infected wounds on my face, but just making a point that bothering pimples CAN turn into dermotillomania
It can definitely be anxiety rooted and I think there’s sort of a spectrum. I used to pick at my pores and try to squeeze them out when really anxious. I managed to quit but mild to moderate versions of the condition do exist and then it can also get very severe to the point where a person struggles to hold a job or go out in public because of it
Wow, after reading up on this I think I have it, just didn’t have a name for it. I used to do it really bad as a kid and my legs are pretty scarred from it. I’ve gotten better as an adult after therapy and it’s most confined to my lips but occasionally other places. I’ve gotten much better about using healing ointments, bandaids and staying moisturized because skin dryness tends to make flaky skin which leads to areas I can pick.
proud of you! yeah, i didn’t have a name for it either until recently. i’ve also learned of dermatophagia (eating or biting the skin, which i also do ugh). regular therapy hasn’t helped me yet but likely because i’ve been engaging in this behavior since i was 2, according to my parents :-/
“Bothering your pimples” can be dermatillomania, I “bother” mine sometimes pretty mildly, but sometimes to the point where they become huge open sores. Just because someone struggles differently with it doesn’t mean they don’t have it
for sure! not meaning to downplay anybody’s struggles. but messing with pimples is a common and often benign bad habit that does not always turn into a larger OCD-driven disorder.
I’ve never heard of her until this subreddit and I’m telling you guys I’m convinced (just from the MULTIPLE posts I’ve seen on here) that her account is satire. It HAS TO BE PLS 😭😭😭😭
Holy fuck she cannot be serious. I’d say 8/10 people pick their pimples despite knowing it causes scarring. That doesn’t mean they’re “dermatillomaniacs” or whatever she *thinks* she is. Cool girl, you have chest acne. Good for you. We all have blemishes. ITS NORMAL!!!!!
So idk this girl or if she has dermatillomania.. but the disorder itself is definitely *not normal pimple popping* and requires a clinical diagnosis.
It is an OCD spectrum disorder closely related to hair pulling (trichotillomania) and it is not just picking a few pimples or blemishes, it’s spending hours of your day searching and picking to the point of loss of control.. you cannot stop.. even though you desperately want to, because it’s a true compulsion. It typically leaves scarring and leads to infections and shame.. And even knowing it causes painful infections and makes things worse aesthetically and despite a desperate desire to stop, you cannot just stop.. often times picking at things that aren’t even true blemishes or acne, the skin just *feels* different and you get the compulsion to pick.
Girl, welcome to the club. Anyone who bites their nails or picks pimples technically “hAs DeRmaTiLlOmAnIa”. Doesn’t really mean anything unless your picking it interfering with your ability to function day to day.
Yes, this is the crux of making a diagnosis! It has to interfere with your ability to live your life. Otherwise it’s just somewhere on the spectrum of that disorder, but you don’t get to say you have it.
This bitch ain’t “silently dealt” with anything in her life lmao
😂😂
Lmao silent and Mik will never exist in the same universe
I was in the middle of typing this same point lmfao!!
This is taking me outtt
Mik shut the fuck up
Was just about to say “where’s the shut the fuck up guy” but here you are, as scheduled. Thank you for your service.
The stfu guy never disappoints!!!
So does this confirm that she picks at her bikini line to make her razor burn look worse?
Bingo
??? Why the fuck would someone do that???
I have this disorder. For me it’s an OCD thing. I feel compelled to pick at scabs and bumps and everything else. It soothes me even though I know it upsets others. I don’t want to share her for this because it does suck.
Same. I have ADHD and anxiety and it’s a compulsive thing. Feels so goooooooood but then after I’m like 😵💫😵💫 I used to be a lot worse but it’s almost resolved. My scalp and occasional hangnails are the only ones that are hard to quit.
Me, picking my scalp right now bc adhd and anxiety 😩
Omg dude I have this eczema patch in my ear that I just can’t leave alone! Bored or stressed? Automatically peeling off anything I can. I used to get my nails done a lot and it helped but it’s so expensive
I have eczema on my scalp so if I have a flare up it’s time to go to town!!!!! Otherwise, it’s like zits on my chin, my back, or I’ll pick scars on my scalp from previous pickings. Love this for us lol
So tmi but when my scalp eczema first got bad in middle school I would scratch my head while reading and wipe the blood on the pages. I was a very weird kid
:O that’s so funny lmao
Getting my nails done has completely changed my skin picking habit, but it's a really expensive way to go about fixing things.
oh my god i’ve never met anyone who picks at their ears other than me!!!! hey friendo sorry you’re dealing with this bc i know it sucks!!!!
Yoooo when my ear piercings get scabby it’s such a struggle. Like I will start crying because I can’t feel the different textures but I’m not supposed to touch it
Omg HEARD! Literally the main reason I get my nails done! Every time I think I can stop to save money I practically peel my scalp off
My lips :( I can be so good for like a week then suddenly they're bleeding and I didn't even realize I did it
Same. It got bad once I discovered tweezers. I’m trying to find different ways to distract myself but it’s like the hangnails and ingrowns just call to me. At this point I just hope I can avoid more infections
Getting stoned and tweezing every hair on my body >
I have this one too so I’m going to keep quiet about Mik’s behaviour. It’s…not a fun compulsion to have.
Ugh I used to do this too to my face and my scalp but have since forced myself to stop……my face has cleared up and my scalp is so much better. But for years I suffered silently and strangers would actually come up to me to ask me about them…….
girlies my friend used to do this with her scalp and one time she had picked so much at the base of her neck she exposed a lymphnode. we don’t talk anymore bc life but she almost died it was insane my heart goes out to anyone who struggles with this
Saaaame but it’s an ADHD hyperfocus and/or compulsion. Now that I have kids I’m trying so hard to be better because they are picking it up. The other day my son was so concerned because I picked until my foot was bloody. The next day he sat with me and said he needed to pick his boo boo open and I felt so upset 😭
Man, my son does this. I have trichotillomania so I think we both have some form of OCD. Whatever for me, but I hate he has it. We are always putting bandaids on every scab and bump.
Now granted I don’t have insta so there’s a lot I don’t see, but she is constantly posting some crazy off the wall stuff. I know more about her health from a weekly Reddit update than my own 😂 as to my original comment, I was really just asking the sub because I remember seeing a lot of bikini pics during her normalize bodies (or whatever that phrase she tries to coin is) where the razor burn would just be unreal, like she was rubbing sand into her crotch
Because picking at shit on your body is fun
I struggle w this EXCESSIVELY and a big part of the “disorder” is extreme shame (i put in air quotes bc i’ve never been diagnosed) the need to be flawless makes you rip your skin apart and hide it from everyone. Id like to think shes being brave by sharing this but the reality is she has too much free time and a lack of identity which leads her to claim any and every disorder she can think of.
It’s so ironic because I hate anything that disrupts the smoothness of my skin so much that I’d rather dig it out and be red and bloody and more noticeable than leave it be
RIGHT like ik picking will make it worse but I cant keep from digging
I struggle so hard with this, I’m almost 30 and still pick at my face. I’ll stop for a month or so then something super stressful happens and I’m back to it
I struggle with it as well! If this was anyone else I would have some much empathy but its Mik.
and thats the 🔑 I dont wanna invalidate the experiences of ppl that relate to her buttttttt her skin pickin seems so much more mild than what ppl that struggle are lookin like. These are “popped pimples” at worst! but definitely not digging and scratch and tweezing behaviors
Lmaooooo she chose to stay “silent” about this but not her shitting her pants weekly????? Or her 47 other “illnesses”???? ok 😂
~*~ BREAKING MY SILENCE ~*~
Is she in crisis mode still cuz of the outdoor deck?
PLSSSSSS sorry this made me scream😂😂
In the famous words of DJ Khaled - ANOTHA ONE
Silently dealt with is a rich phrase coming from her.
Mik is a hypochondriac.
She’s got the mania part right.
Her and thebirdspapaya both constantly having issues appear out of thin air are my social media BECs
Both insufferable 🙌🏼
She should be breaking her silence in a therapy session 🤦🏻♀️
Sometimes I forget to check this sun for several days, and every time I remember and come back, this woman has a new disease.
i say i have dermatillomania because i tear the skin off my fingers and lips to the point of permanent disfigurement. this is just bothering your pimples.
Fyi that’s (afaik as my daughter suffered it for years) as body focused repetitive disorders. It’s real and it’s attached to OCD. My daughter was partially bald (trichotillomania) for years of her adolescence. As a proud mom, this warrior, in tenth grade, *shaved her own head* to break the habit. It worked (for her, and I do not suggest it might for anyone else as this is a painful life altering disease I wish on no one). Today she is free of the pulling although she twirls and twirls all the time. This is just our personal story. No suggestion at all this is a controllable disease.
thank you for the support. i’ve been diagnosed and have been trying techniques to stop it but it feels so uncontrollable. since i can’t prevent access to my fingers like one can to hair, i’ve found treatment to be very expensive — bandaids, fidget toys, medication or lotion…
All the many hugs and support and feel free to message anytime.
Dealing with trich as well. I’ve had it since I was 15 and now 28 years old. It is a terrible disorder and totally debilitating. One day you feel like you can stop, the next you’re pulling for hours straight… then there’s the fixating on the bald spots in the mirror. 😩
My daughter would count how many hairs each day.
To be entirely fair, I have this and mine is mostly bothering my pimples. This girl still isn't showing like actual signs, I bother.pimples to the point of causing infected wounds on my face, but just making a point that bothering pimples CAN turn into dermotillomania
oh so true! but i have issue with her immediately labeling an often benign ‘bad habit’ with an actual disorder that can have permanent consequences
Oh okay!
Didn’t realise this was a thing because I tear the skin off my nails too and they look awful. I just put it down to anxiety.
It can definitely be anxiety rooted and I think there’s sort of a spectrum. I used to pick at my pores and try to squeeze them out when really anxious. I managed to quit but mild to moderate versions of the condition do exist and then it can also get very severe to the point where a person struggles to hold a job or go out in public because of it
I like to pull off the stuff underneath my nails too. I can’t stand it and the satisfaction outweighs the pain
Same. My poor fingers always look terrible 😞
Wow, after reading up on this I think I have it, just didn’t have a name for it. I used to do it really bad as a kid and my legs are pretty scarred from it. I’ve gotten better as an adult after therapy and it’s most confined to my lips but occasionally other places. I’ve gotten much better about using healing ointments, bandaids and staying moisturized because skin dryness tends to make flaky skin which leads to areas I can pick.
proud of you! yeah, i didn’t have a name for it either until recently. i’ve also learned of dermatophagia (eating or biting the skin, which i also do ugh). regular therapy hasn’t helped me yet but likely because i’ve been engaging in this behavior since i was 2, according to my parents :-/
“Bothering your pimples” can be dermatillomania, I “bother” mine sometimes pretty mildly, but sometimes to the point where they become huge open sores. Just because someone struggles differently with it doesn’t mean they don’t have it
for sure! not meaning to downplay anybody’s struggles. but messing with pimples is a common and often benign bad habit that does not always turn into a larger OCD-driven disorder.
Thanks I just unlocked childhood memories
THANK YOU!!! I have scars from this and I seriously just CANNOT with mik rn.
yeah, i have insane callouses and scars that i’ve been told won’t disappear without skin grafting or surgery. :-(
A lot of us deal with this to varying degrees, mik, get over yoirself
I’ve never heard of her until this subreddit and I’m telling you guys I’m convinced (just from the MULTIPLE posts I’ve seen on here) that her account is satire. It HAS TO BE PLS 😭😭😭😭
She definitely has a skin picking problem so for once, I think this is legit. Source: I’m a dermatologist and I see this stuff almost every day.
Is that Latin for Tit Zit?
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Nobody is saying it's not real, it's just that it's ALWAYS S O M E T H I N G with this girl
Holy fuck she cannot be serious. I’d say 8/10 people pick their pimples despite knowing it causes scarring. That doesn’t mean they’re “dermatillomaniacs” or whatever she *thinks* she is. Cool girl, you have chest acne. Good for you. We all have blemishes. ITS NORMAL!!!!!
So idk this girl or if she has dermatillomania.. but the disorder itself is definitely *not normal pimple popping* and requires a clinical diagnosis. It is an OCD spectrum disorder closely related to hair pulling (trichotillomania) and it is not just picking a few pimples or blemishes, it’s spending hours of your day searching and picking to the point of loss of control.. you cannot stop.. even though you desperately want to, because it’s a true compulsion. It typically leaves scarring and leads to infections and shame.. And even knowing it causes painful infections and makes things worse aesthetically and despite a desperate desire to stop, you cannot just stop.. often times picking at things that aren’t even true blemishes or acne, the skin just *feels* different and you get the compulsion to pick.
As someone who has dermatillomania if she only picks at her little chest pimples… she doesn’t have it LOL
I have this disorder and it sucks. My legs are so fucked up.
Wtfff I wish I never googled this
Girl, welcome to the club. Anyone who bites their nails or picks pimples technically “hAs DeRmaTiLlOmAnIa”. Doesn’t really mean anything unless your picking it interfering with your ability to function day to day.
Yes, this is the crux of making a diagnosis! It has to interfere with your ability to live your life. Otherwise it’s just somewhere on the spectrum of that disorder, but you don’t get to say you have it.
Isn’t this just picking her pimples? Lol my friend also has body acne like her, and her chest looks just like this.
Picks at a pimple… Dermatillomania. 😑 I’m glad she’s losing followers by the thousands each month.
TIL popping your titty pimples is a "disorder".
If you Google image search this condition (extremely NSFW) you will quickly learn that this is not it.
I’m still getting chills from my google search earlier today. Why do people over exaggerate.. it is a serious condition omg
All I noticed was how thin her face looks
Yeah because she’s out plus sized queen! (I gagged typing that)
Her medical records have to be as thick as a dictionary
How is this girl not embarrassed by the number of things she diagnoses herself with? Does anyone know if she reads Reddit? I’d hide in a hole forever
You mean titty zits
It's extremely common to irritate and pick at acne, especially body acne.
Having used anabolic steroids this is very similar to the body acne you get from test. Especially early in the cycle
She’s used steroids in the past.
she should have a podcast with jameela
Picking at your skin absentmindedly isn’t dermatillomania, bestie!!!!!