Picking the skin of my fingers.?

Question

For as long as i can remember, i have picked the skin of the ends of my fingers, sometimes knowing im doing it, sometimes i do it without knowing.

Are there any treatments for this, ive looked up and seen that it is a diesease called "Cps" - Conpulsive Picking of the Skin.

Answer 1

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is defined as a preoccupation with one or more defects in one's appearance for which most people can hardly notice or do not believe to be important. To fulfil the diagnostic criteria it must also either cause significant distress or handicap. The older term for BDD is "dysmorphophobia" which is sometimes still used in the UK. Some service users will acknowledge that they may be blowing things out of all proportion. Others are so firmly convinced about their defect that they are regarded as having a delusion. Whatever the degree of insight into their condition, sufferers usually realise that others believe their appearance to be "normal" and have been told so many times.
Many people are concerned to a greater or lesser degree with some aspect of their appearance but to obtain a diagnosis of BDD, the preoccupation must cause significant distress or handicap in at least one area of one's life. For example, someone with BDD avoid a wide range of social and public situations to prevent themselves from feeling uncomfortable and worrying that people are evaluating them negatively. Alternatively a person may enter such situations but remain very self-conscious. He or she may camouflage themselves excessively to hide their perceived defect by using heavy make up, brushing their hair in a particular way, changing their posture, or wearing heavy clothes. They may spend several hours a day thinking about their perceived defect and asking themselves questions that cannot be answered (for example, "Why was I born this way?", "If only my nose was straighter and smaller") They may feel compelled to repeat frequently certain time consuming behaviours such as:

* Checking their appearance in a mirror or reflective surface
* Seeking reassurance about their appearance
* Checking by feeling one's skin with one's fingers
* Cutting or combing their hair to make it "just so"
* Picking their skin to make it smooth
* Comparing themselves against models in magazines or people in the street

Answer 2

CPS? That is hilarious! You had to make that up. You are just a nervous wreck! That is why you do it. Or, you are mad at your fingers for being idle. They don't have a brain. SO, give em something else to do.

Answer 3

Thats a new one on me...........but having said that ive been picking at my thumb today and made it quite sore....... <--- dummy!

Answer 4

Cut off your hands.
Problem solved.

Answer 5

mine always just hangs since i play guitar. i just peel it off hehe. its pretty disgustin

Answer 6

um i dont think thats a real disease... lol.
but i do it too sometimes, i think. maybe.