Well, the first one I'm sure I could probably relate to a few women, but I think I may be more on the obsessive side. I'm constantly sucking in my tummy....like always...even when I'm alone...even when I'm about to fall asleep, and I purposely sleep on my stomach so that it doesn't hang out like when I'm on my side, even right now...the thing is..I'm not overweight. I'm 5'6, and weigh 126 lbs. I guess I just have low self-esteem...but I just wanted to know if any girls out there have that obsession. The second one I've heard is actually a condition called dermatillomania...also known as "compulsive skin picking". It's kind of embarassing, but I find myself doing it whenever I'm alone...and sometimes even in a public place when I feel no one's watching. It's not just on my face either..I have some pimples on my face so that really bothers me.I also find myself just feeling my arms,back,stomach,and face..and if I come across any kind of bump,dry patch,or scab..I just need to pick it.
2007-03-04 12:39:08 · 14 answers · asked by xoxo_sexy_biatch_xoxo 5 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I used to suck in my tummy all the time, but after learning meditation I found that the compulsion (all but) disappeared.
I used to squeeze pimples compulsively, but managed to stop by will power. I then managed to get myself a Speed addiction and the whole thing started again. I have been clean for almost four years but still compulsively pick at any imperfection.
I have recently started to attack the compulsion again. This time I am using disinfectant and moisturiser instead of picking and am having some success. But I know when I am stressed it flares up.
It is completely normal for humans to have these little obsessions, so long as they don't wreck your experience of life. If they do, it's time to find a solution.
2007-03-04 13:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by yutu34 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, scab picking is a mental disease. I have it as well. I can't stand scabs or bumps, though I tend to stay away from acne because it only makes it worse. The only reason I pick at acne is if it's ready to pop on it's own and I just help it along by lancing it.
Other than that, you sound pretty like me. I don't like my tummy pooge, but I don't go to the great lengths that you do.
2007-03-04 12:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Occasionally I find myself picking at a scab and then I realize what I'm doing and stop but I wouldn't call it compulsive. But no I don't suck in my tummy.
2007-03-04 12:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by Lauren 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i swear ive sucked in my tummy for 10 years straight, and it's always how i look at myself when i'm checking out the clothes i'm wearing. I'm about your size now but i even did it when i was a 100 pound teenager.
by the way, i do a lot of ocd stuff, but i don't think i actually clinically am.
2007-03-04 12:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by Mia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do both of those things, its very normal. However I must say the skin pricking is a bad habit (even though i use to do it) steam will cleanse it, and as for scabs, they are there for a reason, to protect your body from germs until the skin heals, you have to be patient. But you are normal.
2007-03-04 12:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the tummy thing...my best friend has done it as long as I've known her and that's 11 years...the other is actually more common than you think, but i don't want to scare you, it can become very serious... like as in suicide...it will get really bad in some girls and they stop picking with there fingers and use something else that makes them bleed to death....i don't mean to be mean but i would go get help like a group or something cuz it can get really bad if u don't do something to slow it down or stop...good luck and PLEASE take my advise
2007-03-04 12:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by Adele.S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i suck in my tummy too sometimes in public. don't feel bad ur not alone. i don't pick my skin though. and the whole tummy thing, i wouldn't call it and obbsession but u could ask ur doctor if it is some form of obbsession that is rare.
2007-03-04 12:44:31 · answer #7 · answered by J-Dawg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sound like young lady you have a bit of a nervousness about you and it,s something you have to deal with or you pick your face silly. lighten up and take some value in you and never have low esteem of you or anyone one. God see all of us as just a dot of flesh.. everyone now days worry about how good they look outwardly.. we all need to worry about how good we look inwardly in the site of God Almighty.. also some are lifted up with pride and think the word revolves around them ..these are stuck on themselves and have no room in their lives to have any compassion on any one ..it all about them no one else matters but them ..i hope you get a handle on your life and if you don't believe in God that you might start believing. hope the lord help you get ride of this obsessions
2007-03-04 12:53:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, Join the club.
2007-03-05 05:26:40 · answer #9 · answered by Lonely Bàstard 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha you sound exactly like me. I think we're normal though.
2007-03-04 12:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋