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How skin-picking compulsions create lasting shame

I have been picking at my skin for twenty years and my arms are covered in scars and I cannot wear short sleeves.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The body has become both the site of anxiety and its attempted resolution, creating a cycle of self-attack disguised as self-care.

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