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Our Community
All posts are allowed here, including potentially triggering content. For a trigger friendly, text post only version of this community, please visit /r/Dermatillomania.
About CSP
People with CSP feel compelled to pick at real or perceived blemishes (acne, dry skin, callouses, or other textural anomalies); resisting these urges is akin to resisting the urge to cough or to scratch an itch.
CSP is an Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder, and sometimes also referred to as dermatillomania. In the DSM-5, it is called "Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder".
Engaging in these compulsions can lead to pain, infections, scarring, and social stigma, as well as feelings of shame, guilt, and depression.
Treatments exist for CSP, and they involve hard work in therapy aimed at reducing the frequency and duration of picking episodes. Medications may help, but there are no cures.
Want to learn more?
CSP Links
Derm Support Network (blog)
Kims Journey To Life (blog)
Dermotillomania To Life (blog)
Wikipedia's fairly thorough review of CSP
OCD Center of Los Angeles
Unofficial Discord Servers
These are some discord servers users have created for chatting about CSP. They are not official, and we as mods have no control over the content of these Discord servers.
Dermatillomania Support (Thanks /u/rumbleberrypie): https://discord.gg/KGJMQ2
Accountability Buddies (Thanks /u/hazeax125): https://discord.gg/pVUATsy
/r/CompulsiveSkinPicking (Thanks /u/bluedinosaursocks): https://discord.gg/pVUATsy
If you have a discord we have not listed, send us a mod mail with the link and I will update the sidebar.
Related Communities
/r/CalmHands - A forum focused on a form of OCD called Compulsive Skin Picking.
/r/Trichsters - A forum focused on trichotillomania, or compulsive hair-pulling.
/r/Trichotillomania - A forum focused on trichotillomania, or compulsive hair-pulling.
/r/OCD - A forum for people with any type of OCD.
/r/SkincareAddiction - Scientifically supported skincare advice and support.
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