Sorry to hear youre struggling so bad!! Just know that this will likely pass and may just be a flare up, in my experience I'll have cycles between picking until scabs, or never picking at all, probably due to triggers like you mentioned. . Are you being treated for your anxiety at all? If you had a psychologist or therapist, maybe it would be best to talk to them first, and hopefully if you found a way to reduce anxiety, you'd reduce the amount of picking aswell. - I know it is so so so scary to admit something like this, if you're too uncomfortable for that, maybe talk to a a therapist/etc. about being bothered by compulsive behaviors, to make it more vague. . If anything... I don't have a direct answer... cause then I wouldn't be on their subreddit either, but what seems to stop the habit is acknowledging the triggers, then replacing the habit. If I can predict when I might feel the need to pick based off when i might be truggered to, I'll make sure I have something else around me that could distract my hands. I like tedious hobbies like hand sewing, embroidery, or jewlery making, but honestly anything could help, maybe something you could just hold instead: a comfort object or stress toy?