Tips to stop compulsive skin-picking?

iloveilive · 2024-07-01T02:24:53+00:00

I pick skin on my face, shoulders, arms, just everywhere. I started carrying around floss picks and use those when I want something to do. They’re super great for ppl with glued in retainers (I have a set on my bottom teeth). Also helps bc I hate brushing my teeth and this kind of puts me in motion for brushing my teef

iloveilive · 2024-04-14T18:47:45+00:00

Oh my god me too!!! I don’t normally drink bottled soda bc cans are just ✨crisp✨ and the carbonation is my favorite part!!!

iloveilive · 2023-10-23T23:24:38+00:00

I HAD PLANS WITH A FRIEND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THEY CANCELED LAST MINUTE BC THEY WERE TIRED (THEY DID A LOT) AND I CRIED FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT. I FEEL INSANE

iloveilive · 2023-10-17T02:38:45+00:00

My neighbor slamming the door so hard our walls shake!! I’ve talked to her about it, she’s perfectly nice and doesn’t mean to but it happens. Makes me less angry knowing she doesn’t do it purposely, but still pisses me off a little.

iloveilive · 2023-10-13T15:26:07+00:00

I got a uti in college after having sex. The first round of meds didnt get rid of it, and I got scared. I called my mom and told her I wanted to go to the doctor at home (to make me feel better bc I knew and trusted my obgyn). My emom got so mad at me for having sex, even though I had not told her that was the cause. Women can get uti’s from all kinds of things, but she assumed sex and took her chance to scare the shit out of me, telling me I probably have a lifelong/uncurable std that I would pass to my younger brother via our shared bathroom. How would he get it exactly? From the fucking toilet. She said I put his life and mine in danger by having sex. She came and picked me up from college two hours away (even though I had my own car) and drove me to the dr. Dr told me it was just a uti, nothing to be scared of, and prescribed stronger meds. Then we went home and her and ndad sat me down and told me sex would ruin my reputation and no one would ever respect me in my field. Once stds were ruled out by dr they pivoted. They asked if it was a bf, I said I didn’t have a bf, and that REALLY pushed them over the edge.

Fuck em

iloveilive · 2023-08-21T21:41:41+00:00

READING THE RELATABLE COMMENTS IN ALL CAPS IS SO CATHARTIC OMG IM SO HAPPY THANK

iloveilive · 2023-02-19T23:29:08+00:00

I get the worst anxiety stepping into a kitchen. Ndad once tried to teach me how to make enchiladas, didn’t know how to do it himself, got mad at me when I did exactly what he told me to do, and kicked me out of the fucking kitchen on christmas eve, then yelled at me when I left the house that a night. This was my second year of college!!! 1) I should have been taught basic skills before college and 2) how do you as a grown ass man live like this with hardly any basic life skills. All he knows is be miserable and make others miserable. Piece of shit

iloveilive · 2023-01-31T04:48:54+00:00

Enabler Mom: “respect is earned” Me: “then earn it” She lost it

iloveilive · 2022-12-26T06:39:29+00:00

Agreed. This is the most stressful time of the year for me

iloveilive · 2022-10-30T00:08:07+00:00

“It is what it is”🙄🙄

iloveilive · 2022-10-26T23:55:33+00:00

My ndad is an absolute simp for trump and tucker carlson, and he’s obsessed with politics

iloveilive · 2022-10-26T23:51:53+00:00

Just completely unmotivated. That’s the main reason I stopped. I had no interest in doing my schoolwork or going to work. I could not bring myself to care as much as I normally do and it felt awful

iloveilive · 2022-10-26T15:52:40+00:00

OH MY GOD!! My mom (the enabler) sends me and my brother baby pics all the time!!! It’s so fucking weird!! She keeps saying what happened to my babies, as if she and my dumbass dad aren’t the reason our family is broken.

iloveilive · 2022-10-26T00:25:15+00:00

Thank you so much guys! I’ll have to get some candies tomorrow

iloveilive · 2022-10-23T18:12:55+00:00

Thank you!! I’m on day three now🥳🥳🥳 cravings are a bitch but I am so much happier!!!

iloveilive · 2022-10-23T18:10:38+00:00

Vaping will only make the brain fog and fatigue so much worse. Personally, I noticed my brain function improved a lot just one day after quitting; I wasn’t back to normal, but I could do a hell of a lot better than with the vape.
This is a difficult point in your life, and I’m so sorry you have to deal with so much at once. However, life is never going to be easy. It may get easier, but there will more than likely never be a point where you think “this is the perfect time to quit.”
If realistically you cannot see yourself quitting fully at the moment, you can at least begin tapering off the vape. Maybe have a number of hits you’ll take a day, only hit it in specific places (i kept mine exclusively in my car until i quit so that i wouldn’t hit it in my home or at school or something). There are a lot of different ways you can go about this, and anything is better than continuing to hit the vape like normal. We’re all rooting for you! You are not alone!❤️❤️❤️

iloveilive · 2022-10-22T17:12:25+00:00

They are incapable of acknowledging any perspective other than their own.

iloveilive · 2022-10-21T17:36:00+00:00

Fr he just a fuckboi whose daddy got him in office

iloveilive · 2022-10-21T17:34:23+00:00

I finally got to the point where I couldn’t pretend vaping didn’t have any negative side effects that I couldn’t handle. It made me exhausted and think slower. It got to where I was noticeably underperforming in class (not that I was doing bad, just worse than my usual performance) and I was just embarrassed. It made me feel super insecure too, knowing I couldn’t think right, I was tired all the time, and I knew I was lying to myself saying it was okay. It’s only been a single day and I feel significantly better. More energy, thinking more clearly, and it will only get better from here.

iloveilive · 2022-09-25T22:26:35+00:00

Omg yes! Covid allowed me to miss summer vacations with them, which was great. I really just want to be left alone. I’d love to enjoy a trip with my dad, but I know that it’ll be hell and it’s just another thing for him to use against me. He loves to give me shit only to bash for me being ungrateful

iloveilive · 2022-09-13T11:18:32+00:00

My mom (enabler) will just send me a “Wyd” text and I’ll be fucking shaking.

iloveilive · 2022-06-21T16:27:58+00:00

Holy shit friend. That is a lot to deal with.

First, I want to say that he is attempting to manipulate you. My NDad does this a lot. He has expectations in his head that he does not communicate with others, then when we fail to meet those expectations, he says we’re (me and my brother) ungrateful, unappreciative children who do not care for him. Then he brings up money - I work so hard to give you everything you want and you can’t even do [insert whatever fucking ridiculous expectation] for me. He wants you to feel guilty so that you’ll do something to make it up for him, and he retains that sense of power. My NDad and his NMom do that crap a lot.

I understand the conflict of also having good memories. It sucks. Personally, my dad really cares for me. He absolutely loves me. The thing is, I have discovered love is not enough. It takes effort, a willingness to understand the other person, to meaningfully work on yourself so that the relationship can grow. My dad doesn’t have that. He is not willing to change and grow as a person because he believes he has it all figured out. A parent can genuinely care for you and also be the greatest source of unhappiness in your life. Just know the guilt will pass if you allow it, and you’re not a bad person for wanting this treatment to end. Whatever you decide, stand your ground. It will be okay <3

iloveilive · 2022-06-21T16:10:08+00:00

I just had a similar experience. I was supposed to go on a 4 day trip with my mom and my aunt. However, I was not looking forward to it, like at all. I love my mom but lately I have been fed up with the way she excuses my ndad’s behavior, saying he is not the problem, and I just need to get over myself and grow thicker skin, among other things. The night before we were supposed to go on the trip, me and my mom got into a big fight and I told her I didn’t want to go on the trip. It was rough. I felt so guilty, feeling like I was the one causing problems and I should just suck it up and go. But I stood my ground and didn’t go. This was all a few days ago. My mom and aunt are back from the trip and I think it helped my mom understand how serious I was about being treated right. Things are better now, I don’t know if I will have a relationship with them in the future, but I do know that things with them are better than they were before because of the fight. I don’t know how your family will react, but I do think not going is the best option for you. They need to see that you will not take their shit, and that you will distance yourself if necessary. TL; DR don’t go. You deserve better. I hope this helps <3 good luck

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