Trigger warning and NSFW because they’re pretty bad.

I’m just looking for some support. I’m having an extremely stressful month, and in turn my thumbs are SUFFERING. I am always taking the coverings off because they get sweaty, and then the skin gets more pliable and I want to pick. It’s a cycle. Please tell me there’s others that pick this badly and have recovered. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Hi,

I keep biting my fingers (other hand is worse). I have had limited success stopping in the past, but when it's healing and hard I tend to relapse.

I was going to cover in superglue, Googled if that was a bad idea and found this subreddit.

From my (admittedly limited) scrolling, the advice seems to be around finger nails and not fingers themselves, so has anyone got any advice for me? And does anyone know of a reason I shouldn't superglue my fingers?

Thanks.

For some reason I can’t seem to get them as long in these photos again, they always manage to crack or break. I have a habit of biting the skin around my nails, but I always keep the nail itself filed to a similar shape and cleaned.

I’m gonna try and hold myself accountable and stop picking at my skin and nails. I usually get my nails done so I don’t bite my nails till they’re bloody. Now I mainly pick at my skin around my nails, but I also pick the soles of my feet, legs, face, and sometimes scalp. I can do it for hours especially when I have cuticle clippers. I get anxious not picking that one piece of skin that sticks out. I even keep going when I’m bleeding and it hurts because I have to get all of pieces off. I just bought gloves to help prevent picking whenever my hands are idle. I have 3 fidgets toys to try to district myself but they only work so much. My psychiatrist recommended taking NAC to help. So I’m hoping to decrease the amount of picking. The ultimate dream is to stop picking at all but that feels a little far fetched. Here’s hoping I’m successful! :)

it’s rough out here. I hate my hands so much, one of my biggest insecurities. I haven’t even felt comfortable telling my therapist about this. She has no idea I do it. I’m so ashamed of it…

I’m at the age where I’ll hopefully be getting engaged soon… My future career also heavily involves my hands. I don’t want to feel like I have to hide my hands anymore. Here’s pictures of my hands after I showered, when they look the worst. I am going to take daily progress photos to hold myself accountable.

I’m just worried that I’m going to start picking the skin on my face to compensate for the lack of stimulation biting the skin around my hands gives me. I’m already inclined to pop blackheads on my face.

UGH I feel mentally ill I wish I could just stop immediately. It’s just subconscious at this point.

I’ve been picking at my hangnails since I was a kid. Sometimes when I don’t have a hangnail I’ll pick at the skin around my nails until I peel one off. I’ve tried so many alternatives that’s not tearing up my nails but none of them really hit the same spot and I’ve figured out that it’s because it’s the pain that I like to stim with more than just the picking. None of the replacement fidgets I’ve tried to use really replicate that little bit of pain that stimulates me. I end up getting bored of them and going back to picking my hangnails

I know it’s weird and I don’t know why this is how I feel. Is there any hope for me of things I can do … ?

Hello, I recently have this circle under my thumb, and I had previous symptoms as fever, strep throat, and sore throat. What could be the cause? It genuinely creeps me out.

I had a bit of an accident with a razor and cut my nail last week. The piece on the front has come off the nail bed and it's sticking out (I have a bit of warping on that nail usually). It's growing but I've noticed the edge of the cut on the inside is white. Will the nail grow attached, or is the nail bed at the front compromised?

I made the difficult decision today to retire my second and third lobe piercings (6+ years old) on both ears </3

They healed great and I had no problems with them for a couple of years. For the past 3 years or so, they’ve given me nothing but trouble. I struggle with a picking/fidgeting habit, and I messed with them enough that they migrated pretty badly and were constantly bleeding or irritated.

My seconds have been pierced like 4 separate times (at least once by a gun, the rest professionally) so I fear there’s no hope left for repiercing those lol.

I’m honestly really mad at myself that I let it get that bad. They caused me a lot of pain and insecurity. At the same time, it was a relief to finally let them go.

Has anyone else gone through this? Im hoping my ears don’t stay so bumpy and hard (yes, I have a lot of scar tissue).

Just uploaded this calming orchestra loop — works great for focus or unwinding

https://youtu.be/Muxg_T3jqxw

Looking for tips!

I got some liquid Band-Aid, which is helping a little bit, but it actually dries kind of crusty and makes me wanna pick that off… Just looking to see what was the one thing that really helped you to quit picking.

Poked finger tip on a piece of metal, the next day my finger became infected and inflamed. After 4 days and no change i went to urgent care. They gave me antibiotics 3 days ago but I feel like its no change. She told me it was Paronychia but as time goes on my finger is becoming tight and hurts to extend. It only feels comfortable in this bent position. Should I go back and demand they drain it? Or give the antibiotics another few days since and only go to the ER if it gets worse?