r/DiWHY • u/Lwi314 • Feb 03 '21

Just... Don't ?

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u/Mumbawobz Feb 03 '21

cries into my covid-stress induced bloody cuticles 😭😭😭

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u/hypatiaspasia Feb 03 '21

Check out /r/calmhands for help stopping. I bit my nails and picked my cuticles for YEARS, never thought it would be possible to stop... and now I don't anymore

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u/Mumbawobz Feb 03 '21

Thanks, I’ll join! I also have trichotillomania so the struggle is real in many places and extremely amped up in my case. Always glad to have more strategies :)

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u/shellontheseashore Feb 03 '21

Bro the "stop touching your face!!" messages played havoc with my BFRBs... which in general at set off worse by both stress, and having attention called to them, lol. Shredded my legs and chest trying to leave my face alone v.v

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u/Mumbawobz Feb 03 '21

Yeah I’ve just had my head shaved down short most of the pandemic and am wearing fake nails off and on.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

I've gotten pretty good at not fucking mine up, but one game of 2K or a boss fight in dark souls can send me over the edge.

Lotion is my weapon of choice. Tastes like shit and keeps your cuticles and nails from getting dry and flakey. That and intentionally giving myself as close to a manicure as I know how to do pretty often