Posted by syringachalet on February 11, 2004, at 11:24:23
In reply to Re: skin picking, posted by socialdeviantjeff on February 11, 2004, at 1:42:46
I have at times in my life skin ticked. Large sores were left and took a long time to heal.
I have read and thought about this alot over the years and I think people who skin pick are either frustrated with guilt or angry and maybe a whole lot of denile. I have learned that like cutters, the physical release of chemicals in the brain from the physical pain is both psychologically calming and validates that they have been punished and no longer guilty. It also validates they are still alive when their mental illness often leaves them existing in a numbed mental state..feeling nothing. I learned early in life you will be punished if you hurt others so turning the anger inward on yourself seems to be a better way of cpoing..at least on the surface. Freud said anger turned inward is depression...
As for the denile issue, nature has its own way of 'pulling a veil' over those things that we are not yet ready or willing to face at the present. To have to face them when the body and/or mind is seriously compromised could be devistating and sometimes fatal. JMHO
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