Finding the Reason for my Skin Picking

By Anya Del Cruz

Finding the Reason for my Skin Picking shows author Anya Del Cruz’ self-examination as she struggles to overcome skin picking. It delves deep into her thoughts and history, finding skin picking related events as far as two decades. The introspection helps shed light on this frustrating condition. Reflect and understand your reason as you read through the personal account of a fellow skin picker.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anya Del Cruz
• Release date: Jan 26, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310450150

Anya Del Cruz

Anya Del Cruz is a teacher and tutor with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s units in education. Her personal struggles inspire her to write, hoping to educate and help others. She lives in the Philippines.

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Finding the Reason for my Skin Picking

Anya Del Cruz

Copyright 2015 Anya Del Cruz

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Table of Contents

Why I wrote this journal

1 - Bloody Realization

2 - What It Is

3 - The First Time and Some Moments After

4 - The Peak

5 - Suck It Up

6 - I have OCD too?

7 - The Steps I’m Taking

8 - The Hardest Part

9 - Final Thoughts

Why I wrote this journal…

I wrote a journal for my own use, for reflection, for an outlet, to help myself with my struggle with skin picking.

That was until a few weeks ago, when I heard that a kid I know was pulling out her eyebrows. That’s Trichotillomania or hair pulling. I know about it because I suffer from a related disorder, Dermatillomania or skin picking. Do her teachers know that it’s something serious, or could grow to be something serious? The kid must be in agony, confused, and unaware of what she’s doing or why she’s doing it. Somebody must help her figure it out before it gets any worse. She’s still young, around seven years old, surely she can be helped if only the people around her knew what it was.

Now I understand why awareness campaigns are important. When you’ve suffered through some ailment, you don’t want others to suffer it too if it can be helped. This one can be helped.

This journal is for the others who are hiding like me, for the clueless families, for the children who are just starting to show signs. I hope these reflections can somehow help them before it gets any worse.

1 – Bloody Realization

I knew I had a