Lately I haven’t been able to stop picking at my skin. It has always been pretty bad - my lips have been chapped for over a decade now, but recently it has become so bad that it’s interfering with health and ability to walk. I pick the skin on my toes, even rip out nail beds and it bleeds and stings a lot. I don’t really feel the pain until later or when my skin (or lack there of) hits anything. 

I don’t seem to able to stop. Any edge on my body have been peeled, bitten and scarred. It’s another form of selfharm I don’t seem to be able to control as it has been with me since my preteen years. It has become a coping mechanism and a tool for when boredom strikes, a tick or dealing with stress.  

Is there anyone else who deals with this and has some advice with how to stop???? I can’t keep on going like this .... 

( I’m posting it in this sub because I got asked about it at my psych) 