I have this weird thing where if there's some kind of lump on my body, I feel the urge to remove it. I don't know if it classes as dermatillomania or not, because I don't do it all the time, just when there's a lump.
If I get a spot, or a wart, or those eczema bumps you can get if it's cold, I have to get it off my skin. I'm usually careful with it and try not to leave scars, and if I'm making it worse then I will take steps to stop myself - plasters on my fingers and all that.
The problem is, it's starting to extend to other people now. If I see someone who has a large wart or something on their face I want to cut it off. Obviously I've never done or said anything but I just want to. Like, Andrew Scott has a lump under his eye that I never noticed until recently and now every time I see a picture of him I see it and want to cut it off. I can't stand it!
Obviously I don't want to be like this but I don't know what to do about it either.
triggers for some kind of self mutilation, maybe dermatillomania
If I get a spot, or a wart, or those eczema bumps you can get if it's cold, I have to get it off my skin. I'm usually careful with it and try not to leave scars, and if I'm making it worse then I will take steps to stop myself - plasters on my fingers and all that.
The problem is, it's starting to extend to other people now. If I see someone who has a large wart or something on their face I want to cut it off. Obviously I've never done or said anything but I just want to. Like, Andrew Scott has a lump under his eye that I never noticed until recently and now every time I see a picture of him I see it and want to cut it off. I can't stand it!
Obviously I don't want to be like this but I don't know what to do about it either.