Hi I’m Annette Pasternak, also known as the Stop Skin Picking Coach. Today the topic is going to be “10 Things That I Would Tell My Younger Self” related to my skin picking. (These can be applied to hair pulling as well.) So, I’ve thought about this. There are a whole bunch of things that…
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Picking Scabs Compulsively Do you peel or pick off your scabs over and over and not let them heal? Do you have sores for months at a time that don’t heal because you cannot leave them alone? Maybe you feel like you don’t have any willpower. What you do have is this “need” to make…
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I’m guessing this is the scenario: It’s the start of the new year (or maybe it’s later when you’re reading this), but you’ve already broken your resolution to stop your skin picking habit. Again. Ok, I want you to know firstly that there’s nothing wrong with you. It’s not because you “should” have more will…
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The Dermatillomania Diaries is what I’m naming the decade of journal writing about my skin picking and attempts to stop it, which I’m sharing in this post. I’ve been an avid journal-writer throughout the years, filling a bunch of those college-ruled black and white composition notebooks. It started slowly in my 20’s – I used only one book for…
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Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting Lauren McKeaney at the TLC Foundation Conference for BFRBs (body-focused repetitive behaviors). (Btw, if you want to see the talk I gave at the conference on Diet and Skin Picking, you can watch it here.) Lauren is a relatively new voice on the scene of BFRB’s, and…
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I’m excited to announce the publication of my new books, “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Skin Picking” and “The Freedom Companion for Stopping Hair Pulling“. A nail biting book is on the way in just another week or so. These are beautiful, functional, well thought-out journals designed to help you stop your unwanted behavior. Although…
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How many times have you made a New Year’s resolution to stop picking? I’m guessing it could be many times, right? Is it on your agenda for 2017 too? With so many failed attempts in the past, should you even make one? Well, if it’s something you’ve done every year with no results, I want you…
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