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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with all previous posters. Skin picking is often due to anxiety, but it’s also a very difficult habit to break. Breaking this behavior pattern will require some real work. Punishment for skin picking will exacerbate stress, which will cause more anxiety, which will make it harder to stop the behavior. You need to be a source of support and help figure out strategies to interrupt the mindless skin picking. Even kids who don’t seem outwardly anxious may pick skin when they’re stressed. You may think everything is just fine in your DD’s life and that she has no good reason to be anxious, but that’s what anxiety (the mental health diagnosis, not the emotion itself) is all about. It’s not rational; it’s a stress response that is disproportionate to any actual threat.[/quote]
Thank you. I truly had no idea. I will definitely be looking into getting her some help and offering her support. And punishment is obviously off the table! I feel foolish. [/quote]

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