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[quote=Anonymous]Former compulsive skin picker here. You will not make progress on this until the anxiety is under control, and I guarantee you it is not. You probably need to find a new therapist and be more aggressive in treating the anxiety. Talk to a few therapists, find one who has worked with repetitive behaviors before, and consider CBT.

DO NOT talk about the skin picking to her. Ever. The problem is the anxiety; the symptom is the skin picking and ANY focus on the skin picking will make the anxiety worse in the short term (and thus the picking worse).

Whoever suggested bribing her - TERRIBLE suggestion. No matter what she says, she doesn't want to be like this. DUH. I blew my mom off time and time again when she asked about it (and honestly, in retrospect, it wasn't often), telling her it was fine, and she was just shallow, but in reality I was constantly trying not to do it and failing. All mom's (very rare) questions or comments did was make me hide it better and feel worse. [/quote]

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