hi I'm Ashton and a couple weeks back I
made a video on my journey so far with
dermatillomania I will link it in the
top of the description if you want to
watch that before you watch this I would
recommend doing so. it was suggested to
me by multiple people that I should
make a video on how I deal with my derma
the things I've picked up on preventing
giving in to the compulsions from
experience and therapy and advice that
I've received so here we go my best
advice for dealing with the compulsion
of skin picking there is no medical cure
for dermatillomania as much I wish that
I could I can't take a pill or 2 and lose
the compulsion to tear off my skin for
me the best way I can counteract it is
by replacing my reaction to a compulsion
with something counteractive for example
when I have the compulsion to or when I
notice myself picking at the acne and
scabs on my face I will go wash my face
and put on some medicine cream that I
have and then I'll go write or draw for
a bit to distract my hands from doing
what they want to deal on my skin if you
pick at your lips or have the compulsion
to pick at your lips um put on your
favorite lip balm for me it's the
strawberry eos thing for you might be a
sparkly lip gloss or lip scrub that's a
thing right yeah that's a thing maybe
it's even as vaseline. for scabs that
you want to pick off using band-aid
there are some cool band aids out there
like shakespeare quotes and superheroes
um they're fun go get yourself some fun
band-aids and cover that scab up then
even if you subconsciously begin to pick
at the scab you'll feel the bandage over
it and be reminded oh this is a
compulsion that I'm supposed to be
fighting and for me as I discussed
previously my fingers are one of the
worst places of my body and for that I
distract my hands I talked about how I
cut off my nails and that didn't help me
but it may help you so if you want to
keep your nails super short I encourage
you to try it so all of those methods of
self-care can absolutely help rather
than giving in to the compulsions caused
by your dermatillomania replace that was
something you can do to instead help
heal the places that you've picked at
um it feels good when you've gotten
through a period of you know hey my face
looks good or my fingertips aren't raw
and clearly i am not at that place right
now but occasionally i do get to that
place and it makes me feel good and it
may not last forever but seeing the
results of working hard to combat your
derma can be very worth it if you
absolutely need to pick it something try
picking at something other than your
skin um try peeling an orange or
clementine and picking off all that
white pulpy stuff then you have not
picked at your skin and you get a
healthy snack how great two birds one
stone another thing you can do is
spreading liquid glue on your hands and
then peeling it off if any of you did
that in childhood I know I did all the
time it won't harm you and it's
something you can do without completely
giving in to the compulsion you can also
scotch tape over your fingertips and
when you need to peel just peel that off
from there plenty of alternatives and
I'm sure you can think of or look up
more. I actually just thought of this one
and I've never tried it but you could
try those like paint on face mask things
I'm not only would they be something
nice to peel off once they're done but
they make your skin healthier which
could decrease dry edges which is what I
often want to pick at why have I not
thought of this before guys I think I
just cured dermatillomania of course I'm
kidding but that could actually be
helpful and I think I'm gonna try that
should I I think I should one thing I
try to do as well is kind of avoidance I
stay away from mirrors and I shower in
low light which can help me kind of
ignore marks on my body that I'd
otherwise pick apart I found that many
therapists and doctors in general don't
know much about BFRBs as they're often
just seen as bad habits whereas there's
more to it they're like intrusive
thoughts coupled with compulsions which
is also why BF arbys often go along with
OCD you'll often be told as i am sure
you've experienced you've done this to
yourself and you could stop if he wanted
to dermatillomania was only accepted
into the dsm in 2013 so it's a pretty
recent addition and that is likely why
many doctors disregard or simply aren't
aware of it therapy-wise the best option
to treat dermatillomania is cbt or
cognitive behavioral therapy its goal is
to reshape your train of thought when it
comes to something that interrupts your
life such as the compulsions tied to
dermatillomania I went through therapy
called DVT dialectical behavioral
therapy but that was targeted towards my
depression and not my dermatillomania I
don't have much experience with CBT but
if you want to go after a CBD program I
definitely encourage you to do some
research and find one
you if you think might work one of the
other things that often worsen
dermatillomania is skin conditions I do
have acne thanks testosterone and i also
have eczema thanks mom and one of the
people that encouraged me to make this
video may have keratosis pilaris or KP
there are other skin conditions that can
make your dermal worse to whether it's
allergies or the aforementioned or just
dry skin for this I'd recommend going to
see a dermatologist they may be able to
prescribe or recommend a cream that
could help the skin condition and if
they manage to take care of the KP
eczema rash allergies anything like that
if you start to manage it then it's
going to be easier to live with
dermatillomania because there's less to
pick at you know there won't be as much
of a issue with wanting to pick if the
main thing you want to pick is not as
much of an issue in first place does
that make sense am I making sense as I
mentioned in the previous video a lot of
people are not open about their
dermatillomania it's something that a
lot of us hi I have felt better since
I've opened up to it not only online but
in real life too nobody's going to hate
you for having the bfr be and if they do
it's not someone you need in your life
opening up about dermatillomania and
having people that know what they can do
to help I have people call me out and
they notice me picking can actually
really helped a lot having a support
system is one of the best things you can
do I actually have a friend in school
with trichotillomania which is a VFR be
that focuses on hair pulling clearly
these aren't the same disorder but the
psychology behind them is very similar
so this friend and I bonded over our
experiences with BF arbys and because we
know that we're caring for each other
and helping each other can buy our BF
arbys i'm not being that kid that's like
we're and just stop picking your nails
stop playing with your hair OH so we
support each other through things and
just bond over our favorite fidget toys
and you know we just we friend we we do
the the friend in what I'm trying to say
with that one is that if you can find
someone that you can be honest with and
also has a BF RV you can support each
other through that and call each other
out when you subconsciously indulge in
your components I'm not saying you know
make an announcement like how long how
long school and work place am I the only
person with the BF are being here how
long I'm not saying do that um just look
out for other people know how to support
others and know how to support yourself
and you may just find a friend that can
help you a lot with dealing with your
impulses compulsions your body focused
repetitive behaviors I think my last
point is going to be fidget toys fidget
toys are my Savior in everything impulse
related I'm stimming if you didn't know
stands for self stimulation is something
you do a lot and I have an
embarrassingly large collection of
vigeant ties on some I wear on a daily
basis that these these guys others are
scattered around my room with my
backpack and travel bags I think I'm
actually going to do a weekend video
going through all my collection of
fidget toys stem toys but anyways my
point is that fidget toys are great they
keep your hands off of your skin and
they keep my hands busy when I would
normally be picking at my skin and if
you don't have any they can easily be
DIY ed made yourself you can make a fine
at toyota of almost anything so just
fidget matt nothing wrong with it I
think that's all the advice I have for
dealing with dermatillomania I know that
was kind of a lot to take in so if you
have any questions feel free to drop a
comment and if you have any advice for
dealing with dermatillomania educate me
go for it man I'm ready goodbye have a
wonderful day and I will talk to you
later maybe
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