Originally Posted by
GambitC13
I have bad eczema too, and I pick and scratch it constantly till I'm in a right state. Especially when I'm stressed, it's an awful thing to have and it's really difficult to stop, it seems habitual. So I kinda understand! (Hugs) The kids at the school I'm on placement at were taking it in turns to touch my scary troll hands today.
I also have Ecxema and when I get rashing during summer (due to heat, which is when its at it's worst) I wil scratch and scratch so much skin comes off and has to scab over to heal, then I tend to interfer with healing process and pick these scabs too. I have many little (faded now) scars from doing this since I was really little, never really noticed how long I have really been self harming for, I only just recently started cutting at the end of last year, but come to think of it before that for about a year I used to obsessivly scratch even if there wasn't bad eczema rashes, I also went through a stage where I pulled out eyelashed, didn't even realise till I was reading about other people doing it that I remembered I did too. I have started hitting alot too, kind of to stop cutting, cause that way (to me) I see it as one step better in my own recovery... I also don't eat a lot because I'm concerned about my weight but also for the hunger pains too... it's kind of weird... I think I never realised how much I really SH'ed till reading all of this, I knew there were other forms but I thought I only was cutting and hitting as forms of self harm. thank you for creating this post it has helped me realise how much I SH and shows that people that used these other forms aren't alone. Well done. (sorry for the long reply and ranting. thanks for reading..)