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thimbell · 1 year
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Donnie sketch page, but I’m projecting my own specific flavors of autism onto him because it’s been a rough work week.
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waitingforthesunrise · 10 months
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I love you people with dermotillamania. I love you people walking the weird blurry line between self harm and skin condition. I love you people with healing scabs and scars and bandaids. I love you people who get triggered by short sleeves and can’t explain it. I love you people who have to take deep breaths while wearing a tank top. I love you people with scars that look like stars and planets and stories written on your skin. I love you people with short nails and long elaborate nails. I love you people who are learning to find boundaries around triggers. I love you people who hide your infections and don’t believe their story is valid. I love you people who are caring for eachother in this community. I love you people who don’t trust their hands but are learning to trust their heart. You are valuable and loved and beautiful. I am kissing your forehead and wishing you joy
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real-godzekiel · 10 months
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draw mirror man for instant karma!!! jk. but I kind of get why Tumblr people love him so much now. his mirrors are VERY VERY fun to draw.
anyway. I drew what I imagined to be the dynamic of Opal's ma and pa. It's quite unhealthy at both ways, but they tolerate each other just enough to stay together for some reason.
We need a couple counseling AU I think
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neurospicyyy · 5 months
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Heyyy! Can’t stop picking, popping, and/or squeezing your skin? (dermatillomania)
Dw, nothing’s wrong w/ you. I have the same problem! Here are some things I have on my wishlist that should help reduce picking and popping:
Ishy Squishy Ball™ 2-pack
Pimple Popping Toy (with refillable pus!)
Paint and Picking Stone
12-sided Fidget Toy
Pea Pod Fidget
Pick Apart Corks
Fun bubble wrap
Finger Tape (as a reminder not to pick!)
Hopefully you’ll find these useful! If you have anything I should add, please comment or reblog so I can add it. I’m planning on purchasing some of these, so when I do (which might be a while lol) I’ll tell you about it!
NOTE: These are NOT affiliate links and I will not receive anything if you click on them. Please keep that in mind :) /srs
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mintmutationx3 · 1 year
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bitches will pull their skin off and then be like “why am i bleeding”. (its me i do this)
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yikesharringrove · 1 year
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Steve who pics his skin, especially his scalp when he's anxious or feels dirty. His hair styling keeps his hands away until day 4 of not washing his hair and then he suddenly can't. stop. scratching. And it's frustrating at first, because he doesn't notice that he's been doing it. Then it's distressing, because his skin starts to get irritated and itchy and that perpetuates the cycle of anxiety and seeking relief.
Maybe Billy notices after a while how Steve's hands stray when he's distracted, like they have a life of their own. Especially on days when Steve can't sleep. And he doesn't really have the tools to talk to Steve about it or to help him, but when they're together on evenings where he can tell Steve will be particularly anxious, he'll try to keep Steve's hands and mind present.
As a skin picker this is so real.
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At the beginning of their relationship, Steve actually fucking hates when Billy plays with his hair.
He loves the sensation of fingers in his hair, of someone gently detangling knots, or massaging his scalp, but he’s so worried that Billy is going to find his irritated skin, and think he’s gross.
He only began taking care of his hair so much because he was looking for shampoos and conditioners that would be gentle in his scalp, since it’s often so sore, and the fact that he doesn’t tend to fuck with it as much when it’s clean and styled.
But, after one of the Upside Down excursions, where he’s been running around, and sweating, and often bleeding, he will go to fucking town. He’s pulled out clumps of hair before, and brought his fingers away from his head to find them covered in blood.
He hates it.
And Billy can see how distressing it is, but he can also see that Steve physically can’t stop himself, especially at night.
So he wears extra rings when he’s with Steve, because he sees how much Steve loves to reach for his hand and fidget with the rings he has on. So he wears about seven per hand whenever he’s at Steve’s place, and when he can tell Steve’s hands are trying to wander up to his head, he takes his hands, and begins kissing them. Begins counting the wrinkles on his knuckles, and the scars on each finger. He tries to keeps Steve’s hands occupied with something kind, and loving, so they don’t stray to hurt.
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tyin-cherry-knots · 16 days
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so done w my mother. I spend all fall and winter vomiting every other week, crying, picking my face till it bleeds, and having a headache; she doesn’t bat an eye. I go a month without shaving under my arms and this she notices. This she comments on.
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cafiffle · 1 month
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I would advise that anyone avoid catching Hand Foot & Mouth Disease but especially if you have dermatillomania
(in the final stage of it all the little pock scars start peeling and it is so, so satisfying and so, SO gross)
((like imagine dried Elmer's glue all over your hand that you can painlessly peel off, that's what it's like))
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lookal1ve · 2 months
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dermtillomania and dry skin is such an awful combination
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kits-ships · 3 months
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winter. my worst enemy as a skin picker
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singlethread · 2 months
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How do I explain to normal people that having a zit on my face for two days in a weird way is actually an accomplishment
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threecheersslxt · 7 months
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My 2 year old cousin asked about the “boo-boos” on my arms I can’t-
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myfriendtheghost · 1 year
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hello!! :•) i have some thoughts!
josh is the king of helping you break bad habits. whenever he catches you biting your nails, or picking at your scabs he just lightly grabs your hand and holds it. he doesn’t make a scene, or try to make you feel bad, and he’s not aggressive when he grabs your hand. as soon as he sees your hand go towards your face from the corner of his eye he will just grab your hand and continue looking forward as to not make you feel uncomfy. if you have a rough day picking / biting josh will hold you close and smooch all of the spots that are irritated. he will softly explain that he understands how hard it is to quit doing something like that, but it’s important to leave things alone because your beautiful body is trying to heal itself!! he says that instead of biting / picking you should totally just hold his hand, or even better give him a smooch when you have the urge. in lesser words, josh is the ultimate support system for anything you try to accomplish! -🦦💓
WAAAAAH NO BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A HUGE ISSUE I HAVE AND I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO DO THAT FOR ME 🥺🥺🥺 sobs and cries
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i stressed so much about what i said that i literally ripped my cuticles so shreds but sure, i don't "care enough"
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sapphire-heart-tippy · 7 months
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I really need to stop this x_x
I suffer really badly from dermatillomania and always have ever since I was a stressed out overly anxious kid. I've torn up my fingers so badly, especially my right thumb over the years.
This would sound really strange to people who don't selfship, but what's been holding me back pretty well is imagining Vanilla preventing me from chewing and tearing the skin off of my fingers... He hasn't entirely prevented it from happening, but I have been able to heal some of my fingers using that method.
Vanilla wouldn't want me to hurt myself like this. He knows I can't help it sometimes, but he wants my fingers to fully heal
And if all else fails, he'll put the cone of shame on my head 🤣 (although... That might actually help- not even joking 😭)
But for now, just bandaids and attempts to self restrain!
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