Why You Should Stop Picking The Skin Around Your Nails !?

Why You Should Stop Picking The Skin Around Your Nails !?

There ?re so m?ny repetitive h?bits, m?ny of which ?re formed during childhood, th?t ?re self-soothing even though they h?ve neg?tive consequences. When it comes to the h?nds, n?il-biting ?nd knuckle cr?cking ?re ones f?mili?r to m?ny.

One, th?t ?lso occurs in 2 out of 7 people, is the biting of the skin ?round the n?ils, c?lled “Derm?toph?gi?”. ?ccording to rese?rch, “Derm?toph?gi?” is linked to both impulse control ?nd obsessive-compulsive disorders.

This m?kes sense in terms of the neg?tive self-soothing ?spect of this nervous h?bit. The question is wh?t in ?ctu?lity, m?kes this ? neg?tive coping mech?nism for de?ling with ?nxiety?

To begin with, the compulsive n?ture of this h?bit, results in physic?l p?in ?s the skin ?round the n?ils becomes r?w ?nd often bleeds. When the skin becomes vulner?ble, the ch?nces of consuming h?rmful germs ?nd the risk for skin infection is signific?ntly r?ised.

In ?ddition to these h?rmful he?lth consequences, this ?ddictive beh?vior th?t tends to incre?se with boredom ?nd higher stress levels, often becoming emb?rr?ssing. People tend not to seek medic?l help, until they h?ve serious infections ?nd feel tot?lly out of control in repe?ting the biting.

Fortun?tely this ?ddictive h?bit c?n be tre?ted with ther?py ?nd medic?tions.

The video you ?re ?bout to w?tch below, w?s posted by ? m?n who is ?t the end of his rope with his repetitive beh?vior, ?nd is se?rching for help.

He will be h?ppy to he?r th?t their ?re two m?in ther?pies th?t work best in de?ling with skin biting: H?BIT REVERS?L TR?INING ?nd STIMULUS CONTROL.

H?bit Revers?l Tr?ining helps you to pinpoint which f?ctors in your life ?re the TRIGGERS for skin picking ?nd biting. Once you h?ve done this, ?ltern?tive beh?vior?l str?tegies th?t involve your h?nds, ?re suggested to curb the h?bit.

?n ex?mple is, SQUEEZING ? RUBBER B?LL, which h?s been found to reduce stress ?nd will keep your h?nds busy.

Stimulus Control is ? ther?peutic technique, which suggests ?ltering your environment, to put ? stop to skin biting.

Keeping the skin ?round the n?ils covered with B?nd-?ids or even we?ring gloves, ?re ex?mples of str?tegies th?t h?ve helped people who ?re desper?te to curb this beh?vior

Source: https://youtu.be/Fe0hYX7pgh4

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