September 24, 2009 at 12:46am

Hey all, I've been at this Line Writing thing for about 3 weeks now, and I thought I'd stop in and say hi. =)

Overall, I must say that I'm pretty happy with my progress so far. Recently, I even went a week without writing any lines, simply because I didn't need to. Yesterday, though, I picked 3 spots pretty good. I felt like crap afterward and sat down and wrote 2 full pages of lines. I felt much better once I was done.

The upside I guess, is that, because I had left my skin alone for so long, I really didn't have a whole lot to pick at once I did relapse.

I guess it just goes to show how much dermatillomania is like alcoholism or an addiction to a controlled substance: I have the feeling that I'll never be "cured" of it, but instead will always be in recovery/remission. I think that it will (unfortunately) be a constant battle with myself.

I know that there are those who have found relief from picking through medication, and to them I want to say a huge congratulations! However, I'm not really fond of taking medications for extended periods of time (other than my birth control lol). I'm afraid of dependency. =/

I've also got an updated picture posted to the group, if anyone's interested. I really hope that me writing on here is helping someone, even if they're not writing their own lines. And for those who are writing lines, I would really love to know how it's going!

♥

"I am beautiful, I don't need to pick."