how to break an addiction? - Lemmy.zip

hey i’m not sure the title is accurate but i couldn’t think of anything better basically i’ve been struggling with skin picking for my entire life it started small picking some overhangs and scans around my nails at 6 nothing too serious as years went by it evolved into pretty severe skin picking, where i wasn’t able to go a day without making a lesion and recently (like in the past year) the habit developed into full blown dermatilomania i keep on picking to the point where my lesions can’t heal properly the worst of it is i started picking skin on my heels to the point where i can’t walk properly anymore and when i do it causes me a lot of pain the worst of it comes in the evening when i’m bored i’ve been advised to “occupy my hands with something” but what nobody seems to get is that it’s something i do absentmindedly i’m not sure what to do anymore does anyone have similar experience or am i beyond help at this point ? have a nice day