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Restless soul

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I am affraid this might be a rhetorical question. But I want others to decide. I am not going to go into other things I do which might also be ocd just this most recent thing that can be most significant. 

So you see I get these hairs on the tip of my nose kinda stuble like and most of the time I can easily pluck it out with a tweezer and that is very satisfying when I am able to get it out with ease.
Othet times which is why I am writing this. So what will happen is I will see or feel the hair and try to get it out but unlike other times the hairs are not out enough as to where I can grip it with the tweezer so I will dig and pry with the tweezer 
And before I know it my nose is a bloody mess from the tweezer puncturing the skin and not getting the hair and sometimes this can be for an hour or longer. And now I must suffer with a blotchy red, blood stained nose. 

I was wondering what I should do. How would anyone else here handle this??

Thank you
 
Dark, you know I like talking to real people here.
And if I felt I would always receive
" go to a psychiatrist!" Replies then I would simply call my brother
 
I really don't mean it in a bad way, but you've been sharing your incredibly paranoid and obsessive behaviors here for a while and there's only so much that "talking to real people" can do. My reply is from someone who's actually concerned about your health.
 
DarkSelene said:
I really don't mean it in a bad way, but you've been sharing your incredibly paranoid and obsessive behaviors here for a while and there's only so much that "talking to real people" can do. My reply is from someone who's actually concerned about your health.

Ok, thanks .didn't mean to get defensive. But just wanted to know how you interpret it. What does it sound like to you? If you had this problem a hair you could not reach ? But you thought you could if you kept trying
 
It's a reoccurring thing. And sometimes I want to hear some reassuring type advice on what I should do or how others would approach it. Meaning what they would do if this particular thing happened to them. And sometimes I didn't get that on my older threads. It's not worth digging it up
 
I would think it's an obsessive behavior. If you can see a specialist about these behaviors, I'd definitely suggest you go that route.
 
TheRealCallie said:
If you want to know if you have OCD, the ONLY way to find out is to be evaluated.  We can't tell you, you would have to go see a psychologist or psychiatrist....
 
I threw ocd out there. But what about this specific 
Thing. What I did to my nose? What do you think about that? You can give your advice/opinion on that.


VanillaCreme said:
I would think it's an obsessive behavior. If you can see a specialist about these behaviors, I'd definitely suggest you go that route.

Sounds like it? In my mind it's about not leaving a hair there that I was able to take out prior. That is why I fixate on it? You know what I mean?
 
TheRealCallie said:
I gave my advice/opinion on the nose thing in the other thread you made about it.  If you want a diagnosis of something, you will have to go to a medical professional.

Ok, don't recall. But I don't think there were many people who replied. This is also to the many new members that joined since. But can you reiterate what you said then, or is that a huge deal?
 
Probably OCD and also seem to have potential other issues judging from your replies. Go get it checked out by a professional.
 
kamya said:
Probably OCD and also seem to have potential other issues judging from your replies. Go get it checked out by a professional.
Potential other issues? What do you think they may be? You might be right. I wouldn't mind to hear what you think
 
Restless soul said:
TheRealCallie said:
I gave my advice/opinion on the nose thing in the other thread you made about it.  If you want a diagnosis of something, you will have to go to a medical professional.

Ok, don't recall. But I don't think there were many people who replied. This is also to the many new members that joined since. But can you reiterate what you said then, or is that a huge deal?

Find it yourself.  It's quite easy to do.  Just go look at your threads.  Stop trying to get potential diagnosis from random strangers on the internet who aren't qualified to provide that information.  It doesn't matter what any of us say, it won't give you what you want, unless it is to go on and on about how you might have this or that.  GO SEE A PROFESSIONAL.
 
TheRealCallie said:
Restless soul said:
TheRealCallie said:
I gave my advice/opinion on the nose thing in the other thread you made about it.  If you want a diagnosis of something, you will have to go to a medical professional.

Ok, don't recall. But I don't think there were many people who replied. This is also to the many new members that joined since. But can you reiterate what you said then, or is that a huge deal?

Find it yourself.  It's quite easy to do.  Just go look at your threads.  Stop trying to get potential diagnosis from random strangers on the internet who aren't qualified to provide that information.  It doesn't matter what any of us say, it won't give you what you want, unless it is to go on and on about how you might have this or that.  GO SEE A PROFESSIONAL.
Then what's the point of this forum ? Who says there aren't qualified or knowledgeable people here?
 
Restless soul said:
VanillaCreme said:
I would think it's an obsessive behavior. If you can see a specialist about these behaviors, I'd definitely suggest you go that route.

Sounds like it? In my mind it's about not leaving a hair there that I was able to take out prior. That is why I fixate on it? You know what I mean?

Being fixated is the compulsive and the obsessive part. I think that is a given. But what we can't do here is diagnose the disorder part. I believe I have some level of OCD myself, but I've not been officially diagnosed, nor will I probably ever will be. But if you really want to find out if it is OCD, someone who's legally qualified to tell you is best.
 

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