Finding a way to combat skin picking disorder (Dermotillomania), when you have plaque psoriasis and scalp psoriasis. Any ideas?

As many of you know, psoriasis comes with a great deal of sub diagnoses, such as depression, anxiety, OCD, fibromyalgia, panic disorder, PTSD, etc. Unfortunately, I have a diagnosis of several of these things to include Dermatillomania, a skin picking disorder that falls under an anxiety/OCD disorder. This tends to happen when I become anxious, upset, angry, and I do not know how to manage… read more

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A MyPsoriasisTeam Member said:

I believe I have it also! In my mind I believe I think that getting rid of the plaque will get rid of the psoriasis! I know that isn’t so!

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