/r/popping as trich therapy?
I have trich and a touch of dermatillomania. I've known for a while now that there are tons of youtube videos of people popping zits and stuff, and just thinking about watching one always made me nauseous. So it occurred to me that maybe if -- before entering a trigger zone (e.g. sitting at my computer, watching tv in the dark, etc) -- I force myself to watch one or two of those super close-up "ingrown hair plucking" videos (which honestly make me gag) I could train my brain to associate that nauseous feeling with the act of pulling out my own hairs.
Have any of you tried similar experiments? Is my idea terrible?
Posted Feb 21, 2016, 10:08 PM UTC
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