THIS. THIS. I have psoriasis and dermotillomania and I pick the most MINUTE things out of my skin/ They are real- I mean the fibers or ingrown hairs or skin flakes are physically real- but they may be so small or whatever but they are real. I fully accept I have a mental OCD and anxiety manifestation, but that shit…

Man, do I feel you :) I just commented upthread about having done something similar. You’re not alone.

God, that sounds awful - I'm so sorry that you experienced it. I think about the lengths I will go to when a bit of popcorn kernel shell gets stuck under my gums, and, yeah... I could see how you could seriously disfigure yourself trying to dislodge or free something you believed to be under your skin. Was there a…

More people need to read this comment. I’m sorry you went through that, but thanks very much for providing some perspective on how this sort of disorder feels.

You don’t think the cultural idea that mental illness isn’t “real” illness has anything to do with how these patients perceive their condition?

Try convincing someone with a psycho-somatic disease that what they believe to be physical is all in their head when they can feel it, see it, and smell it. It is literally part of the symptomology, they believe it is physical.

I’d really like to see the research done on this relating to neurology. Scratching an itch releases serotonin, so the feelings of itchy skin could potentially be the manifestation of an urge to get more serotonin in the system, or having too much - serotonin syndrome - can cause itchiness and hives. I think this…

No. Do not do that. Do not ever threaten to do that. I was raped when I was younger, and I was afraid to tell my father because I knew he would want to do something like that. I was so afraid of what would happen, so I never told him. So, please, if something should ever happen to one of your daughters, make sure you…

Oh my god, I think this is the most insane thing I've ever seen on Jezebel.

That's blackface.

Those are thick legs??

i’m very passionate about Koenig & esp his twitter account. it’s amazing.

Nah it goes:

What does an Asian look like?

I'm less shocked that you have have a lover than I am by the fact that you didn't turn your husband over to the authorities for the second hand abuse of of a child.

Or notify the authorities?

I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable, but how did you not divorce him when you caught him with child porn?

I am not otherwise OCD but when I buy Froot Loops (not very often) I have to make sure I have one and only one of each color/flavor on every spoonful. I will go to great lengths to make this happen. Also, I feel like it's cheating if I use any method to get the colors/flavors on my spoon besides just my spoon. It's a…

Step 1: do whatever you want. Step 2: repeat every goddamn day.

I'm recently divorced and living alone for the first time ever. It's AMAZING. My ex husband was super critical and I am experiencing freedom like I've never known.