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Can you tell me how to stop picking my fingers?
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Skin picking can: be an obsessive behavior as well as a form of self -mutilation. Consider Consider Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavior Therapy, Psychotherapy, psychotropic medications or hypnosis. Take care.
Answered 6/23/2014
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