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I have the habit of picking fingers and like that pain on my skin. i also like to poke my hair onto my skin. why? is it related to health?
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This sounds like: Some compulsive self-damaging behavior. Encourage you to seek out psychiatric or psychological evaluation to get a better handle on this.
Answered 4/17/2016
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