The connection between skin picking, OCD, and stored trauma

I get questions about skin picking and other OCD-like behaviours a lot! Many of my students report that they experience this, and that they stop this mild form of self-harm as they begin to release trapped trauma, become more somatically aware, and regulated in their nervous systems. Back in May of 2020 I answered a question that helped clarify a few things around this and what might be going on at the physiological level.

Here's the direct link to the long-form Q&A where they short clip came from:    • Q&A w/ Irene. Emotions, Skin picking,...  
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