Reddit reviews The Habit Change Workbook: How to Break Bad Habits and Form Good Ones

THIS. Yes, /u/diredireitsfleeting and /u/thrway332244 (don't know if you'll see this), thank you for posting and commenting about this. I know there are plenty of skin-pickers like me out there, but I've always felt alone with the eating it thing...the dermatillomania is shameful enough, but the shame I feel from the dermatophagia is so much greater. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to admit this to anyone. I do this also along with the picking (pick then ingest) and I DON'T UNDERSTAND why. It is not like I find it appetizing or anything, it is just as compulsive as the picking. Nail biting polish definitely helps, but the challenge is to motivate yourself to use it, knowing it will make it unbearable to chew later. I also try to think about how I'll feel after an episode. Personally, I never actually reach satisfaction with this stuff, so it helps to acknowledge that and tell myself, "well, it won't work anyway." Because it's all about gratifying a temptation, but it will never actually reach gratification because there's always more to pick/bite/chew. So what that leaves you with is just damage to your body. There is no reward. I recommend checking out The Habit Change Workbook.