It’s been a while since I’ve talked about my horrible habit of picking my feet and I’ve had many inquiries from other feet pickers on my progress. So, I am happy to announce that my feet have fully recovered!! I’ve managed to stop masochistically picking at my feet to the point that they bleed and [...]
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The Agony of De-Feet.
My girls found a souvenir of one of my greatest accomplishments while in high school. I received this button for successfully finishing the St. Jude Walk-a-thon twenty years ago when I was like 15 years old. The walk was a 26 12 mile (Apologies: Lapse in memory. It was 12 miles.) walk around downtown Metropolis. Some [...]
Like Aunt, Like Niece.
Some things run in the family… Guess who else has OCD and a feet picking problem? The Queen herself. See people? Socks don’t make a difference…unless they’re made of iron and have padlocks on them before you can take them off. But then, I guess it would be difficult to find shoes to fit over these socks. And, of course, the [...]
Dick threatens to buy me orthopedic shoes.
Recently, I’m hobbing around like a GIMP because I pick my foot so much that I can’t walk on it because it’s has open cuts from me pulling off my skin to ease the itching of the new skin that has grown back oh, probably hundreds of times. EXTREMELY PAINFUL! Instead, you’ll see me limping [...]
Feet picking still a problem.
Currently picking my foot and ped-egging to smooth it over while I’m blogging. Slightly bleeding. Dayum. At least it’s somewhat getting better. The left foot is healed. -Jane, Ped-Egger.
OMG, do I have gangrene?
When I’m trying not to pick my feet and they start to heal…they also start to itch like a mother! This is what causes one who has my disease, Dermatillomania, to pick their feet. It soothes the crazy itchiness from healing skin. Kinda the same way that scabs start to itch and peeling it… although [...]
My Horrendous Habit: Picking at my Feet
Ok, here goes…I’ve been debating whether or not I should talk about this truly disgusting and embarrassing personal habit of mine…FEET PICKING. I know, gross ey??? This is dfficult to admit and publicize but I didn’t want my blog to be only about beautiful and happy things. I’m hoping this blog will help shed [...]
So, I agreed but I was not thrilled to sit in the hot, muggy sun (89F) and get eaten alive by pesky, blood thirsty mosquitos.
