... extremely healthy... however I am always very anxious. To the point where I worry myself sick. I worry myself until I am unable to sleep or eat. So I'm extremely tired most of the time being a mother of 2 young boys naps aren't even a thought. Just recently I've been getting random dizzy spells... sometimes where I kind of like black out... my head will spin, my entire body will tingle, I lose all sight and fall down. I'm not sure if it's a connection to my concern or not. I have anxiety constantly (which is a lifelong issue for me) I have always been an extreme nail biter. I bite them until they bleed and then I start on the skin around my nails.. when I was little I even bit my toenails... but worse when all my nails are gone and my bleeding numbs are sore from the non stop chewing...I start the wonderful picking at myself. Ive always picked scabs, ant bites, or other visible things since I a child. I noticed it was getting worse and more frequent in my teens... and now unfortunately the picking is beyond disgusting. To be completely honest it's uncontrollable. I feel my skin for anything and every little thing that doesn't feel 100% smooth and will pick it until it's a huge sore. I look all over and I find tiny imperfections that probably no one else can to pick. I HAVE to squeeze at it or scratch it. I'm to the point where I'm not only doing this when I'm anxious anymore, but all the time....even in my sleep. Although its always been the worse when I'm anxious upset or mad. I can stare into the mirror tearing into face trying to get out whatever I think is on my skin , all the while thinking to myself and telling myself "this is really painful" or "there's nothing there just stop" and I am literally unable to pull away... and the rare times I can pry my eyes off reflection... I will just continue to pick at it with no mirror. To make things even worse, it's not just my face I'm picking.. it's anything I see or feel on any part of my body. I am so extremely bad about it I will use tools like tweezers, and knives. I dig into my pick spots to get "it" all out. It's so frustrating because I am fully aware that theres nothing there yet, I have the need to get something out and when I actually do get something which is next to never the feeling of popping or squeezing it out is extremely... I don't know if this is weird but I guess satisfying for me? I feel like I have just become an addict of picking at myself. My family is always bitching at me for doing it, they've told me things like, "stop picking you're ruining your beautiful face" and "oh my gosh what are all those bites/sores all over the back of your legs" ((That's one of my worst picking areas, and I have to agree it is awful to look at
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I had the same problem, I pick and scratch all my cuts and scabs. I usually only did this when I was anxious but then it became habit. Thankfully when I observed what I was eating and my personal problems things started to improve!
I know you said you're healthy but some things that are said to be healthy are good for some people and terrible for others. Coffee (which is pretty high in caffeine even when decaffeinated) is great for some people and they can handle the amount of caffeine, but some others cannot handle it. My sister has severe panic attacks if she drinks anything caffeinated, and my heart beats so fast and I become really dizzy when I drink it caffeinated.
Not only does coffee spark anxiety, but sugar can cause anxiety also. I would suggest sticking with food that has natural sugars like sweet potatoes, peas, and fruits. Nothing genetically modified like candy and wheat. Soda is also very high and sugar and some sodas (coke, diet coke) are very high in caffeine.
These are all food related causes of anxiety, but it could get personal too.
If there is anything constantly on your mind that could possibly go wrong, that can definitely cause it.
I used to pick my lips and thumbs excessively to the point where they were raw, especially when we were watching/doing something intense. to prevent this, while we were watching something i would rap my hands in something, like toilet paper or two casts. You definitely want to stop this habit as soon as possible because eventually it will cause scarring.
oh one last thing. I am a blood type O, and blood type O's get depressed and anxious if they aren't active. I don't know what blood type you are, but you could try to workout. Every night before I go to bed I do some sit-ups and then in the morning I run for about 15 minutes. This helped me ALOT, and maybe it could help you!
If you have any more questions feel free to ask! :)