Nose Picking
01/07/2011
I have a strange addiction of picking my nose. I am always picking my nose at everytime of the day. It's gotten so bad that in school, I usually dont care who is looking. I pick my nose when i'm stressed, scared, bored, and excited. I do it so much that it has even rubbed off on my bestfriend. Yes, this isnt as strange as plucking my eye lashes, eating baby powder, etc. But I dont know what to do to stop. I even got my nose pierced to help my stop, but that just made me pick more and I ended up having to take it out because of how irritated it was. Is there anyone else with this unsanitary problem?
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I do the same thing. I have done it since I was about five (I am 22 now), and it has never stopped. It makes me feel better...The only bad part is is when I have a cold. Its all crusty and sometimes I do it until my nose starts getting raw and blood ends up on my finger....I don't know how to stop.
Posted by: Holly | 01/07/2011 at 06:47 PM
THIS IS A BIG LIE!!! YOU JUST MADE IT UP!! ANYBONE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THEM PICKING THEIR NOSE!! YOU FINGER IS NOT EVEN IN YOUR NOSE!!! :) nice meeting you!
Posted by: Linsley | 01/08/2011 at 01:42 AM
my addICTION IS EATING DICKK
Posted by: Jaylyn | 01/08/2011 at 08:16 PM
I do the same thing! I've picked my nose ever since I can remember...except I take it one step further....I eat it. Not even kidding. I know it's gross, I've just always done it.
Posted by: Michelle | 01/11/2011 at 04:10 PM
Yup, I do the same thing, I wish I could stop. And I have tried. But it makes me feel better. Its like it realives pressure. I have a lot of allergy problems, so I am always sniffing and snorting.. and I have found that if I pick it out my nose feels better. Its so annoying to me.. I wish I could stop and I have tried but it feels better when I do it.
Posted by: sc | 01/12/2011 at 02:24 PM
I am 27 I am a picker too. I haven't tryed to stop but I have hidden it for years. It gets so bad my nose bleeds and its worse when I am worried. My mom nic named me dragon queen because I would drag it from nose to mouth. I would like to stop but sometimes I do it and don't realise it. Its so bad and my nose stays so sour.
Posted by: Verona | 01/15/2011 at 08:51 PM
Yal really shouldnt be leaving rude comments
Posted by: Evelyn | 01/15/2011 at 09:17 PM
I want this problem to be gone but I can't.
Posted by: Carly | 01/16/2011 at 12:40 PM
wow this is fake pure act for attention. teenagers always thinking something is funny.
Posted by: name | 01/16/2011 at 04:53 PM
I am addicted to this too. However I eat my nose drippings too. It relaxes me and makes me feel better I am just horrified to have a bat in the cave that I am constantly checking to see if I am all clear. The taste of them is so unexplainable. I have been doing it since I was a baby, and after discovering this show, this immediately came to mind. I want to stop, its so gross..
Posted by: Melanie | 01/17/2011 at 11:07 PM
This is not fake, i've been made fun of for years of something that I can't stop. But I should have know I would get all these rude and stupid comments. No it's not something I did to "be funny". So get your head out your butt. And go somewhere else, cause you don't know me!
Posted by: Carly | 01/18/2011 at 09:57 AM
i do this too although i am only fourteen i pick and eat my boogers and i am scared i will end up being addicted the rest of my life i wish i could find someone to help me to stop this from going on.
Posted by: Leie10596 | 01/19/2011 at 09:17 PM
I'm a 28 year old picker, and I eat it too. The bigger the booger the better. I also blow my nose and eat that. I love the crusty ones after I've been outside in dust- they're crunchy. I don't know what's wrong with me. I love picking my nose and eating it!
Posted by: G-down | 01/23/2011 at 12:53 PM
I'm 29 and I have this problem too. Only, mine got so bad that I have a huge hole in my septum. I still pick though. I also pick scabs on my body and eat them. I don't cut myself to make scabs. Normally it starts out as a cat scratch but I cannot stop picking at it. I have scars all over my body because of it. I wish I could stop but I just cannot. It's stressful being in a car with somebody from work or if I'm in meetings because I want to pick but I can't.
Posted by: Lita | 01/29/2011 at 11:04 PM
I'm 29 and I have this problem too. Only, mine got so bad that I have a huge hole in my septum. I still pick though. I also pick scabs on my body and eat them. I don't cut myself to make scabs. Normally it starts out as a cat scratch but I cannot stop picking at it. I have scars all over my body because of it. I wish I could stop but I just cannot. It's stressful being in a car with somebody from work or if I'm in meetings because I want to pick but I can't.
Posted by: Lita | 01/29/2011 at 11:04 PM
I just turned 27 and have this problem too. I like the taste of the boogers, they're salty, almost like pickles in a slimy/crusty sort of way, so the nose picking never really bothers me. I'm somewhat worried about the germs in there, so now that I have kids, I wash my hands constantly, so that I don't spread infection. My wife is disgusted with me and I don't even really know that I'm doing it a lot of the time. I've found that only doing it in the car, when I'm driving or in my office and no one else is around has helped me cut it down. Biggest problem is that I don't like wiping my nose with a tissue, because I can get as much of it out of my nose. I can't stand the feeling of having boogers in there, it's like it blocks the airways and I can breathe better when I have a well picked nose. On occasion, I get nose bleeds and at one point I kept scraping skin out of my nose, be cause it was in the way of breathing (or at least I felt that way). I'm sure I don't have a hole in my septum, as I don't go that far back. I wish I could stop, for my wife's sake, but I, quite frankly, don't want to (guess that's part of addiction). I just can't get used to tissues. I wish there was some other trick than just doing it in the car. I'm just tired of having to hide my dirty little secret.
Posted by: Stephen | 02/01/2011 at 02:31 PM
Plz help me I can't stop and I'm only 14 I want to do things better with my life I need someones support Plz comment for support
Posted by: Leie10596 | 02/01/2011 at 10:05 PM
I am a 28 year old female nosepicker as well. I eat as well. I have my whole life. When I was with my boyfriend I had to hide it from him. I hide it a bit from my family but I am sure that they know what I do. My father has done this my whole life also. I don't think it's gross personally, but I know it's not attractive to anyone either. If I had children I wouldn't want them to do it because of the shame I feel sometimes, I would hate for them to feel that shame too. I hardly ever get sick though, and I have no allergies to anything. Is eating my boogers beneficial for me?
Posted by: Jay | 02/03/2011 at 02:13 AM
I have the same problem as Lita. Hole in septum and what not. For some reason I just got addicted to the taste of scabs and blood clots... So it's not so much the eating of the boogers as it is the scabs and such. But it definitely gets worse when I'm nervous or bored. I wish there was a way to stop, but the only thing that has ever made me get even close to stopping was when I made my nose bleed so much that I passed out. I was able to stop for about 3 weeks, but then I started again.
Posted by: Liz | 02/04/2011 at 09:21 PM
I have the same problem i have been picking my nose forever but even worse i eat it. I try to stop all the time but I can't. I usually pick my nose when i get bored.
Posted by: Nikki | 02/05/2011 at 02:22 PM
i did it when i was 5-9 years old
i ended up having scratches in my nose and they bleed alot
Posted by: niki | 02/15/2011 at 07:47 PM
HI!
I'm 14 years old and I have picked and eater my boogers ever since I can remember. I get teased about it, and people have almost always thought I was immature for doing it. My brother does it too. One way to try to stop is to put bandaids on your fingers with about a 1/4 of a centimetre above your finger. This way you don't have anything to pick with. Also, try clipping your nails really short. Hope this helps!
Samantha
Posted by: Samantha Lynn | 02/16/2011 at 11:23 AM
I pick and eat it too. I have done it for as long as I can remember, I am 20 years old and cannot stop. I am getting married soon and I'm afraid of what my fiance will think when he finds out. I think he has seen me pick every once in a while, but not as much as I do. I have even pirced my nose twice to get me to stop, but now it just gives me another excuse because I have to "fix" my nose ring, I am planning on getting another one so there is no room for my finger. I cant ever figure out if there is a time that I do it more than others, but it really doesn't matter. Half the time I don't even realize I am doing it. It is getting out of hand, but I am too ashamed of people knowing to ask for help.
Posted by: ng123 | 02/17/2011 at 03:25 AM
I have this same problem to. None of my friends know this. I am very embarrassed.
Posted by: Anonomous | 02/20/2011 at 10:04 PM
Yes... I as well am a picker and eater... actually saying that to myself is one of the many most distrusting things in my book... I'm 30 years old and have been doing this as long as I can remember... I have two daughters and it has been so hard to refrain from doing it in front of them cause i do it without thinking! So what do I do when my daughter does it or when she sees me do it? Am i wrong for saying to her that that is something you do behind closed doors and not share with the public... WHICH I KNOW IS NOT THE RIGHT THING TO SAY!
Posted by: Angela | 02/21/2011 at 04:02 PM