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Thank you for covering this subject in a public forum.  As one who has struggled my entire life with self-harm, it is wonderful to hear it discussed in the open.  The perceived need to hide harm and inability to talk about it the way one might about other problem behaviors can make it even more emotionally burdensome.  In case there are others reading these comments who are struggling with compulsive skin picking (CSP) here are a couple of great online resources:

http://trich.org/
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pickaderms/

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