Like many of you on this site I have an obsession with picking cysts on my face, and getting all that clumpy ***** out of my pores via squeezing two fingers over it and damaging the skin.

I am only 18, I have been doing this for approximately 2 years now, and I have had enough.

At times I would go on breaks for approximately a month and just as I thought I stopped for good I found myself back in front of the mirror picking again.

I am not a quitter - I will not go to my doctor and talk approximately him so he can fix it with medication, I am going to fix myself, and although it didn't work in the past I still stopped for long periods of time and I know im strong enough to stop for good - im just using this site as a stronghold to vent my frustrations approximately it.

So I am coming here and posting this journal, it will consist of 7 days from today (Wednesday July 2nd) until next wednesday (July 9th) which is ironic because I have court on that date.

I am pretty positive that I will get this bad habit eliminated and it will be here for all you other pickers out there to use in aiding your motivation to stop ruining your face like I once was.

From this day on I look at myself as a non-picker, and I believe I am a non-picker because if you dont then you will be locked mentally into continuing your picking rampage.

Here is a list of things I am going to do on my 7 day journal to make sure I dont pick:

- Always stay busy. Whether its reading a book or getting a tan, chatting or making a song, im going to keep busy and occupied so that I have no time to pick.
- I am going to use the egg yolk twice a day on my face (this method of acne treatment is amazing, and its highly recommended).
- I am going to stand back from the mirror when I brush my teeth and wash my face so I cant see the bumps and cysts underneath the skin (what I believe triggers that "itch" or "need" to pick and burst puss from out of the skin.
- I am not going to think approximately picking at all, if you dont think approximately it you wont do it.

So tonight im going to post a message telling how I stayed from picking today and what positive things I did to help make myself forget approximately it.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to journal with me in case u wanna stop too.