Coping with Criticism and Mental Health Symptoms

a lot of people don’t understand my disorder so ive always since i could remember gotten a lot of judgement and disgusting reactions to my skin picking (dermatillomania) but i just try to repeat to myself in my head that i am a human doing my best and i had to use my dermatillomania as a self soothing tool as a child because of the environment i grew up in. and anyone picking on others is just projecting. it’s still hard most days but i’m getting better at it :)

I try to brush it off even though it does hurt. I think acknowledging that a hurtful comment was made and then thinking about all the things you’re doing better than you were before/all the progress you have made.