Boredom, frustration trigger skin-picking, other compulsive behaviors
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 - 09:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Individuals who get easily bored, frustrated or impatient are more inclined to develop skin-picking and other body-focused repetitive behaviors, say researchers. “Chronic hair-pulling, skin-picking disorder and nail-biting and various other habits are known as body-focused repetitive behaviors. Although these behaviors can induce important distress, they also seem to satisfy an urge and deliver some form of reward’’, says the principal investigator.