Med Bottle: I had a relapse of my Rhinotillexomania.  I was able to focus it constructively and make you a gift.

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Rhinotillexomania is one of those anxiety disorders that many would rather NOT talk about.  It can be embarrassing and others may feel shame over the habitual need to pick that booger!  I should know, because when I was a kid I PICKED… Night and day, with every finger and a few toes, I picked me a winner each time.  When you’re 8 years old, you may not understand that your shirt sleeve is not meant to be a tissue or a ‘snot rag’!

“It’s a filthy habit!” Mom always said – and she was right.  Yet, is it just a habit?

Rhinotillexomania, also know as compulsive nose picking, can lead to nose-bleeds (epistaxis) not to mention exposing the picker to all sorts of virus and colds. When anything becomes so compulsive that it affects you, then in my book, it is not a habit – it’s a psychological issue.

I know this is a subject that some may have wished I just PICKED something else to talk about, but it’s important and not something we should LOOK DOWN OUR NOSE AT.  It is serious and I know I should remember “You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your friend’s nose.”  So if you suffer with Rhinotillexomania, or compulsive nose picking… here are a few constructive tips that helped me.

• Tip One: Wear mittens.  It’s hard to get a covered finger up there in the mucus cavity.
• Tip Two: If you must pick, pick with a tissue and use Purell or Germ-X hand sanitizer.
• Tip Three:  Get caught in the act of Picking your nose – embarrassment can be used for a good control method.
• Tip Four: Trim the bushes!  If you have a lot of hair in the honker, trimming them down may reduce the dry mucus build up.

It can be done.  So poke your nose out and put those fingers away!

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