Re-imagining Compulsive Skin Picking: Art for Recovery

Max points: 5 Type: TEDx Talk

This talk shares a personal journey with compulsive skin picking, exploring its challenges, stigma, and impact on daily life. The speaker highlights how creativity, drawing, and acts of kindness became tools for coping, recovery, and connection, offering hope and awareness for others facing similar struggles.

Channel: TEDx Duration: 0:13:13

Questions

1. What disorder did the speaker live with for more than 20 years before learning its name?

Hair pulling disorder Obsessive hand washing Compulsive skin picking Chronic nail biting

2. Approximately how many free drawings has the speaker given away as part of their recovery journey?

15,000 1,500 10,000 5,000

3. What major turning point happened when the speaker recorded themselves during a master's in dance?

They were diagnosed by a doctor They stopped picking completely They saw their disorder on video for the first time They began medication

4. Which therapy was mentioned as a possible treatment for skin picking?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Electroconvulsive therapy Group therapy only

5. What creative act did the speaker start doing on trains to manage panic attacks and connect with others?

Drawing on newspapers Singing songs Writing poems Knitting scarves

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