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The Personal Landscape photo series was done at a time when I was completely unaware that Dermatillomania was even a thing. I thought my skin picking was just this really weird thing that I did. I didn't find out until about a year later that Dermatillomania was something that many other people deal with as well. Finding the Picking Me Foundation and other informative sites really helped me feel more comfortable in my skin. I still pick and wish I didn't, but I'm less worried about others seeing it and I'm more able to explain what it is. It's more normalized for me now I guess. The rest of the images were done after I discovered Picking Me and were more intentional in their imagery: a digitally drawn self-portrait featuring the marks on my face/skin and abstract representations of my scabs and scars through the Mapping Myself video and Scarmaps drawings.

Thank you Picking Me Foundation for helping me realize that I'm not alone.