https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/intense-fear-of-skin-injury/m-p/402973#M30341 It sounds like your fear of skin injury is triggered by dating. You mentioned that you wish to be perfect for your bf. It may mean that you feel the relationship is insecure. Is there anything going on between you and your bf? It does not have to be fights between you. It could be something like your bf is handsome and he attracts a lot of girls etc. I would suggest that you bring that up with your psychologist. Don't worry, a professional psychologist is not going to judge you, e.g. vain and crybaby, but helps you work towards your issues. Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:10:38 GMT Hope_for_the_best 2018-01-28T09:10:38Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/intense-fear-of-skin-injury/m-p/402972#M30340 <P>Hi everyone,</P> <P>I hope this is the correct area to be posting this. I did some googling and couldn’t find any results relating to my problem so I’m beginning to feel like I might be one of few people struggling with this.</P> <P>I’ve spoken to a few psychologists over the past few years and have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, but I’ve never told a healthcare professional about this fear of mine so I have no idea if it’s part of the anxiety or something else entirely.</P> <P>I’m horribly afraid of any kind of skin injury—bruises, cuts, scrapes, even the tiniest scratch. I plan out any action before doing it to prevent injury, my risk calculation is off the charts (I won’t fiddle with anything that looks like it could hurt me) and if I do happen to accidentally get hurt (even the smallest cut), I start hyperventilating and crying and frantically rushing to do first aid. All because I don’t want scars.</P> <P><SPAN style="font-size: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">I know how vain this is, but it really is consuming my life at this point. I currently have a small abrasion on the back of my hand and have been carefully nursing it for days, crying and stressing over it and spent hours researching thewound healing process. This fear takes over my thoughts and I want to be normal. I’m 21 and was never like this as a child or through most of my teens. This all started around 19 onwards when I started dating my current boyfriend and wanting to be “perfect” for him, I guess.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Does anyone know what is happening to me or why I’m like this? My family thinks I’m vain and a crybaby, but I know there’s something deeper to it.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Thank you.</SPAN></P> Sun, 28 Jan 2018 07:43:37 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/intense-fear-of-skin-injury/m-p/402972#M30340 soggyoats 2018-01-28T07:43:37Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/intense-fear-of-skin-injury/m-p/402973#M30341 It sounds like your fear of skin injury is triggered by dating. You mentioned that you wish to be perfect for your bf. It may mean that you feel the relationship is insecure. Is there anything going on between you and your bf? It does not have to be fights between you. It could be something like your bf is handsome and he attracts a lot of girls etc. I would suggest that you bring that up with your psychologist. Don't worry, a professional psychologist is not going to judge you, e.g. vain and crybaby, but helps you work towards your issues. Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:10:38 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/anxiety/intense-fear-of-skin-injury/m-p/402973#M30341 Hope_for_the_best 2018-01-28T09:10:38Z