Anonymous
3 years
How to stop picking ears habit
I am a woman in my 20s with no physical illness history but once diagnosed with depression. My concern is I love to pick my ears too much. Every single day, i will use cotton buds to pick my ears, sometimes i use steel ear pick too. I did it about 4-5 times a day to a point my ears starts to bleeding and gets watery and now, my ears kinda not able to hear fully. I tried to stop but I really can’t because sometimes my ears will itch and although sometimes it make my ear hurts, but it feels like a habit that i cannot stop. What should i do with my habit?
Dr Nur Syuhada binti Zulkifli,
3 years
Good Morning,
I understand your concerns and will try my best to assist you today.
For your information, you may try few steps to stop the habits:
- Take deep breath when you feel you want to do the habit
- Try to focus on another activities to distract your habit
- Drink some water to calm you down
If you have more questions or enquiry, you can contact our doctors online by clicking the link below.
I hope this answer helps you. Thank you.
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