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Feet picking
Posted July 13th, 2008 by Bea
Hi, I'm a 48 year old woaman from the UK. I've been picking obsessively at the soles of my feet for about 16 years now. In my younger days I had other obsessive habits: a year or so of OCD riutualistic behaviour with which involved categorising things with numbers, then obsessive blackhead removal followed by a period of constant searching for split ends. The foot picking began after a period of self loathing in my early 30s and I have been unable to stop. The good thing is that it's largely invisible to the outside world and I manage to control it in the company of others, apart from close family. To this extent it hasn't ruined my life, job or anything but is nonetheless causing me great angst. Until I came on this site this evening I did not know this condition had a name and identity, CSP, which is strangely comforting. I hope just being on the site will help me overcome the problem. I have to say I 'm hugely grateful to all of you for posting your experiences here because it helps a newcomer like myself to understand that we are not alone. I have suffered terrible guilt and self disgust at my habit. I think the problem shifted to my feet because I loathe them anyway. They are big and wide and ugly with bunions. I've never been able to wear dainty strappy sandals and the foot picking is making things worse. In the summer the problem is exacerbated because my feet are in flip flops or sandals rather than safely zipped up in boots with socks all day! In winter evenings, when I'm in my slippers, and no one's around, are far worse. Sometimes I pick my feet so much (and use a chiropody blade too) they bleed and I have to clean blood off my shoes and wear plasters. I even limp for a few hours if I go too mad. I can't help thinking that the typical OCD perfectionism is at play here. I feel that I am striving to achieve a perfect smoothness with my feet and am not satisfied with any kind of roughness. Unfortunately I know deep down the roughness is mostly caused by me and I'm making it worse. Sometimes I manage to avoid foot picking for a while, when I'm out all day and in the evenings in the company of others. It usually occurs in situations when I am bare footed and resting for long periods eg. watching TV, using my laptop, reading the paper. These are all situations where I cannot resist picking my darned feet and eating the skin!! My husband sometimes tries to stop me but it just adds to the tension I'm feeling. I'd be particularly interested in hearing any comments from compulsive foot pickers out there. Is there a method for dealing with it, other than cutting my feet off or tying my hands behind my back...?
On July 27th, 2014 Val74 said:
God am so relieved to have found this site! Genuinely thought there was something seriously wrong with me & that I was alone in doing this. Am sat here in bed, in considerable pain, as have just spent the last two hours picking at my feet. Probably be very difficult to walk tomorrow as was bad enough today, but I've now gouged deeper and deeper. I'm also COVERED in scars and currently am so ashamed of my arms, which are scabbed from shoulder to elbow. I pick without even realising, so much so that I even do it in work, irrespective of whether I'm alone with a client or in an important meeting. My arms in particular are scarred and scabbed from what were teeny invisible spots under the skin which I make it my business to find and attack. I'm constantly feeling every part of my body to find something to pick. This is so automatic I even do it in my sleep as have often woken up with my fingers covered and dried blood all over my bed. How unpleasant! I would feel sick and go nuts if my husband did this, especially in bed, yet clearly I am a hypocrite. Any of you have ideas on why we do this and what we can do to stop??! Can see here some of you link it to OCD. Someone once asked me if it was a form of self-harm but I don't think so as, as much as it hurts, there's no punishment involved for me, if anything it's a sense of achievement and satisfaction involved (apart from when I do it so much I can't walk!) I literally pick anything, my friend shouted at me once years ago as I had a hole in my leg - she said it looked like I'd been shot - have a huge scar and dent in my leg as a result of that one. Any advice?!
On June 11th, 2014 Jennifer74 said:
Hi! Like many of you I have been picking the skin on the soles of my feet for years. I go through phases of incessant picking of the heel area until there are deep, painful wounds which bleed and are painful to walk on. I have quite small feet and love to wear nice strappy sandals but am often too ashamed to get my feet out away from home. My husband is always saying 'don't pick your feet baby', I listen, stop for a few minutes then change position so he can't see and carry on. Skin on floor wherever I sit which totally gross but satisfying in the picking sessions. Unfortunately the CSP is not exclusive to my poor feet. I have about 8 bloody scabs on my right arm from wrist to shoulder. A combination of months old mozzy bites which I refuse to let heal and cat scratches which started as a pin prick but now are a few mm wide. I pick them without even realising sometimes until someone points out that my arm is bleeding. I have started massaging in a balm containing coconut oil and colloidal silver. My husband once had severe skin burns and had a silver based treatment cream which accelerated the healing to a scar free state in about a week. It's only the second night and I am having to keep hands occupied using iPad or feet covered and out of reach to give it a chance to work. Fingers crossed. I have never asked my GP about my condition as I never knew it was a real problem not just my own ridiculous disgusting habit. I am going to ask at my next routine appointment and see what he/she knows about it and what help I can get to prevent further episodes of foot hell. Good luck all out there. I feel so much more optimistic now I know I'm not alone. Jen, Newbury UK
On June 3rd, 2014 Jilly said:
I pick at the soles of my feet too. I've had other compulsions and skin-picking behavior, but because I am 50 I don't have much acne anymore, so my feet have become the target. I am happy to have found this site, even though it's harsh to have a "diagnosis." But it's important to bring all this to consciousness and deal with it. Thank you for sharing.
On May 1st, 2014 mantra2014 said:
I just was doing it and I found myself in that trance like state. I got up and thought I wonder if others do that? I found this site and so much weight has been lifted. I thought I was weird and had OCD, I hate doing it but find myself wanting to do it so bad. I miss pedicures so much and don't go because I don't want anyone to see my mutilated bottom of my feet. It's awful and I hate this habit. I read a post previously that said prednisone works. I may try that. Its just comforting to know I am not alone. Others suffer from this too. The support has helped me already.
On March 19th, 2014 Janet L Bryant said:
I have been picking at my feet for years to many to remember. I hate it and love it at the same time. I'm glad to know I am not as alone and weird as I had thought. I get kind of a weird satasifaction from it. But I also hate it, my feet look awful and bleed and I limp. And if I'm not picking at them I am picking at my nails which bleed. I do this a lot at work. And I also pick at my black heads and zits so much that they go from tiny to huge sores and then I am so embarrassed and they are hard to cover up. I am leaving my husband of 13 years and I find myself wondering how will I ever find anyone new when I sit watching tv doing this gross thing. I wish I could just stop. UGH Janet
On March 29th, 2014 Freckles said:
Hi there, I'm 40 and bein diagnosed with OCD, anxiety and depression. Iv been picking my heels on my feet, my toenails all in till I bleed. The only time it happens is in the middle of the night,I thought it may of been my meds but maybe not. Half asleep when I start picking, before I realise I'm already hurting. I put cream on but still do it. I stopped myself for a couple of days cause it needed to heal. I too was/ am now bleeding, my feet feel bruised and it's painful to put any weight on them. I have 3 kids so I can't just relax till it's sorted. I went in fb and there iS a page that has home remedies etc, and I came across this..... Mix quarter cup of listerine any type, Quarter cup of vinegar Half a cup of warm water.soak feet for ten mins and when you take your feet out, the dead skin will just come away.im gunna do my best lot to pick and soon as I grow more skin gunna try it. Good luck to all. X
On March 29th, 2014 Freckles said:
Hi there, I'm 40 and bein diagnosed with OCD, anxiety and depression. Iv been picking my heels on my feet, my toenails all in till I bleed. The only time it happens is in the middle of the night,I thought it may of been my meds but maybe not. Half asleep when I start picking, before I realise I'm already hurting. I put cream on but still do it. I stopped myself for a couple of days cause it needed to heal. I too was/ am now bleeding, my feet feel bruised and it's painful to put any weight on them. I have 3 kids so I can't just relax till it's sorted. I went in fb and there iS a page that has home remedies etc, and I came across this..... Mix quarter cup of listerine any type, Quarter cup of vinegar Half a cup of warm water.soak feet for ten mins and when you take your feet out, the dead skin will just come away.im gunna do my best lot to pick and soon as I grow more skin gunna try it. Good luck to all. X
On March 29th, 2014 Freckles said:
Hi there, I'm 40 and bein diagnosed with OCD, anxiety and depression. Iv been picking my heels on my feet, my toenails all in till I bleed. The only time it happens is in the middle of the night,I thought it may of been my meds but maybe not. Half asleep when I start picking, before I realise I'm already hurting. I put cream on but still do it. I stopped myself for a couple of days cause it needed to heal. I too was/ am now bleeding, my feet feel bruised and it's painful to put any weight on them. I have 3 kids so I can't just relax till it's sorted. I went in fb and there iS a page that has home remedies etc, and I came across this..... Mix quarter cup of listerine any type, Quarter cup of vinegar Half a cup of warm water.soak feet for ten mins and when you take your feet out, the dead skin will just come away.im gunna do my best lot to pick and soon as I grow more skin gunna try it. Good luck to all. X
On March 29th, 2014 Freckles said:
Hi there, I'm 40 and bein diagnosed with OCD, anxiety and depression. Iv been picking my heels on my feet, my toenails all in till I bleed. The only time it happens is in the middle of the night,I thought it may of been my meds but maybe not. Half asleep when I start picking, before I realise I'm already hurting. I put cream on but still do it. I stopped myself for a couple of days cause it needed to heal. I too was/ am now bleeding, my feet feel bruised and it's painful to put any weight on them. I have 3 kids so I can't just relax till it's sorted. I went in fb and there iS a page that has home remedies etc, and I came across this..... Mix quarter cup of listerine any type, Quarter cup of vinegar Half a cup of warm water.soak feet for ten mins and when you take your feet out, the dead skin will just come away.im gunna do my best lot to pick and soon as I grow more skin gunna try it. Good luck to all. X
On November 23rd, 2013 Bunni Gelbman said:
I have been where all of you are for 9 long years. i couldnt stop. The picking, bleeding, bandaids, the pain... I had it all. Last month I found a dermatologist who after many doctors with no help for me.. he told me what was causing my ailment.. its called dyscodrotic excema and he gave me 12 days of PREDNISONE pills to take on a dwindling dose... for example... 3days of 4 pills... then 3 days of 3 pills... etc. till 32 pills are gone in 12 days. My feet began to stop itching and i no longer had the desire to scratch or pick or go off into a coma like state while i relieved anxiety by picking. I was led to this doctor because i would not give up. I HAD TO STOP THE PICKING. I THOUGHT I WANTED TO NOT WAKE UP WHEN IN SEPTEMBER I COULD NOT WALK. I knew I had a habit i could not stop doing. But when my feet cleared up... the picking stopped and so did the urge to pick. Nine years of picking had my feet so red on the soles... but they have become NORMAL LOOKING. For the longest time, I was not a functioning person. in mixed company I would find a way to pick under the table. i picked while my husband drove the car.. Pieces of skin lined the floor of the car. My couches had so many pieces of skin that i yanked off. Please listen to me. Go and get prednisone . Your feet will heal. i promise
On October 7th, 2013 Serina said:
Hi, I never thought that there will be a site for feet picking until I came across this one. Well, I am also having the same problem for many years. Its now a habit I cannot stop and to be frank I sometimes enjoy seeing the thick skin being peeled off. Its kind of embarrassing saying it now. Just wish there's a simple and easy remedy to make this go away. Imagine, after filing, its tender and smooth then it become thick and rough after 1 or 2 days, then the picking starts again :-) Have to find time for filing while picking can do it while doing something else. It is also a comfort that there are many like us out there.
On September 29th, 2013 mechelle said:
Hi~ I actually couldn't believe when I saw this. I'm not the only one! The only way I keep it under control is to get my nails done. They're too thick to pick and it doesn't feel right on the fake nails anyway. It does get embarrassing. There are times I wont take my son to the pool or go to yoga because my feet are really bad. Funny because when I was little my mom did the same and I thought it was gross. I do worry about picking up some horrible flesh eating bacteria or something so lately I just keep these gel nails on. works And to the previous post- yes it itches when it begins to heal for me.
On September 10th, 2013 Jesddlove said:
I hope there are still people out there. I'm so tired of picking and peeling the skin off the soles of my feet :( it hurts so bad but I can't stop. I was wondering if any of you guys had itching associated with the urge to peel and pick?? I don't have athletes foot and this is contained only on the heel or sole of the foot. I can't take it anymore thought about getting cortisone shots in my feet.
On September 29th, 2013 mechelle said:
Hi. you sound so frustrated, I understand. I pick, I bleed, I limp....And when I get my nails done it helps as long as I don't go for the tweezers. The itchiness is probably your skin trying to heal, I got a ped egg for that and it works well. If i'm not butchering my feet i'm chewing on my lips, oh well.
On March 12th, 2013 Dmickey28 said:
Thank goodness I am not alone. I have noticed this over the last two years. More so in the winter months. It gets so bad I can't walk and can't get pedicures so I can stop. I just started an intense exercise regime and already had to skip today because I picked so deep yesterday. I wish I knew how to help myself.
On February 16th, 2013 merkev said:
hi, i have just come across this web site after googling feet picking. I too have picked at my feet for many years. However, unlike yourself i do not have any OCD traits. ( i wish I had the tidy-up trait once in a while though) I have tried for years to stop this as i see it as a repulsive habbit & sometimes a guilty pleasure. Wierd i know. What i have observed about myself is that the more stress I am under or the more nervious I am the more I do it!. i often pick till i bleed too & then limp about. What i have tried with minor success is putting lots of cream on my feet ie sorbaline or similar foot cream then putting on socks at night & other times I am in a position to pick my feet. After a week or so the skin on your feet becomes softer and this makes it harder to pick at. Also my wife keeps telling me to keep the socks on to avoid tempation or habit. This also works sometimes. However, I hate wearing socks so Inveriably end up bare foot & fliddling with my feet. Not much help I guess but if you havent tried this it is worth a shot. You are not alone. Hope you find some solution. All the best K
On January 21st, 2013 Ouch772 said:
I have been a fingernail, cuticle, toenail soles of feet picker since I was very young. It gets better and worse. I switch from one area to another in jags. I pull out my toenails until i have pain walking and they get infected. I have left my soles alone for a couple of years but am afraid if I start it will spiral as it has before. The one thing I have found to help over the years is manicure and pedicure. Set appointments. Don't ditch. As silly as it may be my embarrassment at showering up for an appointment with abused digits deters me. The other thing is they smooth everything out so good opertunities do not present themselves as easily. There is a callous removal cream that can help smooth out picked at soles. I have never looked for professional help on this an doubt I ever will. As I write my left small toe is bleeding as painful but I felt victorious when I got ahold of that nail. Need to get back on pedicure wagon but need to heal first.
On January 6th, 2013 Jak said:
How can I stop picking my feet?!!! For the past couple of years I have been picking my skin off my feet, but lately its got a lot worse. Now its painful to walk and I make them bleed. I can't stop. I don't have any real problems in my life or hang ups, its just become a habit. My skin is dry now and my feet have got in bad condition, and I just keep trying to pick off the rough or thick skin to make my feet smooth - but its gone way too far! I don't know I am doing it until it starts to hurt, but I just have to get the skin off no matter what. If its too painful I will use scissors to cut off the length of skin. I feel if I could make my feet soft and smoother I would not pick them, but I can't give them chance to heal. today I could hardly walk and was limping. Its crazy!
On April 1st, 2013 Finn said:
It is the same with me. Tried to find information on this , and all I get is CSP, which is not the case here... I feel that I am also just trying to get the hard parts out...been doing this for 35 years now, though. Have also tried not to pick. Succesful yes, but then I feel that my soles are not feeling or "not breathing". Picking makes the soles breathe. It is impossible even trying to explain this to others, but I feel that this is not CSP, even though skin picking is involved. Would be great to have contact with someone who feels the same...!
On December 28th, 2012 arg13 said:
I would also love any advice, the only thing I manage that works is putting some thick moisturiser on at night and constantly wearing socks. I find when I have dry skin its a lot more tempting. This is the first time I have posted on anything like this and I know i struggle with anxiety and believe thats where the skin picking started, but its so hard to talk to people about it right?! I just feel people will be so confused/disgusted. But I do find I have 'binges' where I go at my feet and my hands and I just can't stop, its just a compulsion and I don't know how to stop it, this post is actually an attempt to try and stop it. Do people try out counselling? Medication? Will power? Thanks.
On January 7th, 2013 MaryMary05 said:
You sound just like me.. I always felt like I was weird like I was the only person in the world with this problem..good to know I'm not alone.. I've been picking at my feet for years now.. Started in my early teens and now at 27 I'm still going.. no one other than my gf knows about my picking and this is the first time I am actually trying to get help about it.. and the first time I'm even talking about it.. I use nail clippers and attack the skin on my big toe (both feet) the worse is when my feet are wet or after a long day of work.. it has become a ritual for me.. everyday i come home from work take off my shoes and socks and start picking the skin until it hurts or until I feel like I got all the skin I could.. I have been researching online about skin picking and from what I understand its a form of ocd.. I wish I could stop this habit but I just don't know how.. Don't have health insurance and I can't afford any right now.. Just wish I knew why this started and how to stop it..
On December 28th, 2012 Dogmum said:
Different suggestions work best with different people, however if you suffer from anxiety and are on medication which helps you that's a good start. I find personally being "busy" and having a schedule will not permit enough time. If I am in bed at night sometimes that's the only time i have left. Also having a busy social schedule will take your mind off of picking and you may even forget it for a few days. I have people over for dinners or go out for social events, this cheers me up having the company of others and I actually forget for awhile. Personally talking about my problems to others doesn't make them go away, it just helps me cope emotionally. I will try the foot moisturizer with socks, thanks.
On December 27th, 2012 Dogmum said:
Hi Everyone I am 44 and Just started this bizarre habit 6 months or so ago. I pick my feet every time until I bleed. . . . Have used an entire box I purchased from Costco of bandages. I am limping around today because of it. My inlaws just left (THANK GOD). Perhaps because of stressors in my environment and sometimes I feel I am not good enough and or deserving of the love of those around me. It feels good to pick and hurts to bleed however I just can't stop - it must be what it's like to be addicted to something like drugs or alcohol. I feel so much better after I patch myself up with the bandages, it feels amazing, the bandages give me comfort after I hurt myself in thisi way. Yes I must be a little demented, I would NEVER hurt anyone or any creature, just myself. Yikes, I'd better stop this or it'll be years before I realize it. I didn't realize others had this awful habit. My heart goes out to all of you. I hope I can stop . . . . . I hope each of you can too, thanks for your comments.
On December 6th, 2012 ddj7x7 said:
Amazing yes that I am not the only one. I have long been in remission regarding the feet. But the scalp can be a probem. I thought perhaps others picked but I didn't realize others felt such pleasure as I do while picking. It feels so good it's uncanny. Almost orgasmic. Sometimes I would just press my nail into a spot and hold it there as I sighed in tranquil relief. Yet I was brutalizing myself. I got a huge cyst one time and really had fun with that. Even though it has heeled, I keep remembering its phases as it healed and how it felt to touch it, rupture it, etc. So gross. So painful...oh it hurts so GOOD. lol.....
On November 12th, 2012 pickerforlife said:
I've been picking since I can remember. I am 44 yrs old, and sometime pick for hrs. Sometimes I use sharp objects such as knives, nail clippers and pick until I cannot walk. Throughout the years, I had stopped or even slowed down, but the past 13 yrs has brutal. I came to this site because I need help. I cannot say this is due to substance abuse because I started as a young child. I used to remove the skin from the palm of my hands, but I only pick my feet. Months ago, I found myself picking scabs, but have since gotten away from that. I tried a Psychologist but didn't get anywhere with her. I think I need to find someone who specializes with people like me.
On October 3rd, 2012 16limjh1 said:
I know how you feel, guys, but lately I've found out that mixing sugar with moisturizing cream and then putting it on your feet works quite well. Oh, I forgot to mention, you have to put your foot in a sock (maybe a old worn one) after you put the cream on. Wear it for about a day or night, or when you feel it being itchy. Good Luck!!
On September 24th, 2012 Mastermindhunter said:
Oh, thank the lord! I thought I was all alone in this! I'm a chronic picker, and used to pick at the bottom of my heels till they became tender! It was becoming a problem walking and was anguish walking all the time! It's murder! My mother taught me to wear socks, and to sit on my hands! It stopped eventually, but that was either because she hid the razors, or I got better, nut recently I have been feeling so anxious, and these feelings of anxiety drive me nuts, and I'm afraid of relapsing into the self mutilation! HELP!!!
On September 16th, 2012 misey said:
I am 26 years old and have been picking the skin off my hands feet lips and any scabs I could reach since I was around 7 years old. I don't really know why I started but I remember the day I started I used a pair of nail clippers and went to work on both of my feet. I know that day I was angry so maybe that's why I started. I never realized there were so many people with this problem. I always felt weird and thought I was the only one. I am so glad to find out that I'm not and to find out that its an actual problem that maybe one day I can fix. I don't do it all the time. There are times I go months without doing it. I noticed when I'm extra stressed or upset I do it without realizing it until my feet and hands are sore and/ or bleeding. Sometimes its so bad that I limp. Even when I do things to distract myself from picking I still sometimes do it and don't even realize until its too late. I wish I could stop. I hope I can stop. My hands and feet are always rough and ugly and sore and bleeding.
On September 4th, 2012 Gyps29 said:
OMG... I thought I was the only one who dd this! I have picked the skin off my feet for as long as I can remember, I also do it to my fingers, lips and the inside of my mouth.... So embarrassing, I wish I could stop but I don't know how....
On August 30th, 2012 myfeetbleed said:
I remember picking my feet the summer after Daddy passed away.I don't know if I did it before that.I pick so long and hard that it makes my feet bleed.I have even peeled the skin off from my toes making them bleed and be sore for days.I have never eaten the picked off skin.I just thought it was just me doing this,glad to know I am not :)
On July 19th, 2012 Pisces said:
I just stumbled upon here while searching for help on Google. So glad I found all of you. I have been really hoping to get some ideas on how to stop. It's gross and embarrassing. Especially after a particularly bad bout when I have to wear bandages and make excuses about what happened to me. "I cut myself", or "I hurt myself" usually suffices, but for those close to me, it's not enough. ;( I also have periods where I destroy my hands in the same way. I never eat the hands skin though. Weird. I just don't know WHY we do this. I'll read up some more and come back later. So glad to be amoung "friends". Very thankful and hopeful.
On July 12th, 2012 ImJustMe said:
I am a 21 year old female. I have had this problem since I was about 8 or 9. after my father died, I found myself having a more angry outlet and things and then began to nervously pick my hands. At first it was just my nails then the skin around my nails now that its been years... its worst. i used a sanding stone that they use for pedicures on my hands and feet to keep the skin smooth after i pick at my hands and feet.. I hate myself a lot of the time for having even started. The fact that i play the drums and have been since i was 6 i have rough hands and used to think picking them would make it easier or better. But it actually over time made things worst. I cant even sweat too much or get my hands wet without them turning white. People ask me sometimes what happened and want me to show them but i get defensive because im embarrassed. I thought i was alone in the world that i just was an outcast. Ive had girlfriends and theyve been fine with it, and try and make me secure for the most part but i only show them a select part of my hands. its both hands and both heels of my feet.. if anyone knows of a way to help the healing process, id be forever grateful, Thank you to those who shared your stories and information :)
On June 17th, 2012 Ilovetuffy said:
I am 8 years old and I pick my feet and it is good to know that I am not the only one.I live in Minnesota with my mom and 3 cats and 1 hamster.I pick my feet every 2 days after my bath.I stop when my fingers or skin hurt. I can not remeber how long I have been doing it.
On June 17th, 2012 Ilovetuffy said:
I am 8 years old and I pick my feet and it is good to know that I am not the only one.I live in Minnesota with my mom and 3 cats and 1 hamster.I pick my feet every 2 days after my bath.I stop when my fingers or skin hurt. I can not remeber how long I have been doing it.
On June 17th, 2012 Ilovetuffy said:
I am 8 years old and I pick my feet and it is good to know that I am not the only one.I live in Minnesota with my mom and 3 cats and 1 hamster.I pick my feet every 2 days after my bath.I stop when my fingers or skin hurt. I can not remeber how long I have been doing it.
On March 18th, 2012 CrazyCatLady said:
I do this as well and it is extremely embarrasing. I find that I pick much less if the skin is smooth. I have discovered a way to fix the rough patches: diaper rash ointment. I know it sounds weird, but it works. Buy the A&D ointment (not the white cream/lotion). It is yellow and waxy. Rub A LOT of it onto your entire foot and put a sock on. I do it at night so that the skin has a lot of time to absorb the ointment, but I suppose you could do it during the day. I hope this helps.
On February 14th, 2012 Bonegigi said:
I am always picking skin off of the center of my foot. I really thought I was the only one who did this but now after coming here I have realized that there is a whole sub-culture of people who have the same habit. I have OCD so I assume it is from that and according to alot of the testimonials here I realize that alot of you do as well. I don't know if anyone does this also but I love sticking the bottom of my foot on sharp objects like the corner of a table or anything with a pointy end, not something that is too sharp where is will actually cut my skin or draw blood but with enough of an edge to make a mark. Alot of times I will just leave my foot there and grind the corner into the middle of my foot. After a few minutes I will remove my foot and rub or scratch the area of my foot that was on the corner. For some wierd reason when I do this it feels amazing to me and actually helps me focus and almost puts me in a trance. It also helps my picking because after continually grinding my foot into a sharp object for a few days in a row a callous forms and I am able to pick away at it. I have gotten to the point to where anytime I see a table corner or something that has an edge all I can think about is poking my foot into it. It is a wierd habit but I do enjoy it and I am not hurting anyone so I really don't feel too bad for it. To me there are alot of worse habits out there I can be doing.
On February 13th, 2012 RobotGal said:
I am 23 and have always been obsessed with picking zits, scabs, blisters, etc. In the last year or two it's focused on my feet. Any loose skins and I'm pulling on it until it bleeds. Some times my feet hurts for several days and I worry I will get a serious infection someday from doing it. I've been trying to keep them healthy with lotion and other things so I'm not tempted by loose skin but it's difficult because I often start picking without realizing it. I get satisfaction by it when I'm able to pick skin off, then shame because I've hurt myself. For about six months now I've been being treated for anxiety and depression and I know those conditions have contributed to my bad habit, but I'm getting sick of it. I looked up methods to treat it tonight and found this site and hopefully I'll get some hints to stop doing it. It's hurting my husband because he hates to see me in pain and it's not healthy.
On February 9th, 2012 Tonychen said:
I'm a 12 year old boy in new Zealand. It started from when I was cutting my toenails, I began to also cut away the skin around my feet. I pulled it out and ate it. Now I pick ate it whenever I'm sitting down barefoot, even sometimes cutting open the skin so it's easier to pick at it. When I do physical education or just run around I have to go bar effect and I'm always afraid to show my feet. Help me!
On January 30th, 2012 alec79 said:
I'm a 50 y/o female who has been peeling/picking skin from my toes, heels/bottoms of my feet since I was 18 or so? I peel the skin so badly sometimes that it's hard to walk because of the pain. It's so disgusting to me-the peeling and eating of the skin. I go into a "zone" like I'm in a trance when I'm picking and eating. I know it's anxiety-related and it's humiliating and embarrassing. I had no idea there was a clinical term for this. I go through periods where I leave my feet alone, use a pumice stone to keep them smooth, but then there's the impulse to peel and pick around my toe nails. I'll try keeping my toe nails painted and taking care of my feet, then I'll go off and not take care of them any more. I hate this compulsive behavior. I used to pick my scalp and form scabs that would bleed. I would pick and eat those also. It was so rewarding to have a big scab on my head to pick off and eat. I quit that as I got older and my hair thinned and it was visible to others when I had these sores on my scalp. I was sexually abused by a family member when I was a child. I've also suffered from anorexia and bulimia. Sigh. I also have keratosis pilaris-bumpy skin on my arms and legs primarily and I have picked the ingrown hairs from those tiny bumps for so many years I can't remember. I have scars on my arms from picking those areas also. Wow, I feel pretty fucked up. What's more fucked up is that I'm pretty limber and I can actually put my foot to my mouth for short periods of time to chew on my toenails--wow. I admitted that.
On December 12th, 2011 Mr Mahon said:
I'm a 12 year old boy and I've done skin picking since I was 9 and I just want to stop cause at school weave got Dance and P.E and that's barefoot and I try and sit at the back of the room to try and hide my right foot. I'm glad I'm not alone in the UK and I feel more comfort when I talked about my problems when someone has them anal. I just want to stop because if my son/ daughter says what's that on your foot daddy I'll feel disgusted. Can anyone help ;(
On January 10th, 2012 serena said:
listen im one year older than you and first off my grammar is bad. when your this age your just starting to like girls and your going threw hormones. i promise it sucks. but the main thing you need to think about isn't being embarresed it should be about how to get the girl haha. for the longest time i would wear long sleves in the summer. and thats been since i was in the 3rd grade. i know its embarising when people see them but you have to embrace it and say i dont care about what you people think i am happy about who i am thats the frist step to healing. be proud of yourself is always important. i am a 13 year old girl and i have put up with this always. i stopped for a while but i am starting again. i am getting back to stopping. i hope this has helped(: *i will stop*
On November 10th, 2011 letrys said:
They say it's not always necessarily an OCD thing but an aftermath of using methamphetamines, having a substance abuse problem, depression/anxiety, or having a family member with a substance abuse problem. Thankfully it's a recognized disorder and there -is- treatment for it (both pharmalogical and behavioral). Good luck to you.
On November 8th, 2011 Kasey187 said:
I'm nineteen and have been doing this for a couple years, I can't believe how many other people do it, I was always embarrassed and thought it was weird to, especially when swimming and it becomes more obvious, I think somebody else said this to. Never considered it being anxiety related but that does make sense for me. The only thing i have found is that false nails help a little bit if you can afford them as you are less able to pick,
On September 22nd, 2011 solesrunred said:
This all brought me to tears. It is so comforting that I no longer feel alone with this dreadfully satisfying habit. Comforting and sad too, that so many people suffer from it. I've been ripping the skin off from under my feet since I was a young child. As the callouses developed over time, it took more than my nails to pierce the scar tissue and I would use pins, scissors, razor blades, knives or just about any sharp pointy thing I could get my hands on to make incisions. I usually focus on the bottom half of the flat of my foot but I've begun moving upward recently. It's to the point that sometimes when I do it, my feet bleed and I can barely walk for a couple days. I can't wear whole shoes, only sandals now, I can never show anyone my feet and I'm slightly embarrassed when I go for a pedicure. I only go about twice a year when I've mucked things up so badly that I can't stand myself. Another thing I do, and please try not to be grossed out, is ripping off my toe nails. Usually the baby toes, but on my right foot I've managed to destroy the nailbed of my second toe so badly that the nail all but refuses to grow back. I love the feeling of the flesh and nail being torn and I love the hot cool feeling of the blood pouring out. I know something is wrong with me...I hate and love it, if you can imagine that...I guess I'm off to read more testimonials now and to learn more about this...Thanks for a safe place. Much appreciated.
On February 13th, 2012 RobotGal said:
It's always embarrassing to go get a pedicure and have the pedicurist ask you what happened to your feet. Glad I'm not the only one! I cut into the corners of my toenails to rip out a slight hangnail, but to do so I end up cutting out half the nail. Makes me toenails look really bad. I don't like the bleeding per se (that's usually when the shame kicks in) but the brief moment when you can rip out that nail or that chunk of skin feels really good. And (excuse the grossness) I love chewing on the skin afterwards.
On September 15th, 2011 billyp said:
Like many of you here, i am glad to know that i am not the only one to do this. However, I compulsively pick the skin on my feet with anything sharp. Be it a pin that a literally drag across my heel to make and incision in my heel allowing me to pick at it. And sometimes I use a knife which a saw across my heel to remove the hard skin, cutting myself on occasion because ive cut to deep. Does anyone else use tools such as knives? i feel like an evil torturer to my own body :(
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Simply have a conversation with someone you've not met before.
Why:This is as much for the people you're meeting as it is for you. We're starting The Brave New with a simple challenge that may be the most important of the entire project, as it involves breaking down social walls for you and, to some extent, the people around you. Why, as a society, haven't we made a habit out of knowing the people around us? Nothing bad will happen, to put it simplistically.
Bonus points!Make a friend. Make three friends! Make five friends! Don't make four friends. Four's a terrible number. In China, they don't have a fourth floor on most elevators, because the word for "four" sounds a lot like the word for "die". True story.
How many people that you meet can extend into actual relationships? Exchange phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook adds, and home address if you're so inclined, and don't if you're not. Remember, the world's not always a safe place, so use your discretion here.
It seems the most difficult place one can possibly endeaver to meet another human being is the super market. This is problematic for me, because I'm a confirmed bachelor, and often have difficulties navigating the complexities of super markets. Buying groceries requires the kindness and direction of strangers, lest I cook myself up a nice big box of generic soap flakes which I thought to be grits.
Tonight, I found myself staring blankly at a selection of pears. I had no idea pears had so many variables. Apparently one must consider the variety of pear, the ripeness of the pear, and, furthermore, what you're pairing the pear with. Once homonyms got involved, I just couldn't cope. I went into a bachelor coma, hoping that someone would leap in and announce which pear I should buy, freeing me from my catatonic state.
I noticed a woman fondling pears next to me, so I issued a weak "Umm, excuse me." The woman froze, eyes darting around in a panic. She set down her pears and quickly walked away. I can't judge the woman, the world isn't a safe place, but this particular Trader Joe's is not in a hotspot for produce-related assault and battery. I was wearing pants at the time, and can't imagine I looked like anything other than a well-dressed, albeit slightly pathetic, business man staring at fruit.
I eventually abandoned the fruit, and noticed an older woman struggling to open a bag of coffee beans. I helped her open the bag of beans so she could grind them, and she explained that a past broken thumb has largely rendered her hands useless for opening bags of beans. I introduced myself, shook hands, and she seemed like a nice woman. Her name is Carrie.
While nothing particularly fruitful came of this, pun somewhat intended as I stare at the spot on my plate where a pear should be, I'm hopeful that maybe Carrie will help the next young man struggling in a supermarket as I helped her. Now I'm going to watch Monty Python until I understand why one must worry about weaponized produce.
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OK. I see there is now a MILO for the alcor (AlphaStation 500/600) family
I downloaded the milo.dd, and sure 'nuf, >>>boot sda3 popped me straight
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Boot line is boot device=sda3 bootfile=vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda3
Bootstrap complete, kernel @ 0x31000, sp@0x304000
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My daughter is currently in first grade and so far my experience with this school has been excellent ! My daughter attended kindergarten last year, with Mrs. Barcia and I couldn't be more happy with the development my child had under her watch. My daughter couldnt read a word to begin the year and by the end was reading full sentences and it is directly because of her. She made my daughter feel very comfortable and had an amazing environment for learning. My daughter wanted to go to school everyday and as a parent it is a joy to have a teacher who makes your kid love school as much as she did. My only full year experience is with Mrs. Barcia and I really wish there were more teachers like her, not only in this school but all of them. The principal Mr. Ferguson is extremely nice and approachable , although I've never had to approach him in my first year with any complaints. First grade has been a pleasant experience thus far.
The teachers are very well mannered and concern for the sucecess of their students . They help even in the emotional growth of their students . The principal Mr . Ferguson is very approachable and always has a smile . He is not arrogant compared to the previous school my son came from . I look at this as a blessing to transferred my child to this Great school and great principal and teachers ..... God Bless the faculty , staff , and principal of this instituition.
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Boys will be boys, is not an appropriate response to bullying. The school will do well in designing anti-bullying policies and strategies. . Matthew 11:15 He who has ears, let him hear.
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Version 2.0 was released on January 17, 2006 with many major upgrades. ASIO (Audio stream input output) support, VST (Virtual Studio Technology) support, new mastering tools (many provided by iZotope) and a major facelift (see screenshot) helped boost what was once the inexpensive option for home studio work to a serious contender in the Digital Audio Workstation scene.
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How can SOLEs be implemented without causing students to shun necessary but "boring" skills?
I remember when I was in 8th grade and a classmate asked me point-black what was the purpose of geography. Let me tell you, my answer of "so you know the climate of the country you are visiting or where is it" was utter rubish - both to my classmate and to me, but that was the only thing I could think of that she could actually relate to (two months later, she move to New Zealand).
In school, we are taught many things that we may not WANT to know, but that we NEED to know. Examples: grammar, composition, history, geography, mental maths, etc. Also, there are also many subjects for which we know the bare minimum (learnt at school) because we never give ourselves the time to learn about even if we know they are important (not many people actually read their country's constitution) or interesting (ethics, philosophy, art, etc.)
So... how ca SOLEs include these subjects without going against their principle (learning through self-motivation, not through imposition)
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Mar 9 2013: The teachers could put forward a selection of enticing questions that happen to require particular vital skills for later problems and subjects.
The greater challenge, I think, is how kids will figure out whether what they are reading online is actually valid or rather mistake or misrepresentation.
Mar 9 2013: You are quite right - critical thinking and critical reading will be THE most important skills students will need, regardless of what they do or learn. I believe debates will help them develop those skills.
Quoting you, "The teachers could put forward a selection of enticing questions that happen to require particular vital skills for later problems and subjects"
I still cannot think of an enticing question that will lead to students learning to conjugate.
Mar 10 2013: You are probably right about there not being an enticing question that will lead today's students to learning how to conjugate. But, that's "today's" students. For one who loves learning, the realization of the need becomes apparent. If I can't put a grammatically sound sentence together, I can't get a high-paying job. If I can't present a life-altering improvement idea to my community, then learning conjugation has a real purpose.
Just like if I couldn't get a driver's license unless I knew how to read - I would want to learn how to read. Mitra speaks of trusting natural curiosity and natural propensity to learn and allowing education to direct itself in order to serve the student first, the community second, and the nation or fiscal paradigm last. This flies in the face of the current educational paradigm.
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Last season Jason Hammel turned in a career year despite starting only 20 games. I wrote about him in the preseason and have targeted him in all my leagues this year. However, in two starts this year (12.2 IP), Hammel has turned in a very strange stat line.While his 0.87 WHIP is sparking, his 4.97 ERA is far from it. In fact, Hammel is the only qualified pitcher so far this year to have an ERA above 4.00 and a WHIP under 1.00. But the strangest stat of all is the fact that Hammel has only struck out just five batters, good for a pathetic 3.55 K/9.I realize that two starts is a very small sample size, and it would be ridiculous to think that his K/9 stays this low. The last qualified starter to finish the year with a K/9 worse than 3.55 was Livan Hernandez back in 2008, and I would be shocked if Hammel doesn't manage to increase his strikeout rate. The real question is will he strike out batters closer to his career line (6.53 K/9) or his breakout 2012 season (8.62 K/9)?Hammel's pitc...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man accused in a series of New Year's Day Molotov cocktail attacks that hit a mosque and a Hindu place of worship has been ordered held without bail, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Ray Lazier Lengend, a 40-year-old unemployed tow-truck driver from Guyana, was arraigned at Bellevue Hospital Center, where he is under psychological observation.
He is accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at five locations in Queens and Long Island, including firebombs aimed at the front entrance of the Imam al-Khoei Foundation, a Shi'ite organization in the New York City borough of Queens, while some 75 to 80 people were inside.
No injuries were reported but one of the private homes suffered severe fire damage.
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"In response to being asked why he would attack a mosque the defendant stated that he hated all the Muslims and Arabs because they were trying to take over his life. They have been doing it for 40 years," according to a court document provided by the Queens District Attorney's Office.
Lengend's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Lengend faces charges of first-degree arson, arson as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of stolen property, among other charges.
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- Cholesterol: 138mg
- Sodium: 316mg
- Carbohydrate: 6g
- Fiber: 3g
- Sugars: 2g
- Protein: 45g
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Our continent has a variety of climates, and each climatic area has its appropriate vegetation. Generally, the interiors of continents do not have forests, but have grass or desert vegetation. The most luxuriant forests develop near oceans where climate is sufficiently moist. This is true of other continents as well as North America.
The differences in the general character of our natural vegetation from coast to coast and border to border are apparent despite three centuries of man's disturbance in the East and one century in the West. Sizeable samples of some of the many kinds of original vegetation are preserved in national parks and monuments. These are precious remnants of our plant heritage that become more valued year by year in proportion to their scarcity elsewhere.
The mild, humid climate of the northern half of the Pacific slope is unusually favorable for forest growth. The most luxuriant of the western forests developed here in unbroken stretches. The forests that girdle the Olympic Peninsula represent the best development of this evergreen forest domain. Its ultimate composition is of western hemlock and western redcedar in dense stands, with trunks commonly 6 to 8 feet in diameter and 125 to 200 feet tall. Their crowns shut out most of the light, but enough gets through to the bottom of the forest for the growth of mosses and ferns. Shrubs grow dense and tall, in places becoming an almost impenetrable jungle. Fallen trees of all sizes soon are enveloped by the lush growth in the damp shade, and in time return to the soil through decay.
Hemlock and redcedar seedlings take root in the forest litter or on prostrate, moss-covered trunks. They are able to live in the deep shade. The most hardy of them outstrip their rivals, and when a vacancy occurs in the forest canopy they are ready to speed up their growth. Thus a forest of hemlock and redcedar is maintained. This is the climax forest in the lowlands of the northwest coast. It is the kind of forest the climate here will produce and maintain in the absence of interference.
Interference has been the rule, however, both before and since the coming of man. Therefore, the climax forest is less common than the subclimax in which Douglas-fir is the dominant tree. Forest fires have repeatedly exposed the forest floor to sunlight and thus allowed the development of Douglas-fir, which is by far the most abundant and widespread tree in northwest forests. In the regeneration of a forest after fire, logging, or other disturbance, it is Douglas-fir that is ever present.
The northwest coast is an evergreen land. This may not be apparent in summer, however, when all plants are green. Not counting the numerous mosses that are always green, there are 73 species of evergreen plants on the Olympic Peninsula. These include the cone-bearing trees, the red-barked Pacific madrone, and many shrubs and ferns. Residents and visitors are grateful for the enduring green of the forest that tempers the depressing grey of the winter sky.
An extraordinary forest has developed along the western slopes of the Coast Range where moisture is available in the greatest abundance. The most typical and beautiful expression of this coastwise forest is found in the western valleys and on the coastal plain of the Olympic Peninsula. It is the most luxuriant growth in any temperate climate and may properly be called a rain forest. This temperate-climate rain forest, however, is not like the rain forest jungles of the hot, super-humid tropics. Here, there are tall conifers instead of interlocking trunks of broad-leaved trees; there are mosses and ferns on the ground instead of an understory of vines.
The rain forest is principally distinguished by the presence of Sitka spruce. This tree grows only in a narrow belt along the coast from northern California to Alaska. The other trees of the rain-forest community have much wider distribution.
The trees of this forest are among the largest in the world. Many of them have trunks that exceed 10 feet in diameter at 4-1/2 feet above the ground and are taller than 200 feet. Four trees growing in the rain forests of the park are the largest on record. These and their respective breast-height diameters are: Western redcedar, 20 feet; Douglas-fir, 17 feet 8 inches; Sitka spruce, 16 feet 3 inches; and western hemlock, 9 feet.
A visit to the rain forest offers a surprisingly enjoyable experience, if it is made leisurely. Although it is possible to drive through some sections, this provides only a view of the trees. A forest is more than a stand of trees. It includes the animal life, the smaller plants, and even the micro-organisms, such as bacteria. All these serve the forest and, in turn, their well-being depends upon the forest. They form the forest community.
Splendid examples of rain forest may be seen in the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault Valleys, but the Hoh Valley is the most accessible. A dirt road runs 19 miles up the Hoh from U. S. No. 101, ending 7 miles inside the park boundary where an excellent Government campground has been developed. The Hoh River Trail starts just beyond the nearby ranger station. It extends 18 miles to Glacier Meadow, close to Blue Glacier on Mount Olympus. Approximately 12 miles of it is in rain forest along the valley bottom. Only a small fraction of this distance need be traveled, however, in order to see the rain forest.
Unexpectedly, one finds this forest beautifully luminous. It is filled with soft, green light. The light drops down where it can find room between the towering spruce and hemlock trees. In the lower levels of the forest it filters through the translucent leaves of the vine maple and bounces from one green surface to another. Nature, in an exuberant mood, has lavishly decorated this forest with mosses and clubmosses. Moss carpets, with patterns of Oregon oxalis and beadruby, cover the forest floor. The same material upholsters fallen trees and the trunks of those standing. Mosses ascend to the very tops of some of the tallest trees. Arched trunks of vine maple are cushioned with them. Curtains of clubmosses hang from the same archways, separating one green forest room from another.
The forest cycle from seed germination to death of giant trees and their return to soil may be seen here in the course of a short stroll. This is a cycle endlessly repeated. No part of it is disturbed by man. Trees felled either by uprooting or by breaking of the trunk are scattered everywhere and are in various degrees of decay. Rain-forest trees have shallow but widespreading roots. To obtain nourishment, there is no need for deep roots where water is available in dependable abundance. But shallow roots in saturated soil do not always anchor trees firmly enough against storm winds.
Though dead and prostrate, the fallen trees have still an important function in the forest. They are soon accepted into the forest-floor community and become covered with lichens and mosses. Various fungi and bacteria attack them from within. They become nurseries for spruce and hemlock, whose seedlings prefer rotting wood. The most vigorous seedlings outgrow all others and send their roots down the flanks of the rotting log and into the ground. Such old nurse logs, if big enough, will last until the trees they foster grow to large size. Colonnades of huge trees may thus be seen straddling old moldering logs. Seeds may even take root upon a broken stump 12 feet or more above the ground. The roots reach the soil after creeping down the full length of the stump. The result, when the stump rots and crumbles away, is a tree standing on stilts. The forest is thus regenerated. New life compensates death. There is neither increase nor decrease in total amount. What is dead eventually returns to soil and feeds the living. This is brought about through the work of saprophytesplants without chlorophyll, the substance which gives plants their green color. They must obtain their food already made and are content to take it dead. Many of these are mushrooms and other fungi with colorful and beautifully shaped fruiting bodies. No better description of their function in the forest can be found than that written by Donald Culross Peattie.
A visit to Olympic is not complete without at least one trip into the high country. Aside from the numerous trails that lead up into the mountains, there are two high-country areas that may be reached by car. These are Deer Park and Hurricane Ridge. Whether the trip is made on trail or on road, an understanding of the changing pattern of plant life will make it more enjoyable.
The climate at the top of a mountain is unlike that at the base; accordingly, the plants are different. Plant scientists have found that these vegetation differences on a mountain are similar to the changes seen between the equator and the poles. Generally speaking, each 100-foot rise in elevation is equivalent to about a 20-mile distance north. Although the change may be gradual, there are distinguishable belts of vegetation on a mountain. These belts are called life zones and have names that indicate that they correspond to zones between the equator and the poles.
Altogether there are four life zones in the Olympic Mountains:
(1) Transition, (2) Canadian, (3) Hudsonian, and (4) Arctic-Alpine. The vegetation of the last three is similar to that of regions to the north at lower elevations, as indicated by their names.
The Transition Life Zone in the Olympics is the lowest. It is intermediate between southern and northern vegetation. The lowland forests, including the rain forest already described, are in the Transition Life Zone.
The next two zones also are forest, but somewhat different. The highest, or fourth, zone is treeless. The boundaries between the forest zones here are not sharp. It is difficult to know exactly where one forest zone ends and the next one begins. This merging of forest zones in the Olympic Mountains may be due to the equable temperature extending well up the mountain slopes.
The Canadian Life Zone should be apparent when an elevation of 2,000 feet is reached. The forest of the Canadian Life Zone is somber compared with that of the Transition Life Zone. Although it has many kinds of small shrubs and herbaceous plants, it lacks the striking greenness of the Transition forest. Western white pine and Pacific silver fir have entered it. Western redcedar is absent, while Douglas-fir and western hemlock remain. There are numerous saprophytes on the forest floormost of them flowering plants, such as pinedrops, Indian-pipe, and coralroot.
The Hudsonian Life Zone is next, and is the highest one having forest vegetation. Around 3,500 feet elevation there is a mingling of Canadian and Hudsonian trees. Some trees of the Canadian Life Zone are still found, but some new kinds have entered into the forest composition. The characteristic Hudsonian Life Zone trees are mountain hemlock, Pacific silver fir, alpine fir, and Alaska yellow-cedar. The last-named has typical cedar foliage. Its branches and twigs droop as if they were wilted. The trees in this zone are much smaller than those at lower altitudes and become still smaller with every upward step. At the uppermost fringe of tree growth the winds hold them close to the ground as deformed growths. This is known as the Krummholz, a German word meaning "crooked wood." The name is applied to stunted forest commonly found in alpine regions. Timberline in the Olympic Mountains is generally at about 5,000 feet, which coincides with the height of many of the ridgetops. The beginning of the Hudsonian Life Zone is the beginning of the "high country." The sky is bluer and in summer an alpine fragrance from above adds zest to the air. The forested slopes give way, in depressions, to meadows that are brilliant with wildflowers in summer. Basins carved by snow and ice hold numerous mountain lakes, with streams flowing into and out of them.
The Hudsonian meadows, in depressions above 3,500 feet, are knee-deep in grass in July and August, and flowers form a medley of color. Aster, pedicularis, arnica, shootingstar, cinquefoil, and false-hellebore are among the conspicuous flowers there.
Stream margins and places where the ground is marshy are preferred by such plants as marshmarigold and globeflower.
Higher in the Hudsonian Life Zone there are prairielike meadows where flowers bloom in profusion. Extending 60 miles across the north and east sides of the park there are thousands of acres of this meadow land on the ridges. Hurricane Ridge is in the midst of this and presents some of the finest flower displays. Some slopes in early summer are white with avalanche fawnlilies, one of the most abundant and wide spread of the mountain flowers. Near timberline they grow among the trees, as well as in the open. Other meadows are yellow with pure stands of lambstongue fawnlily, one of the earliest of spring flowers. Impatient with winter, it pushes through the thinning snowbanks. Where soil is deep, subalpine lupine blooms profusely. Among the most common and conspicuous in rich meadows are larkspur, buttercup, cinquefoil, paintedcup, arnica, Columbia lily, and American bistort.
Several mountain plants in the northeast part of the park, where rainfall is lighter, also grow in the hot, arid section of eastern Washington and in Oregon. Some of these are nodding onion, woolly eriophyllum, and barestem lomatium. It is possible that the broad ridgetop meadows in the northeastern part of the park are remnants of a lower plain where these plants grew before the Olympic Mountains had risen to their present height. As the mountains were pushed up, these plants continued to grow and reproduce despite the changing conditions. This may be the reason why some typical lowland plants mingle with mountain plants on the northeastern meadows of the Olympic Mountains.
On hillsides where the rock has weathered only into chips, or where little soil has formed, carpets of spreading phlox and rosettes of Lyall lupine are most conspicuous in early summer. Some plants grow on talus slides, on rocks broken and tumbled from peaks above, and on rocks laid bare by retreating glacial ice. Lichens and mosses, pioneers among plants, etch the rock with weak acids and thus start the slow conversion of rock into soil. Some flowering plants are pioneers, too. Common ones growing in crevices and soil pockets among the rocks in the Hudsonian Life Zone are smooth douglasia, alumroot, and bluebell. Eventually, a flowered meadow or forested slope develops where first there was only bare rock.
The Arctic-Alpine Life Zone is the region above timberline. It corresponds to the arctic meadows of northern Canada. In the Olympics its lower limit is about 5,000 feet and its upper limit is the tops of the peaks.
It is a harsh environment. Its shallow soil and rocks, its wind and prolonged snow and cold exclude all but the hardiest perennials. Annuals cannot live there. One growing season is too short for a plant to start from seed, complete its vegetative growth, flower, and ripen its seeds. Many of the plants are surface plants, such as mosses and lichens which do not produce flowers. But even the flowering plants hug the ground closely for as much shelter as possible from the drying wind. No plants dare stand up tall. Their overwintering buds are at or below the ground surface. It is a struggle for moisture and against time. Only low perennials, having small, tough leaves covered with hairs or wax, are able to survive. These properties help protect the plants against loss of water.
There are 20 kinds of mountain plants in the Olympics that are not known to grow anywhere else. It appears that these plants grew in the Olympic Mountains before the ice came and were able to survive on ridgetops which remained free of glacial ice during the long cold periods. They are relicts from preglacier time. None of them is a tree and only two are shrubs. All the rest are herbs. Several of these may be found on Hurricane Ridge and on the upper slopes of Mount Angeles. Piper bellflower and Flett violet are among the most interesting and attractive.
Snow is vital to the mountain flowers. It provides most of the moisture for their growth and governs the length of the growing season. Spring flowers appear earliest where the snow melts first. Where snow piles up deeply, it may not melt completely till mid-summer or may melt too late for plants to start and complete a season s growth. On northern slopes the snow may remain all summer, and there can be no growing season.
The high country has many floral patterns, which change as the seasons progress. The flower displays are usually best around the middle of July. Flowers of spring, summer, and fall are blooming, then, according to the progress of the seasons in different elevations and habitats.


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There is no known cure for Alzheimer's, but there are treatments that can prevent some symptoms from getting worse for a limited time. Ongoing research offers clues to the way Alzheimer's develops and the reasons it starts. It also offers hope that some day it may be possible to delay the onset of Alzheimer's, slow its progress, or even prevent it altogether.
Alzheimer's disease develops slowly, starting with mild memory problems and ending in death. The course the disease takes and how fast changes occur vary from person to person. The time from diagnosis to end of life varies. It can be as little as 3 years if the person is over 80 when diagnosed. Or it may be as long as 10 years or more if the person is younger.
A person with Alzheimer's should be under a doctor's care and may see a neurologist, psychiatrist, family doctor, internist, or geriatrician -- a specialist who treats older adults. The doctor can treat the person's physical and behavioral problems and answer the many questions that the person or the family may have.
No treatment can stop Alzheimer's disease. However, for some people in the early and middle stages of the disease, the drugs Aricept®, Exelon® or Razadyne® -- previously known as Reminyl® -- may help prevent some symptoms from becoming worse for a limited time. Aricept® is also approved for severe symptoms of Alzheimer's. Another drug, Namenda®, is approved for use in moderate to severe forms of the disease, although it is also limited in its effects.
Also, some medicines may help control behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer's disease such as sleeplessness, agitation, wandering, anxiety, and depression. Treating these symptoms often makes patients more comfortable and makes their care easier for caregivers.
Family members and friends can assist people in the early stages of Alzheimer's in continuing their daily routines, physical activities, and social contacts. People with Alzheimer's should be kept up-to-date about the details of their lives, such as the time of day, where they live, and what is happening at home or in the world.
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