Is it normal to be addicted to picking socks

Apparently since i was about 2 years old ive had an obsession with ripping the elastic out my socks, i think it was because they were too tight round my ankles. I then discovered if i roll and tie this elastic into a ball i could try and unpick it back to normal elastic.
However i then started to unpick the seams and pick the elastic out of that but only to where the seam started but then relised i had this floppy frilly bit of sock at the top so started to unwind the cotton round my ankle.
Sometimes it would get stuck and cut off and ill be left with like a little collection of hard cotton hoping the next thread of cotton will go though it and got cut off and add to it.
Ive googled this for years and not found anyone that does it or can help me, is it pain on the ass as i have to keep buying socks which aint cheap, feel guilty at christmas when other people buy me expensive socks knowing im gonna destroy them within weeks even though they tell me not too and although i try my best to tidy up my mess im sick off hoovering up little bits of cotton, can anyone help me pleaseeeeeee

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  • TheFonz777pichu

    Omg this is my ever since third grade. I'm obsessed with doing that, even until the point that they ripped. My mother used to tell her friends not to buy the brand of socks she bought me when I was younger. When she found out, she went nuts, and I keep doing it ever since...

    #relatable??

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  • Sockpicker

    I'm not sure if you'll see this, but I also have this habit and I've never met anyone else who does it.

    I have also done it for a very long time (not sure how it originated).

    Can you contact me at sockpicker at gmail?

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  • mlbryan44

    Are you a socktucker or a cocksucker?

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  • DarthLupine666

    I used to do this when I was a child; was diagnosed with OCD, which is now under control (with doctor's help) so I don't do this anymore. I'd recommend seeing a psychiatrist, they can really help. I wish you luck.

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  • pufferton

    That's weird. I'm sure you can stop easily... It's not like a drug you are physically addicted to. If this is real... Just... Don't wear socks until you're over it? If there are no socks around then you can't do it. Unless you live in a cold place... In that case I have no idea what to tell ya.

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    • Fingerninja

      I have to wear socks cus of work else my boots will rub, ive even wore ankle socks in summer and still pick them to death. Ive tried to stop and i do stop for few days but always end up picking

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  • WorldNavy

    maybe sometime you'll end up eating socks

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    • Fingerninja

      Nah what u think i am??...weird lol

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  • baryaqueen

    it's a weird habit

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    • Fingerninja

      That no one else in world has got so gonna class as unique lol

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