Over the past several months, we’ve had to make a number of adjustments in the wake of the global pandemic that has put cities in lockdown and encouraged social distancing in very nearly all aspects of life. This has...
In the past, I’ve written about back-to-school tips I would recommend, but this time around, I thought I’d ask the body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB) community for their take on how to prepare for back-to-school. BFRBs are hard enough to...
I hope this blog, the first after a long period of silence, doesn’t come across too awfully, but there’s something that bugs me about the community. It’s a bit of a rant, I guess you could say. “Am I...
A special thanks to the pullers and pickers in the online community that commented and added to the dialogue on this topic. I have quoted some of you and paraphrased others, but have left all of your comments anonymous....
Ending BFRB Awareness Week with a bang! As October 1-7’s BFRB Awareness Week comes to its close, CBSN is pleased to announce that October 7 marks a step forward in Canadian BFRB Awareness October 7, 2013 has been proclaimed...
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has posted this video,which briefly discusses suicide and it’s statistics. Today, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day, and we believe it’s important to take a look at videos like theseand spread...
My Before and After Many of you were aware that I (Sarah) was having a hair process done in late April of this year to help with my Trichotillomania. *To read the first post please click here. I was driving...
“I thought I was the only one!” “I didn’t know it was an actual disorder!” I see these kinds of messages all the time, whether it’s posted in a Facebook group, or even on Tumblr, these messages are a...
Last week was Bell Let’s Talk Day, and an awesome 4.8 million was raised for mental health initiatives across Canada! Congrats to any of you who participated. This is a great initiative and I love how people in the...