Hopefully you haven’t heard anything too terrible while you were raising awareness for BFRB Awareness Week, but if you did, don’t let it discourage you. Unfortunately, there are people out there who will say negative, ignorant things, such as...
Discussion is an important part of awareness—the good, the bad, the theories, the speculation, the triggering, the non-triggering, and whatever may fall in between. For BFRB Awareness Week, we want to start those kinds of discussion to break the...
We live in the age of the internet, where we can type literally anything into a Google search and find information and answers on anything we want to know. And yet, a lot of people still don’t seem to...
The Meet the Leaders Series is an opportunity to learn some information about your peer support leaders before you attend a meeting. ——– Kelsie Hanna, Trichotillomania My vision for the group is to bring people together so they know...
A guest post by peer support group leader Julie Mason. ——– On January 17th, 2014, my hair and my head were in rough shape. I would say that about half of my hair was gone. After ten years of...
Growing up, all I wanted was beautiful, thick, long hair, like all the girls on TV and in the magazines. I wanted long hair because it was beautiful and feminine. Because girls just have long hair and it was...
CBSN is very proud to present our first Awareness Video. A big THANK YOU to Sky Wylie, a member of one of our Peer Support Groups, who put together this amazing video. We hope you enjoy, and be sure...
Every year since 2010, Bell Canada has run their Bell Let’s Talk campaign. Being a phone company, we might be inclined to think that it would be some cell phone promotion, but instead it is actually a mental...
More or less once Hallowe’en is done here in Canada, the Christmas/holiday decorations start going up. They’ve already been available in stores since Thanksgiving, but after October 31st is when it really starts getting laid on us thick. Commercials...
*Note- this has not been tried by CBSN personally, just a members take on the idea Weighted Blankets Provide Comfort for Hair Pullers and Skin Pickers The world can be an overwhelming place and we all need a hug...
One of our support group members Rebecca posted a small piece about tattoos and dermatillomania (skin picking) on our Tumblr, and it went viral! So she decided to elaborate on the topic of body modification & BFRBs. Read the...
Join the CBSN Toronto Peer Support Group on Tuesday October 15, 2013 from 6:30-8:30PM. The Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will be hosting this free public event in recognition of OCD Awareness Week (October 14-20). The Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre...
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...
Chibi Jeebs shares her story, telling us why she picks her skin when it causes her so much distress ___ I pick at my skin. The slightest bump, lump, or imperfection is subject to my finger nails; I work...
In honour of BFRB Awareness Week and Day 2’s Topic: Trichotillomania, Kay touches on the importance of support and its impact on healing. The importance of support I have spent many years struggling with my trich. I was 13...