By Andrea Wondering if you’ll ever find love with a body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB)? I wanted to write about this topic because I see so many posts giving advice for significant others dating someone with a BFRB. But what...
Feeling good about yourself is something that most everyone strives for, and when you have trichotillomania, that can often be a challenge because of bald spots, thinning, and hair loss. Getting a new haircut or being able to achieve...
By Angela Hartlin Along with the rest of the world, Canadians have been experiencing the devastations caused by the COVID-19 crisis. With access to effective treatments for trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling), excoriation disorder (skin picking disorder), and other body-focused...
by Kimi Vesel I have different hair in each photo on my Hinge profile, so no one can tell for sure what I look like. Call it catfishing, I call it tactical. I’m platinum blonde when I first meet...
We’re closing in on the new year. Tonight, in the last moments of 2020, the countdown will begin. Five. Counting down. Four. Maybe it’s a chant with your circle of people. Maybe it’s a thought in your head. Three....
In the past, we’ve shared advice on how to navigate the holiday season for going to family gatherings with people who might not necessarily understand having a body-focused repetitive behaviour. Many of us have been in the position where...
Having a body-focused repetitive behaviour (BFRB) can be frustrating, making it tough to be kind to yourself and easy to fall into the cycle of being hard on yourself instead. There’s this idea that we should have the power...
by Kim Harrison Telling your hairstylist or beauty professional you have trichotillomania or a similar condition can be a big step. I struggled with this for a long time and would avoid appointments or not enjoy them because of...
by Kim Harrison “There’s a lot of damage to your hair here at the back… What’s going on? Did you get layers put in?” I could feel my palms turning clammy. All I could manage to reply was, “Yeah,...
Those who celebrate Christmas often have a wish list of gifts they would like to receive. Sure, it might seem like something a child will do to prep for Santa, but many teens and adults also have a list...
It’s been a week of sharing and coming together. Sharing information, sharing our secrets, sharing ourselves with our loved ones, our community, and, to some extent, the world. We came together as a community on our social media as...
Last Saturday, I was able to moderate a local Comic-Con Q+A panel. Years ago, it wouldn’t have been possible without a lot of shaking and shivering through the whole ordeal despite having prepared notes beforehand. But that weekend, I...
I am 24, and I’ve been pulling my hair for at least 16 years. When I was younger, I would twirl my hair into knots and then pull the ball of knotted hair out. In middle school, I didn’t...
Heading off to college or university can be scary enough, especially if you’re going away from home. All of a sudden you go from a classroom setting in which you had to raise your hand to go to the...
Many of us want to share our body-focused repetitive behaviour stories on large platforms such as news sites and take the plunge, only to be subject to the stories being exploited as sensationalistic clickbait. We’ve seen the heartbreak of...