Awareness Week 2014: Maddie
Hi! My name is Maddie Lapp. I am 17 years old from St. Louis, Missouri. I have been to one TLC Conference. I am also a part of the TLC Millennial Task Force. My journey with these baffling disorders...
Awareness Week 2014: Eileen
My Trich Story (possible trigger warning, discusses trich behaviors in detail) I knew what trichotillomania was long before I had it because I’ve always loved learning long words and discovering rare phobias and manias. I didn’t know that trichotillomania...
Awareness Week 2014: Eddie
I’d give anything to be able to pull my hair out right now. I know that’s not something people with Trich say, but my head is currently buzzed, I’ve had a long week of school, and I have no...
Awareness Week 2014: Andrea
As I’ve grown up I have always had a problem with stress. I label it “subconscious stress” because while things may seem fine and manageable on the outside, my hair, nails and skin would tell a different story. In...
Awareness Week 2014: Meli
I’m Coming Out Dermatillomania and dermatophagia sounds like bad words, and those closest to me know I rarely curse. Many people pick at their skin. It is not out of the ordinary to remove a hang nail, bite nails,...
Awareness Week 2014: Kristy
I was around 8 years old when I noticed an eyelash in my eye and got very upset and paranoid about getting others. I started pulling out the ones that would appear to stand out from the rest in...
Awareness Week 2014: Meli and Ashley
The following poems were written for Awareness Week 2014 by two young women named Meli and Ashley. ——– Tongue in Cheek by Meli I keep biting my cheeks to get rid of imperfections as if I didn’t trust...
BFRB Educational Seminar – Toronto
Join CBSN on October 25th in Toronto for a BFRB Educational Seminar for professionals and the general public! Some highlights include: Q&A with Dr. Mark Sinyor & Dr. Peggy Richter, community members sharing their BFRB story, treatment and support...
The BFRB Conversation
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...
CBSN reaches The Yukon! “No need to be ashamed”
Our Yukon Peer Support Leader, Colleen, shared her story about living with trichotillomania, and it was featured in the Yukon News this past week! Read the article here. Congratulations and a big thank you to Colleen for her bravery...
Meet the Leaders: Brenda Cameron, BFRB Calgary
The Meet the Leaders Series is an opportunity to learn some information about your peer support leaders before you attend a meeting. ——– Hello and welcome to the Calgary CBSN Support Group! I am very excited to hold our first...
BFRB Back-to-School Tips: Kindergarten to Grade 12
Back to school can be difficult for many reasons, and for those of us with BFRBs it can be even worse. Maybe over the summer, our pulling or picking got significantly worse. Maybe we are worried about how we ...
Dermatillomania vs. Self-Harm
I can understand why people would think dermatillomania is self-harm. Back when I was first trying to figure out this skin picking thing, I though it must be self-harm, too, but now I understand it differently. I used to...
Real World Awareness
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...
Meet the Leaders: Kelsie Hanna, BFRB Edmonton
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...