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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
This guest piece comes from Danielle Roberts. Danielle is a Canadian freelance writer who graduated from the University of Calgary in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She is an avid runner, reader and mental health advocate...
Project Dermatillomania & Doesn’t It Hurt?: Confessions of Compulsive Hair Pullers are two books that you just HAVE to read! Why? Each copy sold = a donation to both CBSN and the Trichotillomania Learning Centre! How great is that?!...
Four of us from CBSN were able to make it to the 2nd Annual Frederick W. Thompson Centre Anxiety and Related Disorders Centre conference at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Monday, March 10. As it was a full day...
On March 4th, the Peer Support group based out of Toronto had the opportunity to have a guest: Dr. Mark Sinyor of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. We had posted to our Facebook page asking if anyone had any questions for...
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...