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: 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...
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...
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...
I Shaved My Head To Stop Pulling My Hair Out: A Trichy Tale
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...
“Trichy” Parenting: Tips for Parents of Trichsters
I wanted to write this blog because I know that while those with trichotillomania have many questions about treating their disorder, I know that parents do, too. In fact, they may have even more because all they want to...
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders: Changing Concepts, Changing Science
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...
Managing life with BFRB’s – Part 1 of 2
*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...
Join Us for a Special Event on October 15: OCD & Related Disorders at Sunnybrook
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...
It’s official — October 7 is Canadian BFRB Awareness Day!
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 Importance of Support
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...
Reflecting On a Tuesday Night
Laura Barton’s experience of attending her first peer support meeting in Toronto. ——— I hate traffic. The vehicular congestion, the people who don’t seem to know how to drive, that one guy that just has to get ahead of...
Update to Sarah’s Adventure in Stroudsburg
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...
Trichotillomania from a Male Perspective
Guys Have Trich Too! Guest Blog Entry by Sebastian Siwiec “When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes...
Mrs. North Carolina 2013, Josie Sanctis
Last week I (Sarah, CBSN Founder) had the pleasure of asking Mrs. North Carolina 2013, Josie Sanctis, a couple of questions related to Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder, TTM, Trich) which she has had since the age of 9. The...