Kyle Stephens, a survivor of sexual abuse by ex-MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, shares how her childhood trauma has impacted her as an adult and how she suffered from low-self esteem, eating disorders and compulsive skin picking.
Source: statenews.com/article/2018/02/kyle-stephens-details-road-to-recovery
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“I used to tell myself, ‘By the time I graduate college, I’ll stop.'”
Source: greatist.com/live/trichotillomania-pulling-out-eyelashes
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The bloodied sheets and sores tell the story. For two years Logan Wilson hasn’t gone an hour without itching.
Meg, 20, Exeter, has suffered with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder since she was five and her rituals are so time-consuming she spends two hours getting ready in a morning.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4812548/OCD-sufferer-explains-battle-illness.html
Yes, it hurts. Yes, it’s ugly. No, we can’t help it.
Source: hellogiggles.com/lifestyle/health-fitness/chronic-skin-picking/
Simply put: If we shaved off all my daughter’s hair, there’d be no hair for her to pull.
Source: www.refinery29.com/trichotillomania-experience-shaving-daughters-head
For those of you who don’t know what compulsive skin picking – which is also known as Dermatillomania – is, it’s where a person repetitively picks at their skin to the extent where visible damaged is caused.
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/27/what-its-like-to-live-with-compulsive-skin-picking-disorder-6807721/?ito=cbshare
CountryLiving has this article about Meghan Markle and how she is seen touching her hair often. I always wonder if it’s a good idea to speak about celebrities or public figures this way or discussing their behaviors in public. There’s just too much speculation and a feeling of “gossip” about this story. Is she nervous? Is she self soothing?
But I was wondering what other people think. Perhaps it’s good to see public figures that are “just like us”.
Source: www.countryliving.com/life/a46000/meghan-markle-touching-hair-body-language/?utm_medium=google
I thought it was just a “gross habit” but it was more serious than that.
Source: www.allure.com/story/skin-picking-disorder-dermatillomania-treatment-story
