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“There’s something destructive that I do to myself every day. It’s so ingrained in me that, most of the time, I don’t even realize I’m doing it. It doesn’t matter where I am or what’s going on. I suddenly feel my fingers picking at the skin on my face.”
Source: www.bustle.com/articles/201261-why-i-cant-stop-picking-my-skin
Psychodermatology is “therapy for your skin” and looks into the “different ways of dealing with the connection between the mind and the skin,” according to The Cut.
Source: preen.inquirer.net/55308/are-your-emotions-the-key-to-your-skin-problems
The Daily Mail is a news provider that always seems to go for the sensational headlines and shocking stories. I provide this here not as an example of a good article, but as an example of what you should NOT do when writing about BFRBs.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4840316/Mom-skin-picking-condition-wants-COMA.html
A precision medicine approach could find an effective treatment for trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) and dermatillomania (skin-pulling disorder).
Source: www.statnews.com/2017/08/28/trichotillomania-compulsive-hair-pulling-skin-picking/
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Repetitive behaviors that can’t be controlled can cause significant damage.
I hesitate before posting this but it has a lot of interesting data. What do you all think?
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4926508/How-unique-weird-habit.html
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The new version of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders adds nail biters and other pathological groomers with people who have obsessive compulsive disorder. But some psychiatrists see nail biting as a much more benign habit.
“I take solace knowing that I’m not alone.”
Source: www.self.com/story/9-tips-for-managing-a-body-focused-repetitive-behavior-from-people-who-have-them
Pulling hair, biting nails, picking skin – these behaviours are common, if frustrating, behaviours. But what do they mean for the people who suffer from them?
Source: www.rtnnewspaper.com/2017/10/people-who-bite-their-nails-could-be-perfectionists/
While the article uses the word “habit” often, it’s obvious that people may have a disorder rather than a “bad habit”.
Source: www.ibtimes.com/why-nail-biting-common-onychophagia-caused-extreme-excitement-or-boredom-2595517
