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Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome Trichotillomania, Dermatillomania, Nail Biting

Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome T...

Feeling ashamed of hair pulling, skin picking or nail biting? You are not alone. I've felt it too & it’s why I hid for more than 25 years. In this...

Shattering Shame: A Mindset Reset to Overcome T...

Feeling ashamed of hair pulling, skin picking or nail biting? You are not alone. I've felt it too & it’s why I hid for more than 25 years. In this...

"Believing You Can" Can Help You Take Control of Hair Pulling, Skin Picking and Nail Biting Disorder

"Believing You Can" Can Help You Take Control o...

In this blog post, we share how changing our mindset and self-belief system is a big part of gaining control over Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors like hair pulling (trichotillomania), skin...

"Believing You Can" Can Help You Take Control o...

In this blog post, we share how changing our mindset and self-belief system is a big part of gaining control over Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors like hair pulling (trichotillomania), skin...

Becoming proactive and empowered: How new insights from behavior change research can inform management of BFRBs

Becoming proactive and empowered: How new insig...

In this guest post Dr. Richard Lopez, Cognitive Neuroscience, PhD, looks at how how behavior change research can inform the management of body focused repetitive behaviors. The article also highlights how HabitAware...

Becoming proactive and empowered: How new insig...

In this guest post Dr. Richard Lopez, Cognitive Neuroscience, PhD, looks at how how behavior change research can inform the management of body focused repetitive behaviors. The article also highlights how HabitAware...

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFRBs Explained Including Onychophagia and Cuticle Picking

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFR...

By: Ellen Crupi, HabitAware Director of Awareness  Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and Dermatillomania (skin picking disorder) are not the only BFRBs.  Did you know that nail biting, lip picking, finger...

Nail Biting, Lip Picking, and Skin Picking: BFR...

By: Ellen Crupi, HabitAware Director of Awareness  Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder) and Dermatillomania (skin picking disorder) are not the only BFRBs.  Did you know that nail biting, lip picking, finger...

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

When I was a kid, stepping on extra crunchy leaves, sticking my bare hands in snow, playing with bubbles from a bubble bath, were all little things that I’d look...

Satisfying A Craving for Texture

When I was a kid, stepping on extra crunchy leaves, sticking my bare hands in snow, playing with bubbles from a bubble bath, were all little things that I’d look...

Community Spotlight: Barbara Lally & The Trichster Diaries

Community Spotlight: Barbara Lally & The Trichs...

Barbara Lally is an author and advocate for Body Focused Repetitive Behavior awareness and works to break down the stigma, as well as shame, around trichotillomania. She is a proud...

Community Spotlight: Barbara Lally & The Trichs...

Barbara Lally is an author and advocate for Body Focused Repetitive Behavior awareness and works to break down the stigma, as well as shame, around trichotillomania. She is a proud...

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