When a young child struggles with hair-pulling or skin-picking, it’s tempting to focus on stopping the behavior. But what if ...

If it weren’t for the highly visible sign of Aneela Idnani’s mental-health condition, she would’ve likely kept it a lifelong secret, even from loved ones. But when she ran into her husband in the ...

Hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting—living with a body-focused repetitive disorder (BFRB) is no easy business. So what exactly is a BFRB? In the DSM-5, BFRBs fall under the realm of other ...

NY, UNITED STATES, September 25, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- BFRB Awareness Week is a time to honor resilience, raise our voices, and shine a light on conditions too ...

Susan (Suzy) Eppling is the clinical director of CBIT Therapy and Online OTs LLC. Telehealth is available in MA, NY, NH, VT, ME, RI, and CT. Suppoortive treatment is provided for repetitive and ...

Biting your lip from time to time isn’t a problem. However, in some cases, people are unable to control the habit, and it becomes what’s known as a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB). While not ...

It starts with a tingling just under the skin at the root of a single hair. Then it becomes an insistent urge — that hair must be plucked. That's how 23-year-old Syd describes the feeling of ...

A University of Oxford professor has described living with an uncontrollable urge to pull out her hair. Prof Clare Mackay has lived with trichotillomania for 40 years. The 52-year-old said she had ...

Mucus fishing syndrome is condition in which you repeatedly “fish” or pull strands of mucus from your eye. A number of eye problems can cause mucus to form. When the sticky substance starts to ...