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Trichophagia is a BFRB that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough.

It’s when someone eats hair after pulling it, and it can happen alongside trichotillomania. For some people, it can feel automatic or happen during a BFRB trance, making it incredibly difficult to even realize it’s happening in the moment.

This isn’t about being weird, gross, or having a lack of self-control. It’s a body-focused repetitive behavior, and people living with it deserve understanding, not shame.

During BFRB Awareness Week, let’s talk about the behaviors that are often kept hidden. Awareness is the first step toward understanding and support.

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Onychophagia, or chronic nail biting, is a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) that many people experience, but far too often it’s dismissed as “just a bad habit.”

For some, nail biting happens without even realizing it. It can show up during stress, boredom, concentration, or when you’re completely zoned out. And being told to “just stop” doesn’t make the urge disappear.

During BFRB Awareness Week, we’re talking about nail biting because understanding matters. BFRBs are not something to be ashamed of, and you are not alone.

Awareness is the first step. 💚💙

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At HabitAware, we do it all for you, BFRB community! 💚💙

In honor of BFRB Awareness Week, here are just some of the resources we provide. You can also find private coaching sessions, a blog full of resources, and information about the BFRB research we’ve conducted on our website!

It’s BFRB Awareness Week!

Dermatillomania, or Excoration disorder, is a body-focused repetitive behavior characterized by repeated picking of the skin. This means that dermatillomania can appear as any of these behaviors:
💙 face picking
💚 lip picking
💙 picking the arms or legs
💚 picking fingers or hang nails
Or any other picking behavior.

For those suffering - you are not alone! And there are resources.

It’s BFRB Awareness Week, October 1–7, and we want to talk about trichotillomania.

Trichotillomania is more than “just pulling your hair.” It can happen without you even realizing it. It can happen when you’re stressed, bored, focused, tired, or completely lost in the moment. And for so many people, the shame that comes with it can be just as difficult as the pulling itself.

Awareness matters because you can’t understand what you’ve never heard of. So this week, let’s talk about BFRBs openly, without judgment or shame, and remind anyone living with trichotillomania that they are NOT weird, broken, or alone.

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Celebrate BFRB Awareness Week with us! 💚💙

Share and spread the work, and look out for BFRB community creators this week to support their initiatives, too!

October is here, and so is another month of community, connection, and BFRB support! 💙💚 HAPPY BFRB AWARENESS WEEK!

Whether you’re living with hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, or another BFRB, you don’t have to navigate it alone. Our October calendar is packed with ways to connect, learn, and feel a little less alone.

🫂 HabitAware Collective Meetings

💪 October’s 30-day RISE challenge in the HabitAware Collective

💻 Free BFRB Support Groups

👦👧 Kid Hangouts

👧👦 Teen Hangouts

AND Aneela & Hilary are going across the pond to the BFRB Con in Oxford, UK! We are so excited for them! 🦚

Save this calendar, share it with someone who needs it, and join us this month. There’s a place for you here. 💚💙

Comment “Rise up” or visit habitaware.com/risechallenge to join.

We are bettering lives over here, people!!! Are you in?

First two weeks are free. Join, participate, and then decide… is the challenge for you?

With the results from our prev challenges, we think so!

Let’s make BFRB Awareness Week more than awareness 💙💚 Let’s make it about:
Understanding
Compassion
Connection
And hope

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