Your Body Focused Repetitive Behavior seems more than a habit. It has become a problem for you. So far you have been successful at concealing the bald spots from pulling your hair or the sores from compulsive skin picking, but it is getting more and more difficult to hide. You have resolved to stop so many times and failed. How do you start to stop a BFRB once and for all?

First step– get a journal and record exactly what you do when you pull your hair or pick your skin and when you do it. Everything about your BFRB matters as you write. Your shame- based habit/behavioral addiction will attempt to convince you that this escapist behavior or that negative thought doesn’t have anything to do with your BFRB.

Trichotillomania or Dermatillia will tell you not to be so silly as to be bothered by “that thought” whatever “that thought” might be. It might be a negative thought that leads to “fortune telling.” Fortune Telling is one of many cognitive distortions that can lead to hours of anxiety and escapist hair pulling or skin picking. Resolve to tell that voice to keep still and continue writing understanding that everything that matters to YOU matters. It is important For you to start thinking that you matter.

Once you decide to change, understand that Dr. Mary Travis will be happy to help you. Change means reaching out and our ZOOM! Coaching is a perfect forum for change. Break through the isolation and you are on your way!