Body-focused
repetitive behaviors (BFRB) are intense urges like biting, picking, and pulling
that can cause damages. If you check on the internet and around you 1 in 20
people have BFRB, but they can be dismissed as bad habits.
While BFRB shares some symptoms with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) they
are not the same.
Trichotillomania,
also known as trich, is when someone cannot resist the urge to pull out their
hair. In this case, a person may pull out the hair on their head or in other
places, such as their eyebrows or eyelashes. Trich is common in teenagers and
young adults.
Type
of therapy that helps in Hair pulling
treatment are,
Habit
reversal training is the primary treatment for trichotillomania and we
help in recognizing situations and replacing hair pulling substitute other
behaviors instead. Cognitive therapy can help you to identify and examine
distorted beliefs you may have in relation to hair pulling. This therapy will
help you to learn and accept your hair-pulling urges without acting on them.
Hair pulling is most common in teenagers and young adults and is observed more
often in women than in men and it can be mild and manageable or serve and
ongoing.
Skin
picking disorder is also referred to as chronic skin-picking or dermatillomania
and it is a mental illness related to obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is
characterized by repeated picking at one’s own skin which results in skin
lesions and causes significant disruption in one’s life.
As
research suggested the most effective treatment
for skin picking is cognitive behavioral therapy, including the
specific types of CBT called habit reversal training which is very helpful in
treating BFRB. You can even try by yourself to help them to motivate them to
change their behavior and avoid the use of shame, sarcasm, anger, or guilt to
try to get them to change their thinking and don’t blame them for having
problems.
Nail-biting is a habit you will in adults as well kids
who have a habit of biting their nails, the common use of the mouth for an
activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. To stop nail biting such as,
·
Keep your nails trimmed
·
Apply bitter-tasting nail polish to your
nails
·
Get regular manicures
· Replace the nail-biting habit with a good
habit
Get
in touch with BFRB online Program they will provide you with 21 engaging
videos, worksheets to help you to overcome. Website https://www.bfrbonline.com/
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