#Onychotillomania

[summerof336bc]

btw if you have dermatillomania or trichotillomania or onychophagia or rhinotillexomania or any other bfrb i love you & i hope you're having a great day & that you get a good night's sleep tonight

[itsahauntedhouse]

thinking about a time when i was worried about being judged for my scabbed cuticles and my mum told me it wasn't dirty or gross.

so for everyone with a bfrb. you are not dirty. you are not gross. you are not ugly because of your bfrb.

[nagichi-boop]

I wanted to post this because seeing Wander plucking his fur was oddly comforting as someone who suffers from bfrbs. And I deeply appreciate that Sylvia doesn’t judge Wander in this scene but instead tries to understand his anxiety and work to relieve his stress.

[zurko48]

My favorite thing about doctors is how you can be like I have this problem because it’s something I can’t help doing i literally cannot stop doing it without excessive help. and they STILL go “you know it’d be better if you just didn’t do that :/// you should just stop doing it” like?? Did you not just HEAR ME??

[askmafiabobvelseb]

Beka has onychotillomania and Dermatillomania. (And is Adhd, though high functioning)

Her nail picking is such a troubling situation despite her saying she can control it

[rose-skunk]

People with BFRBs of any kind, I have a question for you: which hand do you perform your BFRBs with and why? I'm right handed and I do almost all of my picking and pulling with my left hand. I'm not really sure why but I think it's because I still want to perform other tasks with my right hand while also picking at my skin or pulling the hairs from my chin. I'll switch to my right hand sometimes when there's nothing left for me to do with my left

Post in the tags any extra info you might want to add

[bfrb-culture-is]

onychotillomania culture is not needing to clip your nails for months or years, because the constant picking and tearing keeps them short (but they're always uneven lengths)

ugh same

[swampvoid]

*Partially open - as in I share it with small faction of trusted people (close friends, family, partner/s);

**open online - on any social media of choice, I share in BFRB support spaces, shared in private messaging with internet friends

This is no professional survey.

[fenhonig]

honestly, i dont think BFRBs are talked about enough in the mental health world. i can understand the hesitation and the nervousness to a degree, because sometimes the aftermath of it can be not too easy to look at, but its still important to address it.

ive never said this publicly before, but i have dermatillomania, rhinotillexomania, and onychotillomania. these disorders are something i have to live with in my daily life, but them not being talked about more made it take years to find out my compulsive behaviors had actual names and werent just me being weird or gross.

yeah, i pick at my skin sometimes. i mess with my scalp, my fingers, my lips, but that doesnt make me a disgusting person, especially since i have almost no control over my compulsions. sometimes i pick my nose to the point of nosebleeds because my anxiety can and will push me that far. its extremely important to remember that i dont have much control over these behaviors. many people with BFRBs have very little control over their compulsions.

its important to remember that we exist and deserve help, even if our scars or behaviors make you think that we're disgusting.

[migi-the-right-hand]

I wish they made edible nail polish

[emeliejeannie]

❗️Body-focused repetitive behaviors❗️

Hi, I just wanted to say that if you're suffering from bfrb... you are not weird, gross, or ugly. You're beautiful! Even if you may have bald spots or scabs on your skin. It doesn't matter what you look like, the only thing that matters is that you try your best not to judge/ blame yourself too much, and surround yourself with good people and positivity❤️❤️

I know how it feels, and I understand you.

Some cookies and juice for u, lovelies🍪🍪🧃

[icarian-angel]

ok so APPARENTLY the nail tearing thing is an actual mental condition and not just me being weird. that honestly makes me feel a lot better somehow

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

Dermatillomania Brain: pick pick pick ow fuck Me: Okay, I'm currently having an issue with picking my skin. My nails have grown a bit too long, so logically I should clip my nails a little bit for now and figure out a better strategy while I'm doing so. Onychophagia Brain: Bite it 'til the red skin underneath the nail is uncovered and hurts like a bitch, gotcha boss!

[therevengeoffrankenstein]

the onychotillomania struggle with ingrown nails </3

[vulturistoska]

Remembering the time when my anxiety was so bad, about 8 years ago, to the point that I'd chew my nails, through my cuticles, and up to my small joints nearest to my nails.

Like there's wasn't a day where I wasn't wearing at least 7 bandaids lol and I had to change the way I held pencils/pens bc it hurt too much to hold them the way I had before

I'm pretty sure I was exhibiting symptoms of mania (or hypomania but idk I'm not a psychologist) too... I had a friend tell me a few years later that they thought I did drugs bc of the way I acted

Pretty sure I went through that because of the constant stress I was under. I think that 8 years ago I'd barely sleep 3-4 hours a night and was being pulled left, right, and all over.

I don't think it ended too well for me bc later on, around the time I met the friend I mentioned before, I had a type of pyschotic break and became extremely paranoid and thought everyone around me was trying to ruin me

I think I'm past that now... But I'd be wrong to not worry about it potentially happening again

[zurko48]

one thing about me is I will always be ripping off hang nails