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You know what I never see on Tumblr? Encouraging or supportive posts about people with trichotillomania and/or dermotillomania. I never see those posts because you can’t romanticize it, people don’t see it as beautiful and therefore don’t want to talk about it. It’s really fucking hard having a disorder that is so painfully obvious to anyone who looks and so hard to understand, so shout out to my buds with trich and/or derm, you are still beautiful and worthy of love

anobodythatsall

hey friendly question: what ARE those? never heard of ‘em before and kinda curious

raezberry

Trichotillomania = compulsive hair pulling

Dermatillomania = compulsive skin picking

These are BFRBs (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours) that are generally associated with anxiety, and there are plenty of other types I didn’t mention!

When I made this post a few years back, I was venting and didn’t think to actually give definitions, and didn’t know as much as I do now about BFRBs, or mental health in general. Thanks for asking, hope that was helpful!

#bfrb #trich #derm #trichotillomania #dermatillomania

raezberry

You know what I never see on Tumblr? Encouraging or supportive posts about people with trichotillomania and/or dermotillomania. I never see those posts because you can’t romanticize it, people don’t see it as beautiful and therefore don’t want to talk about it. It’s really fucking hard having a disorder that is so painfully obvious to anyone who looks and so hard to understand, so shout out to my buds with trich and/or derm, you are still beautiful and worthy of love

neednerdiness

I hope this doesn’t come out as mean or rude, but may I ask what exactly is trichotillomania/dermotillamania? Ive seen this go around a couple times but I’ve never had the nerve to ask, Im sorry if I’m being rude!

raezberry

This isn’t rude at all, no worries! Trichotillomania is a compulsive, stress related hair pulling disorder, and dermotillamania is a compulsive stress related skin picking disorder.

At the time of making this post (like a good few years ago), it was from a point of frustration, so I didn’t really think to include definitions, or to consider that another reason why people didn’t post about it was simply because fewer people have it and therefore know what it is (though I still stand by my original claim, just to a lesser degree).

There’s nothing wrong with asking and with trying to learn more, nobody can know everything about every disorder, and your way of phrasing it was super polite and considerate!

(also! Another thing I didn’t realise at the time of posting - trich and derm are types of BFRBs (Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours), and there are several other types in addition to these that you can find through a bit of googling (I don’t know all their names, nor am I an expert aha), hope that helps! :) )

#trich #derm #trichotillomania #dermatillomania #bfrb

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raezberry

You know what I never see on Tumblr? Encouraging or supportive posts about people with trichotillomania and/or dermotillomania. I never see those posts because you can’t romanticize it, people don’t see it as beautiful and therefore don’t want to talk about it. It’s really fucking hard having a disorder that is so painfully obvious to anyone who looks and so hard to understand, so shout out to my buds with trich and/or derm, you are still beautiful and worthy of love

bleusappho

And onychophagy and dermatophagy too :c

raezberry

For sure - I made this post a really long time ago and was later made aware that there were more BFRBs (Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours) than I’d known about at the time of posting. All are included in this sentiment

#bfrb #trich #derm #onychophagia #dermatophagia