BFRB

[rozeske]

Though never been diagnosed or treated for any mental illnesses, I have a nail and lib biting BFRB that started since I was a kid that I think now I used as a coping mechanism for anxiety and stress.

Do you guys have any habits that you use as a coping mechanism?

 

[LoiteringClouds]

Do you guys have any habits that you use as a coping mechanism?

I pick my skin, especially when I'm stressed. I started it when I was about 10 and I still have the habit. I'm 36 now.

 

[Forever Sleep]

My job. When I have creative work that is and when I'm absorbed enough in it, it can become a kind of meditative state for me. Not always though. Sometimes it's just as full of stress as other jobs.

I also used to have trouble with binge eating. That was pretty horrible. The scary bit is how easy it would be to just do it again at any point.

 

[Redacted24]

I also pick at my skin...and when stressed out I pull out my eyebrow hairs one by one until there's a small bald spot. I used to pull hair too.
Once I was on a train and some little kids across the aisle made similar eyebrow pulling gestures, so I guess it's noticeable by others...