Dr. Phil’s Slip of the Tongue
A few days ago, I sat down to watch a portion of Dr. Phil from the episode with Seth Rogan and Barbra Streisand, “Mama’s Boys”, to promote their new movie “Guilt Trip”. While this episode didn’t...
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Empowerment Through Advocacy
A lot of people ask me how I had the courage to “come out” and advocate for an illness so shameful that most of the world doesn’t even know it exists. Some believe that picking your skin is a...
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Focusing on Skin, not “Skinny”
All too often we are introduced to images through our televisions, cell phones, tablets, and computers that do not correctly portray reality. Many activists challenge the images of “the ideal body” by...
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60 Reasons Why We Need BFRB Awareness
Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRB’s) is the term for a group of Obsessive- Compulsive and related disorders that describes someone who engages in a chronic behavior causing damage to oneself in...
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My Disorder is Not For Your Exploitation
Earlier this month my Dermatillomania recovery story hit many major news outlets in the UK. I saw two variations of the same article on Daily Mail and Mirror, I knew I had been duped because I had not...
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