10+ Years Managing a Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) with Milo Jones

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Milo Jones shares her 10+ year experience managing trichotillomania and discusses coping strategies and insights related to body-focused repetitive behaviors.

Delanie Fischer continues the “Subscriber Stories” series with subscriber Milo Jones, who shares her 10+ year experience managing the body-focused repetitive behavior, trichotillomania (hair pulling). They discuss how it began, misconceptions surrounding it, and the tools, coping strategies, and habit swaps that have supported her. BFRBs affect 1 in 20 people and include core disorders such as hair pulling and skin picking (excoriation disorder), as well as related compulsive body-focused behaviors such as nail biting (onychophagia), cheek chewing, teeth grinding, knuckle cracking, finger or foot tapping, nose picking, and mucus fishing syndrome, among others. Whether you personally experience BFRBs or love someone who does, this conversation is relatable, validating, and full of practical insights. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code HELPLESS at https://www.oneskin.co/HELPLESS Submit here to be considered for the "Subscriber Stories" series: https://www.delaniefischer.com/submissions Episode Highlights: What to Do When There’s No Clear Treatment Plan CBT, SSRIs, Mindfulness, and Habit Reversal Training (HRT) Anxiety or Sensation: Which Comes First? How “Worst Case” Thinking Can…

People in this episode

Host: Delanie Fischer

Guest: Milo Jones

Topics covered

• body-focused repetitive behavior
• trichotillomania
• coping strategies
• mental health
• self-care
• anxiety management

Keywords

• trichotillomania
• BFRB
• hair pulling
• mental health
• coping strategies
• self-care
• anxiety
• habit reversal training

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