#009 - Today we sit down with BFRB Dogs Founder, Haley Sciola to discuss one of the most poorly understood, under-diagnosed and untreated disorders there is: body-focused repetitive behaviours, or BFRBs. An umbrella-term for hair pulling disorder, skin picking disorder and other compulsive self-grooming behaviours, BFRBs affect 1 in 20 people! But because they are often dismissed as bad habits, most suffer alone. Haley also talks to us about coming to the realization that she was in a codependent relationship, as well as living with PTSD, depression and suicidal thinking which ultimately led to her hospitalization. 

Resources mentioned: 

• The TLC Foundation for BFRBs website can be found here 
• Check out Haley's blog for the Canadian BFRB Support Network here
• Co-dependents Anonymous (CoDA) website can be found here 
• Follow BFRB Dogs on instagram here 

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