It can be both empowering, and healing, to invest yourself in a cause you’re passionate about. From volunteer positions to blog submissions, Skin Picking Support offers a variety of opportunities that achieves a core part of our vision to elevate voices in the BFRB community.
BFRB Awareness Week
October 1st – 7th is BFRB Awareness Week where the community comes together to bring attention to Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs). This year, Skin Picking Support is looking for blog submissions (see above) and will be holding a peer support meeting on October 1st.
Download these banners for your social media pages and website to help raise awareness!
Click the image you want to use, then right-click and save to your device. The above graphic is designed for instagram, where you can find and tag @skinpickingsupport. The banner below is best used as a Facebook cover photo. where both Angela and the Skin Picking Support group are found.
Use the hashtags #BFRBweek and #skinpickingsupport to raise awareness for dermatillomania during #BFRBweek2022.
Comment, like, and share posts from our Instagram, and Angela’s Facebook!
Follow Skin Picking Support on Instagram and join us on Facebook.
Support Group
Connect with others who understand, learn of evidence-based recovery strategies, and much more!
Serving as both an online forum and active support group, Skin Picking Support offers peer-led meetings* on Facebook. Updated details about the support group can be found here, with meeting events pinned on Facebook and located under the “Featured” section.
Follow us on Instagram @skinpickingsupport for announcements, and subscribe to us for email reminders of upcoming meetings.
*Meetings are not a replacement for professional help. Visit your healthcare provider for medical advice.
Blog Submissions
We want your voices to add to the collective of mental health advocates speaking out about excoriation disorder and other BFRBs!
Your story is important in raising awareness for excoriation disorder, which is why we want to feature you in the Skin Picking Support blog.
Current Campaigns:
(NOTE: The #BFRBweek campaign has expired)
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WORDS: 500 – 1500
DUE: Ongoing
“How have Skin Picking Support group meetings affected your life?”
OR
“How has Skin Picking Support, or Angela‘s advocacy, impacted you?”
Please provide your first name, country, and 1-5 images*. Optional information may include your last name, age, social media/ website information, and a picture of #๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ on a sign!
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Angela will contact entrants if more information is needed, and, if selected, before publication for review.
Forums
Skin Picking Support and its sister group, Dermatillomania Awareness, will be needing online moderators to accept membership requests, publish incoming posts, and handle conflict on facebook.
Details TBA
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