Doesn't It Hurt? by Sandy Rosenblatt6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The first story comes from Katherine, a young woman who Sandy and I sat alongside on a success panel at a 2013 conference. I have met many of the contributors of this book, including Rosenblatt herself, at previous TLC conferences. ![]() Rosenblatt’s book highlights many sentiments we have faced in the dermatillomania community: shame, embarrassment, isolation, secrecy, and a hope to overcome one of the greatest challenge of our lives. These disorders may not manifest the same way, but they are driven by a similar urge for relief through a behavior. Unofficially, trichotillomania and dermatillomania are classified by a variety of disorders called body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs). Currently, the DSM-5 lists both trichotillomania and excoriation disorder (aka dermatillomania) in the Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders section. In the last diagnostic manual of mental health (DSM-IV), trichotillomania was categorized under Impulse-Control Disorders. As suggested in the title of this anthology, trichotillomania is a disorder that causes a person to pull out their hair compulsively. ![]() Similar to the Project Dermatillomania series, Doesn’t It Hurt? Confessions of Compulsive Hair Pullers by Sandy Rosenblatt is a compilation of real stories from people who have trichotillomania. ![]()
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