When Habits Hurt: Understanding BFRBs in Adults Body-focused repetitive behaviors can show up as hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, cheek biting, or other repeated actions that harm your body and feel hard to control. Many adults live with these patterns quietly for years, often thinking they are just “bad habits” or personal failures. Over time, this can create a lot of shame and secrecy. If you have told yourself again and again that you should “just stop,” you are no
