Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviour

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This is a game about a weird stim I picked up where I rub my eyebrow and pull out the hairs. I got so intense that I started to make my eyebrow tail slightly bald. I sent photos to my friends asking “hey i’ve rubbed the tail of my eyebrow off is this weird?”. I remembered my college friend's sister had a condition where she pulled out her own eyelashes and I thought “wait is this eyebrow thing that thing?” Because it certainly is a compulsion, my hand feels like it has a mind of its own. I did sometimes pull the hairs too and pluck them. I also had a friend who had a problem with skin picking and I kind of realised like oh maybe this is a thing. After doing some research I found the phrase Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours. This was one of the first dominos to fall to lead me to being diagnosed with ADHD. It was Pippin knocking the skeleton in the Mines of Moria leading to the destruction of the ring so to speak. I've spoken to other neurodivergent friends and many can relate, whether it's nail biting, playing with your hair, picking at scabs, they're small innocuous things that can be comforting but can also feel like a crutch or a compulsion.

I really wanted to have fun sounds in there but I just didn't get round to recording them but I'd really like to keep working on it. I'm really really proud of myself because this is one of my first games I've ever made and I was truly petrified with fear of unity but it just took a few kind people and letting myself be vulnerable with people and I'm just truly proud of myself!

Music by Purrplecat and Kenneth Sayers

Biro typeface by Ingo Fonts