Does anyone have this? It's a impulse disorder that causes you to pull out your hair excessively. I have it, and wonder if anyone else does.
4233.443 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 9:31 PM
4233.437 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 9:41 PM
4233.431 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 9:50 PM
I'd assume it'd be like any other impulse disorder: learning healthier ways to cope.
4233.43 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 9:51 PM
My friend has that. She pulls out her eyelashes/eyebrow hairs. Now, she wears fake eyelashes and she draws her eyebrows on.
On a sort of relevant note, I have
pica. I also have really good self-control, so it's not that big of a problem when it comes to eating really weird things. I usually just eat ice nowadays.
4233.425 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 9:58 PM
... I used to eat paper all the time, or chew small pebbles. I now eat ice almost constantly if in front of me... I will not self diagnose I will not self diagnose.
4233.423 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 10:01 PM
I always lie about that. "Are you eating that?" "Um, no, I was just playing with it." or "No, I have a toothache, so I'm holding it between the teeth." It's not even conscious most of the time. I have been diagnosed, but the doctor just wanted me to take pills and the pills made me frantic and nervous, so now I just try to stop myself when I realize I'm doing it.
It has led to some digestive issues before.
4233.422 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 10:02 PM
No there isn't a way to cope, and I guess it's related to eating strange things... like pebbles... I chew on plastic or metal when I'm nervous
4233.396 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 10:39 PM
I know a girl who has the hair-pulling problem, but I don't think she actually does anything about it. She just has to wear a wig and I noticed that she rocks sometimes, and I guess that's her way of coping. She's cool as shit, though. I love talking to her.
4233.395 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 10:41 PM
I constantly play with my hair, and it often ends up falling out at the sides because it's been played with and pulled which makes it brittle. I don't compulsively, intentionally pull it out because of stress or anything though. My friends often shout at me because of it, and tell me not to so I guess it is very frequent. One girl said 'Jheeze, it's like you're on the verge of a mental breakdown' ... which made no sense.. and freaked me out. It's more of an absent-minded thing, or something I do subconsciously when my thoughts go haywire, so I don't think it's the same thing, are you stressed or upset when you do it, or is it quite constant?
4233.387 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 10:53 PM
Cracksinthesurface, there is a treatment for Trichotillomania (and many other disorders as well). There is something called Habit Reversal Training. When used in conjunction with medicine, it has a rather high success rate.
4233.378 days ago
Nov 6, 2011 - 11:05 PM
Really? I wasn't informed.
4233.171 days ago
Nov 7, 2011 - 4:03 AM
I am not sure of the widespread availability of such treatments, but they do exist. To quote one article: "Azrin and Nunn reported at least a 90% reduction in habit frequency by all subjects."
I would recommend doing some research and talk to your doctor about treatment.
Here is a good place to start.4232.371 days ago
Nov 7, 2011 - 11:15 PM
I actually have this. It's quite annoying.
4232.18 days ago
Nov 8, 2011 - 3:51 AM
You seem to have everything, Blake.
4232.155 days ago
Nov 8, 2011 - 4:27 AM
4232.152 days ago
Nov 8, 2011 - 4:30 AM
This one is unfortunately negative.
4231.553 days ago
Nov 8, 2011 - 6:53 PM
This seems to suck. I guess that it's just another way people have to cope with their stress. I hate it when people find out that somebody is like this and then they judge them. It must cause problems for social interaction. Ah well. I like things different. Different people are awesome!
4231.296 days ago
Nov 9, 2011 - 1:04 AM
I don't believe mine is stress-related. It's just my resting state if I don't consciously stop myself from doing it.
4230.513 days ago
Nov 9, 2011 - 7:51 PM
Same, blake. It kinda spikes at night or when I'm doing homework. I just need something to do...
4230.165 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 4:12 AM
I do that with my eyebrows...but I don't think it's the same thing.
4230.164 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 4:13 AM
I have this too. I started with my eyelashes when I was about 8, it was bad. But I don't do my eyelashes anymore, just my hair. It's not stress related, I'm pretty relaxed, but I do it constantly during tests, homework, reading, stuff like that. It's not so bad that I have patches or anything, my hair is actually really thick. And whenever I pull some out, I rub it on my top lip. I think it creeps people out, so I try to make it look like I'm just putting my hand over my mouth
4230.158 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 4:22 AM
I used to do that when I was a kid. Never realised it had a name.
I still do it on occasion, now I think about it. It's just...dunno, not stress, just a habit for me like biting my nails or cracking my joints.
4229.899 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 10:35 AM
Both my mum and my best friend do this in the form of plucking out their leg hairs one at a time with tweezers...
4229.877 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 11:07 AM
I'm no expert, but that sounds a bit different. My understanding is that Trichotillomania is unintentional. If there are tweezers involved, it doesn't sound like it's the same thing.
4229.558 days ago
Nov 10, 2011 - 6:47 PM
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