You would assume I would pull hair out more often when I am unwell. But am doing ok but find myself pulling hairs again. Am barely aware I am doing it - I kinda go in a trance. Weird
I do that too sometimes (mostly when I’m stressed). It bothers people when I do it.
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Do you have trichotillomania by chance?
I’ve had it for years it runs in my family and is why I used to self medicate with all kinds of drugs.
Somehow it went away over the last ten years but it is a bitch of an illness. I would pull so much of my hair out that I would need to wear hats and shave my head.
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i have a habit as well but its not hair pulling, i bite the inside of my lips and gnash my teeth.
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I pick at my skin, its an OCD related to trichotillomania. I finally figured out the way to stop the skin picking. Fidgets! Something to keep my hands away from my skin and can fiddle with it without thinking.
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It’s funny how we’re all more shy about revealing out strange habits than we are talking about psychosis
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Yeah. I have trichotillomania. had it for decades. Is notoriously hard to treat.
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Damn I know that it used to drive me crazy. There’s also nothing they can do for it. It’s a tough affliction but it’s no where near as bad as psychosis in my opinion.
They have support groups and therapy for it, I tried everything and nothing worked. Mine just stopped one day after I lost my mind the first time. I guess I’m lucky in that regard. My aunt still has hers though and she’s on a ton of SSRIs which don’t seem to help.
Ahh what I would give to have that problem back and not this one