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.
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.
i have a habit as well but its not hair pulling, i bite the inside of my lips and gnash my teeth.
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.
It’s funny how we’re all more shy about revealing out strange habits than we are talking about psychosis
Yeah. I have trichotillomania. had it for decades. Is notoriously hard to treat.
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