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Has anyone experienced trichotillomania?

YES, at some point in junior high, I began plucking at hair at the top of my head, pulling them out. It was a very confined area, perhaps the size of a quarter or so; always the same area. I'd just pluck here and there. I don't know why. This went on for about two months, I believe. Then one day (and I don't recall if it was a deliberate inspection or a coincidental thing), my fingertips were on the "pluck area," and I felt stubble where there should've been hair. This alarmed me so much (a "bald spot!"), that I quit the plucking cold turkey and never returned to it. Nowadays, in middle age, I have this full head of hair, and get very upset if a strand comes out by accident.
 
Autisticool said:
YES, at some point in junior high, I began plucking at hair at the top of my head, pulling them out. It was a very confined area, perhaps the size of a quarter or so; always the same area. I'd just pluck here and there. I don't know why. This went on for about two months, I believe. Then one day (and I don't recall if it was a deliberate inspection or a coincidental thing), my fingertips were on the "pluck area," and I felt stubble where there should've been hair. This alarmed me so much (a "bald spot!"), that I quit the plucking cold turkey and never returned to it. Nowadays, in middle age, I have this full head of hair, and get very upset if a strand comes out by accident.
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I’m glad that you could get rid of it. I still struggle. I’ve been working on it all my life and somehow I always get back to it when I am stress and anxious. I’m trying to avoid triggers and it’s been working so far. Thank you for sharing
 
I have problems with pulling my hair out. It's both a compulsion and done for sensory reasons. I've recently mostly stopped this behaviour, but I still do it if I get really stressed or bored.
 
HeroOfHyrule said:
I have problems with pulling my hair out. It's both a compulsion and done for sensory reasons. I've recently mostly stopped this behaviour, but I still do it if I get really stressed or bored.
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Thank you for answering. I got triggered by anxiety or boredom too.
 
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