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Not sure if this is the right place to post. I did try to look, but maybe I am still wrong in where I am posting, so I do apologise if that's the case

Okay. Now that that's out of the way, what I want to discuss now:

I have been pulling my hair since I was in little. It started with my eyelashes, then my hair

I've been trying to be better about it over time, but I cannot stop it. Anxious or not, I catch myself pulling hair. Anxiety can worsen the severity of it, or for example, I may notice I'm doing it and want to stop, but stress from wanting to stop will actually worsen it...but even if I am perfectly content, I will still do it. 

I have most often heard it related to either self harm or an OCD BFBR disorder, but just recently heard this could be a form of stimming. I'm not sure what it is for me. I don't think the little kid who started pulling her eyelashes out was self harming though.

Has anyone else experienced this/ Or does anyone have any advice to stop? I recently got a fidget toy, and I like it a lot but this pulling action and the urge to do it, is not satisfied when I fidget with this twisty fidget

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  • Yeah I pull my eyelashes out a bit, but it's not much. What is a problem for me is picking at the skin on my arms and legs. I think I sometimes do it to stim, sometimes to feel pain, but mostly to try to 'fix' it when my skin feels bumpy from previous scabs or scars (very bad idea!).

    My best advice would be to make sure you have a variety of different stimming things always available in your pocket/around the house. Rubber bands or silly putty might satisfy the pulling urge better than your twisty toy. Or you could find something that you can destroy. Maybe pulling threads out of a piece of fabric would feel similar to pulling your eyelashes out?

  • in reply to BassFace

    Oh yeah, that is called dermatillomania, it falls into the same category as trichotillomania, BFRB - body focused repetitive behaviors. When not a selfharm behavior it can be linked to autism, adhd, and/or ocd

    i actually have been doing the pulling threads out of fabric thing lately and it helped a lot! So thank you ~

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  • in reply to BassFace

    Oh yeah, that is called dermatillomania, it falls into the same category as trichotillomania, BFRB - body focused repetitive behaviors. When not a selfharm behavior it can be linked to autism, adhd, and/or ocd

    i actually have been doing the pulling threads out of fabric thing lately and it helped a lot! So thank you ~

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