Does anyone else struggle with constantlyyyy pulling on a couple or a single strand of your hair? I do it mindlessly but it’s ALL DAY LONG and I’m so worried my hair is thinning from this or it’s becoming damaged. Anyone have any tips on how to stop?
You have no idea, I try to keep myself distracted but it’s so hard sometimes idk why it took over so so much of my life and my high school years. I only ever had it in my eyebrows and I used to not have any but now their grown all the way back after months fearing they never will and as happy and thankful and relieved I am to have them back I’ll get like a month max break and then I’ll start doing it again I have more control now I used to do it in my sleep and wake up bold now it’s just resisting the irritation it causes when I fw them just a little and then they literally start nothing me out of nowhere sometimes it’s a curse 100% like I wanna be focusing on so manyy other things but why does my eyebrows have to invade my life
I used to do this to the hair framing my face. Now I try to wear it in braid and keep it tied back. I put oil in it too so it’s making my hair become healthier!
@milliee Yes I have to make myself cut my nails sometimes if I start yk tweekini bite my nails off so fast and that usually help
I’m also suffering with this! I’ve been doing it since I was 18 years old and I’m now 26 years old. I’ve also played with my hair but I’ve never took it to the extent I have the past 8 years. My hair is so short and different lengths as well as super thin. I use to have long thick hair. I’ve dealt with a lot of trauma in my life that I think has caused this but I’m not sure. But I’m here for advice! I hope you found what helped you to stop 🫶🏻
I’ve chewed my nails and skin around my nails since birth it feels like. My fingers look deformed, when they get water on them they get all white and puffy. almost like if you stay in a pool too long and get that weird water log on your hands. Only I put my hands in water for like 30 seconds and they puff up instantly. I believe I made it one of my OCD routines. I have to constantly check if there’s no loose skin or nails sticking out, and if there is I have to chew it off then I just don’t stop chewing until my finger is bleeding. It’s a very bad habit but it relieves my anxiety when I do it. I’m tired of my deformed, red, bloody fingers and nails it’s so embarrassing.
does anyone else struggle with this? specifically it is my eyebrows! i get a thought that one hair feels weird, and i’ll pull it out, but then i can’t stop because it triggers me to think another one feels weird. now, i barely have any hairs on either eyebrows. i keep trying to grow them back but it feels impossible to stop pulling the hairs sometimes. i’m excited to talk to my nocd therapist about this so i can start to regrow my eyebrows and not have this compulsion affect me so much!
Does anyone have suggestions on how to stop picking at their scalp?
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