Just kinda wondering if any other comrades have this specific thing.
I started hair pulling when I was like 8 or 9 and ended up giving myself a bald spot on my crown for a couple months. My parents noticed and scolded me, no other intervention.
Thankfully, I was able to restrain myself enough to prevent it showing on my scalp. To this day I continue on abnormally dark or coarse hairs, and now that I’m finally getting some grays it is so hard to resist spending and hour or two in the mirror getting them all.
I know this probably sounds weird or gross to most people, I’ve never been diagnosed with any sort of mental disorder so talking about it is a little weird to me.
I know it has overlap with OCD, and I’ve had other slight OCD symptoms.
I do skin picking which think is very similar in that it can be a source of shame if it results in visible wounds and it happens mostly due to stress.
There isn’t really an easy cure. It’s good to be aware when you’re doing it a lot, and to try and find out what the source of the stress is. If you’re otherwise bad at noticing when you’re stressed, pulling can be a useful sign and might help you to become aware of any stressful circumstances in your life. Stress can not be avoided all the time, so whenever you do find yourself in a period of stress it can be helpful to find something else to relieve your stress with, like a fidget toy or taking a walk or doing some other mind of exercises.