I often wonder what kind of a personality develops trichotillomania. Obviously someone who is anxious is, in my opinion, someone more likely to develop hair pulling tendencies. Maybe throw a little depression in and you have an ideal person? I often wonder if it occurs more in people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I do not have this…a mental health worker I used to see once asked me if I had to pull a certain amount of times, but this doesn’t happen, I simply pull until satisfied.

HOWEVER….I was thinking, what other habits do people have with trichotillomania?

I used to bite my nails when I was 12, but I stopped. Now I can’t stop biting the skin inside my mouth and chewing my lips. I also bite my fingers…the skin around my nails. I have tried to stop both of these, but cannot. I am not really sure why, I am sure that people who bite their nails would understand where I am coming from. From my personal experience, I think that my problems with pulling out hair are very similar to habits like biting your nails.
It is that subconscious action, I do not realise what I am doing until I have done it.

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 In other news, I got my hair cut for the first time in a year, and the hairdresser didn’t comment on the amount of new growth on my head! (I normally get comments about it!) Also I was told that my hair is ‘unusually thick’. This makes me happy, thank goodness I am not that 16 year old girl with a bald spot.

Advice:

If you are going to pull and cannot stop, pull from near your ears and back of head and try to alternate to different areas to hopefully avoid bald spots. NEVER EVER pull from your crown, its bad news. Always.