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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've been through periods where it was an issue but definitely not currently. I gave myself scars on my legs from hyper-fixating on a spot earlier in life, but that was a decade ago now.

I still get an insane rush sometimes when I get that one (already short cause I pulled it a month ago) coarse hair.

It definitely comes back during stressful times, which I guess is why I'm posting about it, I don't think it's been this bad in at least 3 or 4 years.

Like I said I've never sought treatment and just talking about it makes me feel like such a weirdo but I know it's not and everyone here is cool. Probably why I feel comfortable posting this, thanks for letting me be weird folks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's literally just a non-typical neurological arrangement of your brain that causes this. It's not so much weird as it is unique. And it's only a problem if it negatively impacts your life, I myself love popping zits.