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notlurkingwell
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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: trichotillomania - anyone else? |
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I've done this for as long as I can remember. Never really to the point of obvious bald bits, although my eyelashes and pubes have at times been very sparse.
I tend to do it more in times of stress (unsurprisingly!).
Does anyone have stories to share or remedies against? |
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aspiegirl87
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| what is this trichotillomania? |
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cliche
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| aspiegirl87 wrote: | | what is this trichotillomania? |
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trichotillomania
noun - Psychiatry.
a compulsion to pull out one's hair.
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notlurkingwell
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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slowmutant
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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notlurkingwell, do you mean to say you pull out your own pubic hair? OUCH!  |
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notlurkingwell
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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One by one it doesn't hurt at all.
Are you a boy or a girl? Have you ever been for a leg wax???
A leg wax is far worse. |
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slowmutant
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm a guy, and no never waxed my legs. Don't need to. But I once had a little accident while trimming my pubes, almost a very bad outcome there. |
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notlurkingwell
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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wuss
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notlurkingwell
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Mind you, maybe this is part of it. I feel a little discomfort - sometimes - but I wouldn't call it painful at all. |
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slowmutant
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| notlurkingwell wrote: | wuss
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No, not wuss. Heterosexual. |
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amaren
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:09 am Post subject: |
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I do this sometimes, just as a nervous habit, or when I'm thinking - my eyebrows and eyelashes suffer most. I'm more affected by something similar but skin-directed - I can't help but pick at scabs, dry skin etc. I'll give myself a loud internal telling off, sit on my hands, get a toy to play with instead and all that, but within 5 mins I'll be at it again without noticing. I don't feel any pain while doing this, so I can end up making big holes in my skin without knowing what I'm doing.
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spudnik
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| I knew this girl who would always pull other peoples hair, it was like she was zoning out when she did it |
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LazySlacker
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:17 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I usually pull out my hairs on my eyebrows and eyelashes, regularly.
Don't see no harm in it. |
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hartzofspace
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: |
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I usually pull out my eyelashes, random strands of hair while sitting in front of the computer, and bits off my eyebrows. 
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velodog
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I prefer to go to the Barber Shop when my hair needs cut, or use a razor when I need to shave. |
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