Having battled with trichotillomania for more than a decade, one writer tells Stylist about the debilitating, compulsive hair pulling disorder and why fellow sufferers shouldn’t stay silent.
but people can often pull eyebrow and eyelash hair out too, as well as hair from other parts of the body The condition is related to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but some specialists think ...
Following is a transcript of the video. Dena Rabinowitz, PhD: Trichotillomania is compulsive hair pulling. Where people pull out their hair either from their head, their face, or anywhere on their ...
Compulsive behaviors are actions that are engaged ... These include nail-biting, hair-pulling and skin-picking. In some cases, BFRBs are engaged in to decrease anxiety. These behaviors rarely ...
Researchers have linked it to OCD, ADHD, and generalized anxiety disorder, among others. Hair pulling (sometimes referred to as trichotillomania) occurs when you pull hair from any part of your body.