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Hi everyone. I'm new to this site, just looking for some help with pulling.

I'm aged 26, male and living in the UK. I have been pulling at my eyebrows for a few years now and I think it is getting worse / more often. The urge to pull seems to increase when I'm either stressed or feeling low. For example right before my graduation I really did some damage, I ended up having to ...

I've been reading a lot in this forum and I realized a lot of us have something in common, we all crave the root of the hair and touching to our lips. Why do you think we desire the root of the hair? It's really interesting. I started pulling when I was 11 and I didn't know what on earth I was doing, it was just happening naturally. I never saw anyone pull their hair ...

This is the first time I have ever fully told my story. I have tried to tell people in my life but no one fully understood or never took me seriously. I have given up on trying to get those around me to understand my condition. I am a 23 year old female. My first memory of pulling happened back when I was about 9 years old. I was in summer school cause my parents ...

What's up guys,

I'm new to this forum, but I have been pulling my hair out for 9 Years off and on and surprisingly I'm not completely bald. I pull from 1 spot on the back of my head near my cow-lick (an area about the size of a 50 cent piece)

It has gotten really bad lately, and I know it's related to anxiety somehow, but I have never been to the doctor about ...

If you are having a problem with trich and taking other non-related medications, be sure to inform your doctor and do your own research. I've discovered there is limited research on certain medications' ability to trigger trichotillomania. Long story short, I've had medical problems since I was 15 that caused chronic pain, leading to ongoing use of pain killers, leading to addiction. I wanted to end the opiate dependence and started a medication called Suboxone, ...

Does anyone else do this?? I've searched everywhere and haven't come across anything that even mentions this as a problem so I'm beginning to think I really am the only one who does it.

Whenever I've pulled out any eyebrows/eyelashes I always find the thickest ones and poke them into corners of my nails because I really enjoy the feeling.

Anyone else?
Please let me know that I'm not alone in this.

Pls help as I'm new.

I don't pull my hair a lot, just occasionally but every day I play with it. This consists of pulling my fingers along the strands and I like the feel of the wiry bits at the end (I have split ends). But then I put it along my lips, not actually in my mouth. I just like the feel of it on my lips. I sometimes pull it when I ...

Is this part of the disorder? I get this "urge" to pull out my eyebrows and lashes and then I will often rub the root against my skin. Btw, this is my first time posting on this forum so any helpful tips on how to stop would be nice. Thanks.

I wanna know what are all of your tips and tricks to keeping your hands out of your hair? I've been trying different things for years but i'd like to hear what everyone else is doing. Any new ideas? :)

When I pull my hair I get strange tastes in my mouth, sort of a sweet/salty taste...Anyone else experience this?

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