OCD..cut my own hair constantly

I've suffered with this disorder for nearly 23 years...am on disability because of it. Does anyone else have this particular compulsion? If so have you been able to control it?

I have never heard of this type of OCD but am keen to know more about it. Are you male or female? If you continually cut your hair won't there become a point when you cannot cut any more?

VP wrote:I've suffered with this disorder for nearly 23 years...am on disability because of it. Does anyone else have this particular compulsion? If so have you been able to control it?

Hi there;
I am 24 years old and stated having problems with OCD at about 10 or 11 but im sure i can think of many times before that i was acting out in that way.I havent been able to work, droped out of high school then college, and should be on disability but never make my appiontments. At 11 i started pulling out my hair. not clumps just one little hair here and there,while watching tv and before i new it i was missing half of my hair. With waist long hair and none in front I must have been a strange site. I got this to stop by relising people could tell something was wrong woth me.
So later on at 14 (VERY bad years in between) i dicoverd hair dye and bleached out my black hair. then i trmmed it. So here i am 10 years later. i have been growing my hair since 14 and havent had it past my sholder. I hate short hair and never failes i cutting my hair just when it starts getting long. Over and over agian. now i have OCD and many other emontal problems but i've never understood that one. my hair finally stats geting long and healthy and off it goes. then i'm sickend by how i look. over and over agian. just thought i'de let you know since there was no other posting to that. i dont know what your storey is but I just discoverd this web site tonight and i'm feeling like there are some people out there who understand me mabey a little more than i thought.

I have the same problem, i posted my story in can't stop cutting hair? if you would like to read it. There is a link in the related artiles below.

nschmitt26, how did you find this thread? The post before yours was made by in 2005. I guess you linked here directly from Google?

Kevin

Chucky wrote:nschmitt26, how did you find this thread? The post before yours was made by in 2005. I guess you linked here directly from Google?

Kevin

It could be that he scrolled down the other OCD hair cutting thread and clicked on the link under 'related articles'.

I think I might have OCD, or HAD it, because I used to open and shut the door to my room 5-6 times everytime, it was very bothersome

I also cut my hair off when I was younger