Eating roots

wow...that guy could not have been more exact, that in detail step by step, is the exact as myself, but i also used to tickle my ear with the hair also sometimes!! and the coarse wirey hairs were always the best ones...which were not easy to find if just washed, you need at least to have not washed for about 3 days lol, madness!!! a very good account described!

Tears started steaming down my face.
I felt embrassed and releived all at once.
I thought i was unique.
Just the
thought of eating your root is too far out for me however... I was eating my root.

thank you so much for sharing.
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Does anyone eat split ends by chance? I dont know if I have this exactly.... but I get lost on a search while looking for split ends... I usto pull the entire hair out if it had a split end, which lead me to eating the root or simply biting it off.... Although with that being said. I dont pull my hair out to the extent of balding by any means.... but while looking for split ends (I hate them) I found really coarse hair's, that sometimes I'd eat, chopping them up finely with my teeth, in small sections, or I'd run the hair thru my teeth like you would a ribbon with a scissors. The hair depending on the strand would go all crazy and curly. I have a odd urge to have my hair in my mouth or find myself playing with it. I usto look for split ends all the time, I cut my hair and that helped.. ALOT. I'm starting to find them more often thou, thinking I need another cut soon. So I've read and skim read all the comments here but I didnt see anything on split ends.... would this be a similar obsession or just another extent of this one? I mean I do semi eat my hair. I've cut it back by trying to pay attention to it more (I'm very afraid of hairballs) but still catch myself doing so but not as often. I more so go into fits now and again. I'll be doing something and randomly see one, then I have to look for another, and another.... as long as I dont find anymore I usually lose interest... but I'll hunt for a while. I've also been known to spin a single hair in my mouth and can usually make a perfect circle with it after a few minutes and I do this and dont always realize I'm doing it. I also wind my hair up into small sections folding the hair over and over again and then rubbing it into itself making a very thick dread? or I roll hairs into balls and play with them for a while with my fingers. I have a nervous habit I know that much... I'm also drawn to string, I've eaten a good deal of my sweat pants. Idk wtf is up with that $#%^... and I also cant stop picking at my clothing if it unravels... I always want to put it in my mouth...

I've never heard of anyone else that ate the roots except for me. I'm 25 and I've been eating the roots of my hair for as long as I can remember. I even eat the roots when I tweeze my eyebrows. I had no idea that there was anyone else out there like me. My parents have been grossed out by it for years. I've been so embarrassed my whole life, but I just can't control it. When I'm doing it all I can think about is making sure u get the whole thing with the root. I've been seeing a therapist since I was 7, and I've never even told any of them. I'm so embarrassed, but I just can't control it. Does anyone know how I can make it stop? I have a son whose almost two now, and I don't want him to do it because he sees me doing it.

I am so happy I just found this post. I am 16 years old, and i have been pulling since i was about 7. I also eat the clear roots of my hair.
When I pull, it's such a huge relief. I can't help it, it feels so good. it's like, when I pull I can't stop because it feels so good. I started to realize that I loved the texture of the root. I would pull out about 10-15 hairs at one time really fast so they would all have the roots on them. I took them and ran them across my lips. then, I would just eat the tip where the root was. it's getting incontrollable. after, I always feel ashamed. but I just don't know. it doesn't help that I live in a town of 870 people. there are only 20 people in my class. I know everyone sees my bald spots, however, they do not understand what I have and how it affects me. I was Google searching this exact post and found this website. it makes me feel soo much better to know that I'm not the only one.
I read all if these replies, and they are just remarkable. I relate to almost every single one. thank all of you guys for posting this. it really helps.
but I do have one question, Is it harmful to eat the clear root thing? I know it's bad to eat hair, but what about the root?
again, thanks so much.
Kaitlin

I am so happy I just found this post. I am 16 years old, and i have been pulling since i was about 7. I also eat the clear roots of my hair.
When I pull, it's such a huge relief. I can't help it, it feels so good. it's like, when I pull I can't stop because it feels so good. I started to realize that I loved the texture of the root. I would pull out about 10-15 hairs at one time really fast so they would all have the roots on them. I took them and ran them across my lips. then, I would just eat the tip where the root was. it's getting incontrollable. after, I always feel ashamed. but I just don't know. it doesn't help that I live in a town of 870 people. there are only 20 people in my class. I know everyone sees my bald spots, however, they do not understand what I have and how it affects me. I was Google searching this exact post and found this website. it makes me feel soo much better to know that I'm not the only one.
I read all if these replies, and they are just remarkable. I relate to almost every single one. thank all of you guys for posting this. it really helps.
but I do have one question, Is it harmful to eat the clear root thing? I know it's bad to eat hair, but what about the root?
again, thanks so much.
Kaitlin

I used to bite off the roots of shed or plucked hair. I had a time when i would pull out my hair with pliers. I also would pluck and eat my eye lashes.
I no longer pluck my hair or eye lashes.
..I am normal...

I've done this too, for a long while. But I do it only with the hair down there. I notice I can go awhile without doing it, but something triggers it again, and I start. I recently started again, hence why I found this site. Its the strangest thing, but I've lived with it for awhile. I too, enjoy the hunt for the root. I don't want to go into graphic details, but I do enjoy finding it. Its good to know there are other people out there like this. I was diagnosed bipolar and I had a definite mental breakdown at one point. Not sure if its related or not. My brother is a chronic hand washer, so I think some form of OCD runs in the family.

I thought for so long that I was the only one who did this, you hunt for the "roots" until you get one, and for me i love to bite them, and it sounds horrible but when they aren't soft, and have this crunch is like the best feeling for me ever. I find myself pulling and pulling and pulling until i feel very guilty about it. It is a coping mechanism for me I believe, as I also have Bipolar disorder with psychosis, (ha and i am going to school to become a psychiatrist! I wonder if they'll accept me!)

I can't believe how relieved i was when i found out i wasn't the only nut out there who did this, mostly its my hair, and when i try to break away from that i'll take tweezers and pull my leg hair, or pluck my eyebrows into shape, and whatnot. The feeling I get from it is indescribable euphoria, and when I pull it keeps my mind off of my more depressive thoughts, until i realize what I just did and go into a full episode. I am trying to balance this out...what i have found that works best for me is covering my head whether it be a hat headband, or a wig, it helps. I just hate when i realize i have done exactly what i didn't want to do, and notice all the little black hairs around me. Its devastating afterwards, but during the hunt and thrill of root-searching i couldn't be any happier...

I know, I have no idea why root-biting is so compelling...