For those who want to figure out how to stop hair pulling, yet do not want to go through treatment alone, group therapy is a viable alternative. Group therapy can also supplement individual therapy by providing social support. Group therapy and their less formal counterparts, support groups, of...
Laura knew everything about hair pulling. She knew that trichotillomania is variously described as a habit, anaddiction, even a facet ofobsessive-compulsive disorder. She knew that it commonly starts in the teenage years (as it had for her) and that it’s much more common than most people...
Keep in mind, these behaviors are usually compulsive, meaning that even though the person may want to stop, he or she simply must repeat the behaviors. Also, while the person may at first perform these behaviors or rituals in order to feel better, the urge to continue can intensify and ...
Some of them tried to understand. Then, they began to53 their secrets with me. I learned to see 54 the way God saw me, someone 55 love. One day, my 56 happened. A friend called with wonderful news. She just met a woman with Compulsive Hair Pulling—someone just like me. She gav...
While some people find lists a bit compulsive, others find that they help ease the strain of trying to remember everything or the stress that can come with forgetting things. The idea is to take worries off your mind and put them on a list. There's no need to worry about forgetting ...
Trichotillomania moved from the impulse control disorder category to the obsessive-compulsive and related disorders category; Criterion B, "an increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist the behavior" was removed; and ...
Don’t ask about or call attention to the hair loss Don’t advise your client to “just stop pulling” Don’t assume someone's hair loss is from compulsive hair pulling Here are a list of resources to share with clients and salon staff: ...
An obsessive-compulsive disorder called trichotillomania can cause a person to compulsively pull out their hair, including lashes. Trichotillomania usually manifests with the person repetitively pulling hairs from the body, beard, scalp, eyebrows or eyelashes when depression or anxiety are just too ...
Depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, anxiety issues, agoraphobia, and trichotillomania (hair pulling) are all problems that commonly follow or trigger BDD. BDD may occur for a variety of appearance features. However, prevalence studies indicate that the following sites are ...
Why is it so hard to stop biting my nails? Nail biting is part of what is referred to as pathological grooming. This is a group of behaviors that include hair pulling, known as trichotillomania, and skin picking, known as dermatillomania. To begin with, these behaviors may be triggered...