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...
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: ...
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...
Hair-pulling disorder (trichotillomania) Doxepin (Silenor).This tricyclic antidepressant is FDA-approved for MDD, insomnia, and anxiety. Topical formulas are also FDA-approved for itching associated with some skin conditions, such as atopic dermatitis and lichen simplex chronicus. It's also used of...
He said, “There are a number of steps that individual partners can initiate to break into the fantasy bond they have formed with each other. Partners can:” (1) admit the existence of a fantasy bond. Stop denying that they have become distant and their actions are no longer loving ...