Hair Pulling....

[jamieharper08]

 I have been pulling my hair out since I was 13 but I have been doing it a lot more recently. I try not to but I can't help it. I don't have many eyelashes left and I look silly. Does anyone else do this?

[HezekiahsMom07]

Ummmmm no. See your doctor. My friend's daughter has this issue. I think it is an anxiety thing.

[Anonymous]

I think everyone has some kind of bad habit.. some are more extreme then others. I pick the skin around my nails until they bleed...

[L1558]

No....I think hair pulling, skin picking...it's a stress relief for anxiety. Try some stress-relief exercises and a mug of hot tea everyday...you might be super-anxious and holding a lot of stress inside. Sorry, hon. :( 

[jamieharper08]

 Awww...thank you for being so sweet :) I haven't pulled the hair from my head since I was in HS but I notice with my eyelashes I get this tingly feeling as if I have some sort of infection brewing? Once I pull one....which sometimes I don't even notice I am doing it, I feel as if I didn't get the "right" one and pull another. A few hours later....I don't have many left :( I have been a little stressed and I do have Anxiety and Panic Disorder, but I have been taking my medicine. Anyhow, I will try the things you mentioned and hopefully this "urge" will go away soon. Thank you so much!

Quoting L1558:

No....I think hair pulling, skin picking...it's a stress relief for anxiety. Try some stress-relief exercises and a mug of hot tea everyday...you might be super-anxious and holding a lot of stress inside. Sorry, hon. :( 

[jamieharper08]

 Thank you....but I am trying to find someone with the same issue that may have some info on how to break the urge. I have been to doctors and I'm on medication for Anxiety and Panic Disorder but would like to find some people that can link it to this. I will be praying for your friends daughter :)

Quoting HezekiahsMom07:

Ummmmm no. See your doctor. My friend's daughter has this issue. I think it is an anxiety thing.

[vbway]

Sorry, I thought this post was about hair pulling during sex lol. 

I did have 2 friends in high school who pulled their eye lashes out. One had no eye lashes at all. Both were under huge amounts of stress and had unstable home lives. I hope you figure it out. 

[jamieharper08]

 :( Do you bite your nails also? This is an actual urge. Like I NEED to do it. 

Quoting Anonymous:

I think everyone has some kind of bad habit.. some are more extreme then others. I pick the skin around my nails until they bleed...

[Anonymous]

I've been doing the same things since I was in elementary. It's comforting knowing I'm not alone. I have eyelashes missing and trying to grow back right now.

[Anonymous]

I used to pull out the hair on my head. In the back, by my neck. It was like an addiction. I don't have advice on quiting. I will be able to stop for a few months or even a year but then the urge gets too overwhelming and I start to pull again. Usually when I'm not pulling I'll have replaced the act with an equally unappealing obsession.

[jamieharper08]

LMAO!!!! That just got me thinking....maybe that's why my husband shaves his head bald!!! He's scared I may start pulling his out. Lol! Yeah...it started in middle school. I had bald spots on my head and no eyelashes or eyebrows. I fought really hard junior year to grow them back for prom. I have always done it since then...just lashes and brows...but not with the urge I have had over the last few days. Thank you for your time :) 

Quoting vbway:

Sorry, I thought this post was about hair pulling during sex lol. 

I did have 2 friends in high school who pulled their eye lashes out. One had no eye lashes at all. Both were under huge amounts of stress and had unstable home lives. I hope you figure it out.