pulling hair

does anyone else struggle with this? specifically it is my eyebrows! i get a thought that one hair feels weird, and i’ll pull it out, but then i can’t stop because it triggers me to think another one feels weird. now, i barely have any hairs on either eyebrows. i keep trying to grow them back but it feels impossible to stop pulling the hairs sometimes. i’m excited to talk to my nocd therapist about this so i can start to regrow my eyebrows and not have this compulsion affect me so much!

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Emma00

Date posted: 23w

I had a period of time where I had to almost fully draw on my eyebrows because I struggled with this lol. It sounds silly but wearing gloves to bed when I would pick the most helped me a lot

cherubb

Date posted: 23w

@Alexotl thank you for your reply🎀!! i literally just drew them on with an eyebrow pencil and thought ok at least i can still do that😹. that actually sounds really smart and helpful! like a barrier between the compulsion and acting on it. i’ll have to try it! it’s always at bedtime for me too where i pick the most. thank you for helping me feel so seen right now.

cherubb

Date posted: 23w

@Alexotl i hope you’re doing okay with it all now<3 love ur username by the way

Karate.chopper

Date posted: 23w

I get this exact same feeling but with feeling itchy/skin picking. I have little scabs and scars all over because I genuinely think that the itch is hiding under my skin and moving away from wherever it itches or feel like if I pick at my skin “good enough” that it’ll feel smooth and go back to normal. This is a constant thing and sometimes it gets so bad that it keeps me awake all night long. I hope that talking to your therapist helps you overcome this!

cherubb

Date posted: 23w

@Karate.chopper hello friend!! this happens to me too!! i feel like part of my nightly routine (not on purpose) is just checking my skin and feeling weird sensations and trying to fix them, especially the itchiness and picking at my skin. i’ll sit there for an hour just thinking about these things and trying to fix them in the same ways. you’re not alone!!! 💗 thank you so much for what you said and i hope that you find ways to manage this struggle and feel better in time. you got this!!! 🎀

Karate.chopper

Date posted: 23w

@cherubb Thank you! It’s really comforting to know that there’s at least one other person out there who genuinely understands ❤️

Anonymous_co...

Date posted: 24w

Anyone else relate??

Idk if this is OCD per se, it feels more like perfectionism than anything. but I was wondering if anyone can relate. I’m a girl approaching the age of 20 and there are certain things I really want to be able to enjoy and pamper myself with, like getting my nails done, or getting a lash lift. But I’ve discovered that doing either brings me a lot of stress. For example, I just bought some nice press on nails last week and I put them on last night (which took me soooo long) and I’ve been so stressed about them since. I keep worrying that they’re going to fall off right away and I keep checking them and pushing on them to see, so much so that I worry I’m going to make them loose. I already had one looking like it was starting to lift, and instead of leaving it I pulled it off entirely cuz I’d rather start over and redo it than have it fall off, and now I’m worried my other nails are gonna fall off and that I should just pull them off now before they do. I keep pushing on one nail that feels loose to me. But it hasn’t lifted, but I’ve pushed it so much now that I want to rip it off. And another example, when I get a lash lift I worry so much because I start obsessing over the evenness of the curl on both sides. It always feels like one side is more curled than the other. Or that one side looks more fuller (more lashes) than the other and it makes me stressed. And I also obsess over those pesky lashes that just didn’t want to curl and I try pulling them out sometimes to make it look for even. It’s just little things like that which make these experiences unenjoyable for me, even tho I so badly want to enjoy them. I spent money on these nails and I want them to last and I’m so worried that I did them wrong and ruined it. I just don’t want them to fall off. But they’re caused me a lot of stress in the last 24hrs and I’ve been hyperfixating on them so much.

Choctawmimip

Date posted: 24w

I cant stop making & picking scabs on my head

I know that I have OCD and I was told that the medication I take for my ADHD would help but I don't believe that it does, I now find myself picking and making the scabs on my head and I'm worried that the hair will not grow back but I cannot stop doing it. I don't know what to do. I was told I need therapy.

Bookgirl📚

Date posted: 16w

Hair pulling

Hey, my name is Mercy and I have a hair pulling disorder and I was wondering if anyone has some advice for stopping my habit. Thanks

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