Why Am I Always Pulling My Hair Out?
The question ‘why am I always pulling my hair out?’ is actually pretty common. If you pull your hair from your head, your eyelashes, your eyebrows or anywhere else on your body then you are probably asking whether this is normal and whether other people do it too.
The truth is that YES you are a lot more normal than you recognise! There are so many people who are constantly asking the question ‘why am I always pulling my hair out?’, just like you, and the answer is that it is because of a disorder called ‘trichotillomania’.
What does Trichotillomania Mean?
I suffer from this disorder myself, and had never heard to word trichotillomania for years. It sounds scary, but all it really means is that you pull out your hair compulsively. This means that it is almost like a habit, but you will also do it at times without realising, making it very hard to stop.
What Causes People to Pull Out Their Hair?
There are so many potential causes, and nobody has a definitive answer. In my case I always had something inside of me that made me want to twiddle with my hair, which later developed into pulling around the age of 10. This is different for everyone.
There are many other causes of hair pulling. This can include: childhood trauma, diet, OCD, ADHD, even genetics!
If you pull out your hair then you may never know exactly what it was that caused the condition. It also takes a long time to come to terms with it, and you may not be ready just yet to understand why you still do it and why you can’t stop.
Finding Support
It might be the case that you need to give yourself a little time before you seek support. When I was ready, I started to chat with people in online forums, and even started writing about how I felt in a blog. I can’t tell you how much this has helped me – though I’m still not ready to talk to people about it in real life.
Always just do what feels right in a way that helps you accept pulling out hair as a part of who you are.
What Should You Always Remember? There are SO many others, just like you – you aren’t alone! They all ask themselves ‘why am I always pulling my hair out?!’. Slowly more and more of us are being more open and being able to support eachother on the internet.
