hair pulling
 

stupid question

is pulling my hair out in chunks self harm....and has anyone else heard of this????

Yes, Trichotillomania or however you spell it. It is a form of self-harm.
I had it and ripped out my eyebrows which still haven't grown back 11 years later. Also ripped out my eyelashes, which fortunately regrew.
Please be careful, and if you are not currently receiving professional help, I would strongly recommend it.

yes, it is. from experience i know that it can be just as painful as anything else, and though it doesn't really leave a mark or scar as such, it can take ages to get to where it isn't noticable...... but since its intentionally causing yourself pain, its self harm

i've just looked it up, and i'm not sure if its exactly categorized as trichotillomania.... thats seems to be more when you pull out hairs individually and its more like an anxious habit than a "i'm going to hurt myself" type behavior..... i may be wrong on this though.

like Facet said, getting to a doctor early is a good idea.

Well pulling hair is under the signs of self harm, and compulsive hair pulling is Trichotillomania. But that's just my understanding of it.

well it doesn't really matter.... either way it is self harm....

and there is a trichotillomania (gosh thats hard to spell) thread on here.... it may be down a bit or on the second page...

its small chunks....when i am anxious....

I used to pull out my hair when I was anxious. It soothed me, so I can relate. But yes, as said above, it's still self-harm.

Yes, it is self harm. I've actually used that method a couple of times... It's not a good habit to start. Maybe you should think about seeing a therapist?

Not a stupid question, better to be informed I think.

But yes. It is self injury. I used to do it as a cutting replacement, or if I couldn't cut. It was to feel pain, and feel better, like cutting.

But hair pulling is often common in anxiety or OCD too, when it's a compulsion. It's also a tourettes behavior; a neurological tic. But in most cases it's out of OCD or self injury.

I'd say it's self-harm.

I used to do it quite often when I was trying to stop cutting but I'd only ever pull tiny chunks of hair from underneath. But then my hair started to fall out more often + in bigger quantities so I stopped because I was scared I was going to end up bald :/

I would advise you get help for it asap though before it turns into a major habit.

Take care,
Em x

this is what has been happening to me

Yes Trichotillomania, hair pulling, is considered self-harm if it's done with the intention to casue yourself pain. I pulled my hair all the time when I was a kid whenever I was upset-not enough to pull the hair out, but just enough to feel tension at the roots. It calmed me down.

You're not alone.