POSTED BY: mspennylane
There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing.
Other People’s Hair: Many people can also pull out other’s hair compulsively as well as their own.
This is part four of a series of posts every Saturday on how rituals associated with trichotillomania… This can also be found at Marmalade Skies, my personal blog.
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I can not imagine the awkwardness on the subway if someone started pulling out someone else’s hair
I have NEVER heard of this before… my son has always pulled out my hair strand by strand while falling asleep. He winds it around the base of his pacifier and sucks on it… I bought him a dolly with hair to save me a bit of pain and he still does it to the dolly… I suppose it’s good to know there’s an actual reason he does this!
I have learned something new today!
Yolander – I would definitely find it odd, though hopefully it’s something we will never experience. It must be hard for those who have the urge to do it in situations like that.
Kat – It is great that you found a way to reduce any harm caused by your son’s hair pulling. Hopefully he will grow out of it, though until then at least he has the dolly. I’m glad you learned something