Comments on: Paging Dr. Freud: 8 Unusual Mental Illnesses

By: Sel

Sel — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:18:17 +0000

“brain fag”? Offensive slurs aside, it sounds like a simple case of laziness and unwillingness to cooperate with the teacher. My classes in high school are full of kids who’d jump at the chance to be taken seriously with such complaints.

By: Ling

Ling — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:19:08 +0000

I suffer from trichotillomania. I absolutely love the feeling i get from plucking my eyebrow hair and some other hairs. Usually i use a tweezer but i prefer my fingers, which is less efficient and prolongs the feeling. There are days where i have small bruises on my eyelid.

If I have nothing to keep my hands occupied, i used to peel my nails. It’s painful and potentially dangerous as I suffered from fungi infection under my nails before. Plus my vanity took over and I decided that nice nails are prettier.

I am glad I have not started eating my hair yet.

By: rich

rich — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:15:00 +0000

I have dermatillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dermatillomania is related to trichotillomania except instead of pulling out hair, I compulsively pick at my skin, especially the skin on my upper arms. It sucks because I have scars and the rest on my arms because of it.

By: Duh

Duh — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:04:00 +0000

My co-worker pulls …his beard hair. Folks, it’s the most disgusting scene on earth. Not to discourage all other pluckers, but maybe it will help, whatever you’re doing induces vomiting in people who have to be around you

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:03:00 +0000

I’m 15 I’ve had trichotillomania for a while now…it started after I moved, so it’s probably attributed to stress and sadness from moving away from my friends (and not making any new ones). I have bad days where I can’t seem to stop, and good days where I just pluck out a few absentmindedly – apparently most people have specific triggers, which unfortunately I haven’t been able to pinpoint yet.
However, I feel really bad for people who eat their hair after they pull it. I usually chew on the little piece of flesh on the end (gross, right? I can’t stand leaving it on though), but I’ve never eaten a hair – the very thought sickens me. It’s supposed to be very painful, however, when it starts to bunch up in the stomach and intestines. It’s horrible.
I don’t seem to have any other weird habits like sticking it on the mirror or anything (that confuses me a bit, but I’m sure just the fact that I pull out my own hair is weird enough…).
Anyways, the last one, Koro, amused me a lot (though it probably shouldn’t…now I feel insensitive). Some of this stuff is fantastic!

By: Pyscho Quiz

Pyscho Quiz — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:59:15 +0000

I’d have to say that plucking your eyebrows is probably the strangest disorder Ive heard of other than trying to eat yourself

By: Beavinator

Beavinator — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:51:42 +0000

I suffer from mild trichotillomania. I don’t pull the hair on my head, or my eyelashes or eyebrows, just the whiskers on my face. I didn’t even start growing any until my early 20’s, and even now they grow so slowly and sparsely that I’ve never needed to shave, but just pluck the few whiskers out with tweezers. I don’t eat the hairs or leave them anywhere though, I just don’t like the feeling of whiskers poking through the skin on my face so I somewhat obsessively remove them. I occasionally pluck my nose hairs absent-mindedly, but that’s the worst it gets for me.

By: daisy

daisy — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:00:50 +0000

have we met before?

By: Henna

Henna — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:06:00 +0000

My cousin has Trichotillomania, which is the first I’d ever heard of it. I like pulling on my hair when I’m upset. I’ll grab a fistful and tug until I’m not mad anymore. I don’t pull any hairs out on purpose. I wonder if that has a name…

By: Marion

Marion — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Hey Dose -
I don’t think you’re supposed to pluck nose hairs, I think there’s a danger of infection. Just buy one of those little nose razors, but don’t get the twisty kind, they suck, make sure it’s a little flat razor. It makes a great buzzing sound, and you can use it for monobrow, bushy ears, whatever.

Try not to shave off your eyebrows though, it looks wierd.