[T2]

Is it weird that I try to pick my husband's scabs as well?

I also pull out my hair, especially if it is a dark color (I have mostly blonde hair) or has a split end. Problem with me doing that is that my daughter will pick up the hair and chew on it. She's 7, but has been chewing on hair since she was a baby. So, I seem to be enabling her habit with mine.

[winvens]

Originally Posted by Shakey ↗

You guys are mental.

We'll let you join our club. Every Friday night is the Group Groom where everyone socializes while we all pick and pull and chew each other's skin and hair. Ey, we're all primates, we inherently thrive on stuff like this.

Oh, and it's potluck. Bring a salad of some kind.

[winvens]

*Hey, we're all primates, I mean. Awkward primates who have yet to master text imput on small smartphones.*

[Shakey]

Originally Posted by Anom Alley ↗

We'll let you join our club. Every Friday night is the Group Groom where everyone socializes while we all pick and pull and chew each other's skin and hair. Ey, we're all primates, we inherently thrive on stuff like this.

Oh, and it's potluck. Bring a salad of some kind.

OK. As long as I can cum in you.

[candice81]

Originally Posted by *BEELZEBUB* ↗

Not the same but involves "chewing"

My tick is fresh bread+depression, started as a toddler and has followed me since then. When I would fuss and cry Mom would give me a slice of bread to pacify me, here I am 45yrs later still pacifying myself when I down. My wife doesn't seem to understand this and constantly buys bread because she knows it makes me happy even though my weight is a constant struggle, keeping it in check is a constant battle and now I have diabetes to boot
I was on 200mg of Zoloft now I'm on Paxil and mood stabilizer and they do nothing for the bread cravings despite me mentally feeling a bit better.

Honestly, I think that is with you forever. some things our parents did to us they do not know that it will affect us for life, my mother took my bottle away too soon and now I suck on my tounge...were all a little fucked. As for the Paxil....I HATE it, firstly it made me fat and never did anything but give me brain shocks...I have finally found something that works and its Cipralex 20 mgs a day....fantastic! I almost feel normal, but it has never helped in those little "ticks" that I have.

[choochie]

I put 40 lbs on with Zoloft years ago (40 lbs I had just lost). Seems I eat when I'm happy. It was great. Slept great, felt great. I was taking St. John's Wart at the same time and slept like a baby. Never knew what it was like to not be depressed! Never felt so happy and well rested.

[surfaces]

Originally Posted by teacherof2 ↗

Is it weird that I try to pick my husband's scabs as well?

I also pull out my hair, especially if it is a dark color (I have mostly blonde hair) or has a split end. Problem with me doing that is that my daughter will pick up the hair and chew on it. She's 7, but has been chewing on hair since she was a baby. So, I seem to be enabling her habit with mine.

Nope, I do it too! Glad it's not just me. My husband has eczema on his scalp and I have a bad habit of picking at the scabs if he's lying on me in bed. I also scratch the dead skin off his back. I do it without thinking, it's almost like it's become a compulsion.

[Faline]

I'm a nail biter. I wear fake nails now all the time so that i don't bite them. They're slowly growing.

[MisterE]

There seem to be a lot of Trich and Dermatillomania sufferers here. Don't bother with the medications, they only help nominally and will end up putting you emotionally out of whack. It's a condition you learn to live with, but there is no real cure. Also it goes in phases. At times it's bad, and others it's more manageable, but it will always reappear to some degree. The only thing that is helpful is cognitive self-therapy. Realize when you're in the obsession and stop momentarily. Learn to observe your behavior versus being the behavior. Certain aspects of it can be controlled, but they don't disappear.

I think the hardest thing about Trich and Dermotillomania is that the shame which surrounds it. It's the big secret that you want nobody to know about, but it's far more common than most sufferers might think.

The age at which it begins to develop (early adolescence) the shame is even worse. Appearance, acceptance, and conformity are huge factors at that age, and something which makes you stand out as different is very traumatic. Often that sense of shame, fear, and regret will follow sufferers well into their adult lives. Even if one is able to manage the symptoms, the psychological trauma is deep in the subconscious mind and will color one's self image for years.

There have been some interesting studies that indicate Trich and Dermotillomania are actually different manifistations of Tourette's Syndrome. That the three are actually one disorder, but present themselves differently. Personally, I believe this correlation has a lot of merit as all three are impulse control based behaviors.

BTW, I am a 40 year sufferer of Trichotillomania. I know a little about the topic.

[SavvyCYNZ]

I dont know if anyone has said this yet, but it is called Dermatophagia. I have the same issue. I rip away at my nail until the soft part underneath pokes out and scabs over.