![Trichotillomania: Woman speaks out on mental disorder that saw her pull her hair out for 18 years | The Independent Trichotillomania: Woman speaks out on mental disorder that saw her pull her hair out for 18 years | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/2022/08/03/07/02131007-00d71554-129c-46c8-bbee-722451f87f04.jpg)
Trichotillomania: Woman speaks out on mental disorder that saw her pull her hair out for 18 years | The Independent
![Pulling your hair out is actually a mental illness. Here's how I learned to stop doing it. - The Washington Post Pulling your hair out is actually a mental illness. Here's how I learned to stop doing it. - The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2016/06/CynthiaHeadshot-e1466639080726.jpg)
Pulling your hair out is actually a mental illness. Here's how I learned to stop doing it. - The Washington Post
![I do not necessarily have trichotillomania, but I pull off my split ends which has resulted in accidentally pulling out hair. Over the past year I have noticed I'm balding in different I do not necessarily have trichotillomania, but I pull off my split ends which has resulted in accidentally pulling out hair. Over the past year I have noticed I'm balding in different](https://i.redd.it/xhv52ktqy1c91.jpg)
I do not necessarily have trichotillomania, but I pull off my split ends which has resulted in accidentally pulling out hair. Over the past year I have noticed I'm balding in different
![So I have pulled out A LOT and have gotten scabs and now I can't stop picking them. I shaved the side of my head and it makes it harder to pull So I have pulled out A LOT and have gotten scabs and now I can't stop picking them. I shaved the side of my head and it makes it harder to pull](https://i.redd.it/my9x7b7lbkl21.jpg)