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Post by nemo on Jun 22, 2014 8:32:35 GMT
I'm pretty sure I have dermatillomania. I persistently pick the skin around my fingers to the point where I have scar tissue around the sides and generally have a bleeding or infected area on at least one of them. Can't seem to stop. It's pretty revolting to see a pile of peeled skin around your keyboard at work. And yet, it's so satisfying. Bizarre.
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Post by carly31 on Jun 22, 2014 9:40:30 GMT
I've been reading more about it. They reckon it's an impulse control disorder. Which totally makes sense for me as I have mixed adhd type. Which is interesting because impulsive behaviors defo run throughout my family. I get the same satisfaction/ repulsion from the piles of broken hair. On the one hand it's fascinating and on the other I question my sanity! Humans are so bloody complicated!
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Post by carly31 on Jun 24, 2014 17:44:41 GMT
Just realised that it probably wasn't the right place to post this thread! Tried to delete it but can't seem to delete it all! doh!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 17:55:17 GMT
carly31We can move threads if they're patently misplaced or you ask (or delete or edit them - lots of ways they can be manipulated). Usually we don't bother, we all have ADHD after all - it's not a big deal if something is untidy.
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Post by carly31 on Jun 24, 2014 18:44:46 GMT
Thanks Dave
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Post by astraka on Jun 27, 2014 20:56:26 GMT
I was telling my sister when I saw her recently that I was asking for a referral for a Dx and she said she recognised a lot of herself in the childhood in attentiveness descriptions I'd shared. I mention this as my sister has always suffered trichottllomania...
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Post by carly31 on Jun 28, 2014 21:19:18 GMT
I deleted my first post so will just re-say what I initially said for anyone who didn't read it. I was wondering whether anyone had ever had problems with either pulling hair out or compulsively checking/pulling split ends? My mum, sister and I have all had longstanding problems with it. I love the sound of the tiny bits of hair snapping and the look of the split hair. It's as if I am in trance when I do it. The only other addiction I can say it is similar to is gambling. I learnt at a very young age that I was prone to gambling addiction! Even when I look in the mirror I'm checking to see if I can find them! It is compulsive as if I'm driven to do it. I managed to stop for a period of time but over the last few years it came back. It seems to be worst when I'm anxious. I can't stop doing it. I'm not sure if it is because it helps me focus and keeps my hands busy. I do it when I'm in meetings otherwise I start getting agitated and start wriggling in my seat. I was wondering whether anybody else with ADHD experienced this? astraka, that's interesting. I am female combined type, predominantly impulsive see and I think my mum is too. I've been reading more and it's definitely an impulse control disorder. Can you see the ADHD symptoms in her?
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Post by astraka on Jun 29, 2014 20:25:08 GMT
I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say my sister was ADHD. She did share a lot of the inattentiveness I had as a child but seems to cope very well as an adult (unlike me) but she still can't stop with the hair pulling. She's been really stressed the last few months and when I saw her today was complaining about her hair being thin again. When she was a child she had bald patches. I'm not sure that ADHD correlates directly with ADHD but ADHD unmanaged leads to dis functional ways of coping with stress
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Post by carly31 on Jul 9, 2014 0:01:32 GMT
I bought some blutack! Been playing with that every time I get an urge to pick my hair. I think it's impulse control thing for me. My hyperactivity not being channeled properly. God today was bad, I was so nervous I couldn't stop squirming in my seat and the more I squirmed the more Anxious I got!! Since giving up all drugs and alcohol my adhd had really come into its own. I understand now why I couldn't just have one drink!
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Post by astraka on Jul 9, 2014 16:37:31 GMT
I never thought of blu tac. Genius!
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Post by mindblank on Apr 22, 2015 3:20:10 GMT
I have the trich.... Luckily my head hair is thick enough that it hasn't been too bad there. I prefer to pull out my neck hair if any hair (I'm a guy so get plenty neck hair), so try to steer towards the neck. I recommend neck hair as it's wiry, often curly and getting the huge, thick, zit-fed ingrown wires out is severely satisfying. I have every hair colour represented by my neck hair: red, blond, black, brown and white. Keeping head hair short seems to help me avoid head hair - the longer it gets the more I'll pull it.
I have a pile of hair behind my bed. Gross I know but i do clean it out every so often.
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Post by astraka on May 4, 2015 21:17:50 GMT
My sister used to leave hair inside books, and stuck to the wall in the bathroom. God, I hope she never reads this...
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Post by carly31 on May 7, 2015 21:28:19 GMT
Piles of broken hair! Gawd it sounds insane but by god it's so bloody satisfying and hypnotic. I wonder why? I know it's completely compulsive. It's like something takes control over me. I pick my split ends for hours at a time. I get stuck in front of the mirror because I can see them looking at me. Wherever I am I have piles of broken hair on my lap. I tell myself to stop but that makes me really anxious and without even realising I'm back at it. I love the clicking sound the hair makes when it breaks off, I love inspecting the broken pieces. It makes me feel crazy when I talk about it like this but I just can't stop. I guess adhd makes us more sensation seeking, more sensitive and generally a more anxious bunch. Thank you for sharing everyone x
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