
Episode 322: Stopping Self-Injurious Behavior & Trichotillomania
The Hardcore Self Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
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Trick Toillomania Hair Pulling Disorder
Trick toillomania is characterized by recurrent pulling of somebody's hair Resulting in hair loss. People might have specific ways that they pull out their hair like ritualistic thing and then there might be certain rituals or behaviors they do with the hair. Some people even put it between their teeth, um and some people eat the hair or just the hair follicle. It can happen to anybody this is something that a lot of different people deal with I think it's estimated like 2% of the population deals with this. There are options for treatment when it comes to trick tolamania but you're probably going to need medical help first.
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