Hair causing OCD?

[belletropjolie]

I am curious to know what you ladies think: can hair obsession cause OCD?

I think I've developed some ocd like behaviours.

I havr a ton of splits and I spend soooooo Much time searching and destroying (like 40 minutes at a time) example, I planned to sleep early last night but found myself s&d ing and detangling for a little over an hour. Its almost like I'm in a trance as I just kept looking for those splits.

I also had a period last year where I would pull my hair out at the root. I had a ton of newgrowth and I just like playing with the texture and looking for the white bulb. I stopped as soon as I noticed my edges getting sparse.

I think I need to stop with the s&d though because my ends are starting to look thin. My plan is to get a weave so that I don't have access to my hair.

So what say you? Normal behaviour or stop now?

 

[Channy31]

Sounds more like Trichotillomania!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomania

 

[*CherryPie*]

Your hair is not causing your OCD. You have OCD...and your OCD is causing you to pull your hair out.

 

[Blessed&higlyflavoured]

Your hair is not causing your OCD. You have OCD...and your OCD is causing you to pull your hair out.

yep. If you weren't into haircare, the OCD tendencies would manifest in a different way. I can empathise with this. What are you thinking of doing about it ?

 

[lamaria211]

Girl get that weave quick!

 

[belletropjolie]

Thanks for the responses.

I thought of trichotillomania but dismissed it because I was able to stop pulling out strands as soon as I noticed my edges. Also when I say noticed a spot, it was a very very tiny as my edges are still thick. Once I noticed it I pretty much stopped with the hair pulling.

The s&d started because I actually do have a lot of split ends: mid strand,ssk,jagged ends you name it I have it. So I would trim it occassionally and then I just noticed I was spending way too much time trimming off splits.

In any case, I think I just need to put my hair away and not play with it so much. For example, I didnt take down my bun today, just remoistened my ends. I think doing that and getting a weave will make stop. I dont want to snatch myself bald!

I dont exhibit anyother OCD like behaviours otherwise though so it was weird when I started noticing what I was doing.

 

[belletropjolie]

Oh I forgot to add that I have noticed this behaviour in someone eles.

When we were younger my cousin would always play with her lashes: Constantly! She was actually ripping out her eyelashes and now she has none. Has to constantly wear eye liner to define her eyes

 

[virtuenow]

That's why I stopped search and destroy. OCD creates obstacles that can never be satisfied. Hence, individually snipping 500,000 hairs one by one-- a feat that cannot be accomplished successfully. Rather, it is better to schedule a time to trim your hair. It can be just 1/8-1/4in. No big deal, but you have successfully rid your split ins and maintained your sanity.