Trichotillomania: a disorder by pulling the hair.

There exists within the obsessive human disorders one that acts in an impulsive way which consists in tearing the hair.

People who suffer or develop it tend to tear the hair from the head, eyebrows, whiskers, beard, pubis etc. These areas are without hair or hair, including leaving wounds to detach or tear the hair from these areas.

Before having this action or behavior generates a certain percentage of satisfaction caused by a strong burden of anxiety or euphoria, in doing so these people feel relief satisfaction by discharging this energy and impulses.

This activity they execute it when they are alone, watching TV, working on the computer, bathing, in many occasions they are doing daily activities while pulling their hair always in the same area.

Treatment

For this disease, a cognitive-behavioral therapy is carried out, seeking to change the ideas that generate these behaviors, to sensitize or diminish the causes and prevent this action from taking place.

Symptoms

tear oneself away the hair causing a remarkable loss.
Perception of tension just before pulling the hair.
Gratification, liberation and pleasure when plucking the hair.

Trichotillomania and the social shame.

Criticisms of family and friends (without understanding that the behavior of a disease is not a simple action and difficult to stop) or the impact that can cause visually that generate areas with absence of hair being evident. The trichotillomaniacs try to hide the signs, wearing hats, scarves, caps or other accessories to cover the areas of the scalp that is affected, to be less noticeable.

Trichotillomaniacs play with broken hairs, wrap them with their hands, examine or simply put them in their mouths and sometimes they can swallow them, this condition is called trichophagia, leading to vomiting, abdominal pain, hemorrhages, severe gastrointestinal obstructions, even if not treated in time it can cause death.

How to face the problem

Step number that the individual must realize is to recognize what is happening.

He must accept and understand his condition and of what he suffers, from is a serious compulsive behavior and requires treatment as soon as possible.

Controlling a disorder only with your willpower may be possible, but it can be the hardest way, some people try to have control of the problem on their own.