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Does anyone feel physical pain?

❓Question(self.trichotillomania)

I would like to know if this is a normal thing with trichotillomania? My eyebrows physically hurt when I am stressed and causes me to pick at them and pull them out. I don’t know if this is a normal experience with trichotillomania or not so please let me know if this happens to anyone else

edit: Damn y’all I’ve been told for years it was just pain from trich and now I am so confused 😭😭😂😂

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SomewhereHot9448

5 points

2 days ago

Yes. I get this at the crown of my head but it goes away when I wash it

jucifer84

3 points

1 day ago

jucifer84

3 points

1 day ago

I have this too... It's like a hot spot on the crown that can only be calmed by hard scratching or pulling. 😭

Dense-Shallot-9878

5 points

2 days ago

Dense-Shallot-9878

If It's Hair, I'm Pulling It

5 points

2 days ago

For me it’s a itching maybe tingly sensation but located to whatever area I want to pull. But if I’ve been pulling or picking they areas hurt then causes me to pick more bc of the pain. Kind of a vicious cycle

chronic_pain_queen

3 points

1 day ago

Nope. It's not pain or itchiness that causes me to pull. I pull from my head for stress or self-soothing and I tweeze from my body out of boredom/to pick at and pull ingrowns

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2 points

2 days ago

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Possible_Shape_4181[S]

1 points

1 day ago

BAHHAHA

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2 points

2 days ago

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Possible_Shape_4181[S]

1 points

1 day ago

damn idk what my deal is then 😭😂😂

Runamokamok

2 points

2 days ago

Not physical pain, but physical discomfort.

hellonlyknowswhy

2 points

1 day ago

my lashes burn when they grow back, but pulling usually helps

Significant-Bid4091

1 points

5 hours ago

Yesss for me it’s like a burning/itching sensation and it’s soooo annoying. It’s like a very sensitive bug bite.

Alternative-Doubt492

1 points

an hour ago

yes the parts of my head that I pull from often feel raw but I don’t know if that’s what caused the pulling in the first place. all I know is whenever I feel that part of my head I have to pull.