Is pulling out your hair a sign of anxiety?

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asked Dec 17, 2019 in Hair by qy7jaxs (250 points)
Is pulling out your hair a sign of anxiety?

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answered Dec 20, 2019 by linda (29,790 points)
Yes pulling your hair out can be a sign of anxiety and even stress.

It can be as simple as sometimes a person is stressed and they pull their hair out during stressful situations and other times it could be because of anxiety or even just boredom.

There's also a rare condition that causes people to pull out their hair.

The condition for pulling out hair is called medically trichotillomania which is a rare anxiety disorder that leads to people pulling out their hair.

Sometimes people who have trichotillomania disorder will also have other disorders, such as depression, anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Therapy can help sometimes but there's no cure for it.

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