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    Types of Trichotillomania

    Trichollomania can be classified into two major types: the obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the habit. Let’s take a closer look at these types by reading the following details.

    Trichotillomania as an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Recent researches have revealed that people who suffer from tension before pulling and who feel a sense of gratification upon pulling can be considered as victims of trichotillomania as a type of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder.

    Now, what exactly is obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder?

    The term “obsessive-compulsive spectrum” basically refers to a sequence of main conditions related with psychiatric. This is usually identified by the presence of obsessions and compulsions.

    When I say “obsessions”, I’m actually referring to those thoughts and ideas that can cause much distress and anxiety to you. This has something to do with thinking so much about things. An example of this could be someone who compulsively washes his or her hands thinking that germs or dirt are on it. That person is obsessed about germs, triggering him to wash his or her hands repeatedly.

    Note that someone who is affected by obsession can obtain paranoid under stress. The idea behind this is that when you think and think and think about something, what happens is that you will keep on thinking about things that are not really happening. This is also true with pulling your hair for the fact that if you think and think about having bad hairs, the result will be the act of constant pulling. Perhaps an effective treatment for this is lowering and managing stress in the bulk cases.

    On the other hand, the term “compulsions” has something to do with the act performed to alleviate the anxiety produced by obsessions. To put it simply, compulsions refer to those repetitive behaviors you do to gratify your obsessions. This is where the actual act of pulling one’s own hair comes in.

    Experts have recognized the obsessive compulsive disorder in the following definitions:

    Pulling out one’s hair recurrently resulting in hair loss or baldness that is highly noticeable.

    A sense of gratification, respite or pleasure upon pulling out the hair.

    A sense of tension that tends to increase instantly prior to the act of pulling out the hair or when one attempts to control or resist the behavior.

    When a clinically significant distress is caused by the disturbance. This also holds true when impairment in occupational, social or other important areas of functioning are affected.

    When the disturbance is not properly accounted for by another form of mental disorder, and if the disturbance is not caused by a normal medication condition.

    Trichotillomania as a Habit

    A number of reliable researches have noted that the act of pulling one’s hair can be developed into a habit. This happens basically when the person affected is not perfectly aware that he or she is doing the thing. It can also be considered as a custom when the person doing it does not feel any sense of pleasure, respite or gratification from it.

    According to some studies, trichotillomania can be developed as a custom even during childhood. When this disorder springs up at that early stage, the pronness is individuals may perform it until they grow old. There are some, however, who grow out of it, but the bulk of the population wrestles with this psychological disorder well into adulthood, being unaware of the fact that as they continue to pull out their hairs, they are preparing themselves to obtain bald.

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