I pull out eyebrow hears with my hands. I pull leg and crotch hairs out with tweezers, mostly when I have anxiety, but some times when I am just bored. Also if my skin is bugging me I will either pull hairs or dig out chunks of skin. I often will pull out hundreds at a time. I don't pull my head hair out. I have a huge bald spot but it is from skin cancer. I have several times shaved part ofmy head hair just because it bugged me when deeply depressed.
Sometimes, the best thing to do is to talk to someone that you trust and also, who has an honest and sincere support for you. When you feel comfortable with someone and can relate the situation, your body and soul will feel relax and at ease. Slowly, with time, you will not be too hard on yourself. Wishing you peace and happiness. God bless you.
The only people I can really talk to about it are those on here.
Tools, I also do the tweezing thing with my leg and crotch hairs, but have never told my therapist or psychiatrist. I agree with you that the it is much easier to talk to people on here because the "get it". I just hope that I can one day get the courage to tell my treatment team about this issue.
It is nice to hear that I am not alone with the tweezers. I find that even if I have shaved, which I don't like doing, I still manage to get a grip on the hair ends
I use tweezers too. I do my eyebrows, bikini line, anywhere there might be a hair out of place. As I am doing it, I can feel the pressure building up but right when I pluck the hair out, it is like instant relief. I hate myself for doing it, I have scars from plucking. My boyfriend if 24 years is very supportive but I know he thinks that I am insane. He once walked in on me while I was in the middle of picking, I looked terrible. The look on his face was unbelievable, I was so embarrassed, no one knows except for im and my sister. I almost cannot stand myself any longer.