I started pulling at my hair when I was 12

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I started pulling at my hair when I was 12. I still remember the first time: one strand came out, and, as strange as it sounds, the feeling made me happy.

I’m now in my forties. I still have my hair, but I find myself touching and pulling at it without meaning to. For years, nothing I tried helped. Recently, I found something that does: I put tape around my thumbs. To pull at my hair, I need to feel the strands between my fingers, and the tape stops me from doing that.

I still catch myself doing it sometimes when I’m not wearing the tape. It hasn’t made the habit disappear, but it’s the first thing that has helped me interrupt it.

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