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Old 08-24-2004, 01:28 PM
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Originally posted by ms_gwyn
i have an OCD (Trichotillomania, ie hair pulling) , but its not that severe, which i'm very appreicative. I have a preventative measure that keeps it under control. I usually don't display my OCD unless I'm under extreme amount of stress and that can sometimes lead me to a GAD (general anxiety disorder) but that's rare and usually happens during mid-term and finals periord (and since I'm no longer taking classes, I haven't displayed a GAD in about 2 years.)
I lived with someone who did this. It was the first time I had ever heard of it and OCD. She had a bald spot under her hair. She was under tremendous amounts of stress. She showed her mother the bald spot and her mother told a friend who just happened to read about this condition in a magazine. It was great timing. She went to a doctor, was put on medicine, and stopped pulling her hair.
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