addicted to scratching the dandruff flakes from my head

Guest over a year ago

I know im surpriced at the number of people who do the dandruff shower thing. im a 37 year old male, ive had my hair cut today and washed my hair twice before going. Ive noticed that the hair product she put on has made lots of fresh dandruff. Ive just covered the setee arm with dandruff, Looks gross but i cant stop this habit. Ive been pretty good though and havent dug my finger nails in to my scalp for 3 weeks and seem to be scab free, only using fingertips though to search.

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Guest over a year ago

Feels so good to know that I am not alone!

I've been collecting the flakes, only the large ones, in a jar for about 2 years now. It's only about half filled, though.

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Guest over a year ago

i wonder how many people are like us that like dandruff? i dont collect it in a jar but many of the pages of car magazines i collect have pages full of dandruff, when i go back to read them 2 years later the dandruff has "dried" to the glossy pages. Makes the cars in the photos look like they are covered in stone chips!!!

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Anon over a year ago

I dont have dandruff bur i have ezema and im addictied i usually wait a long time when i get my hair done the scratch the flakes of but its gotten so worse i scratch the flakes off my arm but it stings after i think its Obssesive Compolsive Disorder but im not positivley sure

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mwilks over a year ago

1. 7 yrs old?

2. Never moved

3. Yes, both anxiety and depression

4. It relieves boredom, not stress

5. Yes, I pick even when it doesn't itch

6. Sometimes I do feel sad when I can't find any.

I am a female caucasian

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jackson over a year ago

You are not alone with this on.

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Ettt over a year ago

I just like scratching other people's scalps and seeing the dandruff .. Idk it is kind of weird some people think I have a hair fetish .. I ask people all the time can I scratch your scalp ..

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hi over a year ago

i honestly thought i was the only one that does that. I am addicted. I used tohave a "disorder" trillotrictamania where i pulled my hair out and then i stopped and then scratching my dandruff has been the solution. I honestly think its gross but i cant stop. I always try and stopmyself from doing it in class. And i recently jusst stopped and now i did litterally 20mintues ago while i was sitting down . Th nerve of hearing and looking at it fall down on paper or anything just calms me. I usually do it while doing my homework near a desklamp so i can see it fall better and its gross because my teachers always see my left over dandruff on my paper and i just tell them its eraser marks. I usually do it in itchy parts and my hair isnt dirty because i wash it oftenly but still. And i also have his promblem with watching fall through my keyboard because the light from the screen makes it seem more in depth i really need to know what its called so i can stop because its calms me and i hate it

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Guest over a year ago

my laptop has dandruff and bits of hair stuck between the buttons. As you say its calming.

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Guest over a year ago

Well yesterday evening my girlfriend of 2 years dumped me, all because she was fed up with me showering my dandruff over the sitting room chair arm and sometimes on her dark wood table. So im single again.

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Megster over a year ago

I do the exact same!

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M over a year ago

Yeah, we humans are still monkeys... and monkeys like to pick through their and each others' hair. If you don't overdo it, it's quite normal =]

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Guest over a year ago

Totally agree what M said above.

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anon75 over a year ago

Wow, I've had this additition since I was about 10 (I'm now 37) and thought I was probably the only nutty one! I was too embarrressed to research it until now, as I didn't want anyone finding out that I had it. What a relief to hear that this isn't completely uncommon. Talking to a therapist might be really helpful, but I'd feel ashamed to bring this disgusting addiction up to anyone (aside from you guys).

This addiction started for me right after I had lice. Throughout the years, I've seen my brother (who had lice the same time as me) also scratching at his dandruff, but I've never talked to him about it. I was addicted to hair pulling in early elementary school, and I've had issues with anxiety for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure if scratching for dandruff helps to relieve my stress/anxiety, but I do know that it can be really satisfying. Esp when I find big clumps of dandruff. (Strange and gross, I know!)

My hair has been thinning for about 8 years now, and I just assumed it was a herititary thing, but maybe it's also (or even primarily) due to the scratching? I wish I could stop this gross habit...

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Colby over a year ago

1. When I was 12 years old

2. Did you move around a lot as a kid or teenager? No

3. Do you experience anxiety or depression? depression definitely

4. Do you feel the dandruff relieves stress? Yes!

5. Do you do it even when there is no itch? Yes.

6. Do you feel sad when you can't find any? Yes

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