addicted to scratching the dandruff flakes from my head

are there any girls out there that want me to play with their dandruff? ;)

Dude this is so crazy, it's 5am right now and I was just scratching my head, I've done this sience I was maybe 12 and I'm 22 now, I find that when I grow my fingernails just the slightest bit I scratch, get the flakes or whatever it is under my finger nails and eat it. Ive felt like such a weirdo and still do, I cut my finger nails do I don't scratch my scalp and bit my fingernails , I also bite and eat the inner skin from the top and bottom of my lips. And I sometimes pull out my eye lashes and my eye brows. I want to stop but feel I cant. As I'm typing now I'm biting my lips and wanting to scratch my head but I just clipped my nails so short so I wouldn't be so tempted.

I'm a 10/y/o female and I've had pretty bad ecezma all my life, and I just love picking it, and dandruff too.
I thought I was the only one.

I started pulling my eyelashes when I was in second grade and has plagued me my whole life (I’m now 56). As a woman, I feel especially self-conscious and never leave the house without wearing eye makeup and false lashes. I didn’t start wearing lashes until about 5 years ago when my daughter got married. I watched some YouTube tutorials and taught myself to apply them. This has been life changing because, for the first time in my life, I feel normal. Combing up dandruff flakes on my scalp developed as I approached puberty. Sometimes I would pick at my scalp so that I wouldn’t pull my eyelashes, but always in front of a magnified makeup mirror, not as a mindless habit while watching TV, as some sufferers allude to. I’m also being treated for depression and ADHD, but I’ve only recently started taking medication for the latter. I’ve been to therapy, but didn’t really make a connection with my therapist, so I stopped going. I am a Caucasian female whose mother showed the same compulsions. I hope this helps your research. I know many of us who suffer from trichotillomania feel alone in our freakish habits, so thank you for your research!

Wow. i am 22 years old and I can't even remember how long I've been picking at my scalp and dandruff. If I had to guess I would say maybe 4th grade when I got lice from a cousin. After this I remember I was self conscious about my hair for some time even though none of my school friends knew about it. If I had an itch I would quickly touch the area to ensure that I did not feel any lice.
At this point, this habit only occurs a few times a year. A couple times I have just gradually slowed down till I completely stop but usually I can only stop this habit when I get fake, acrylic nails. This is because the nails are a lot thicker than real nails and cannot "pick" well. And by the time the nails come off I no longer have the urge to continue. I feel as though when I am not picking I don't even have dandruff. It's like i create it when the habit starts up again. I am currently going through a phase and it is driving me insane.

I can't believe how common this is. My theory is our nervous systems are not wired properly, that they're more prone to being ruled by the sympathetic system which causes anxious states and makes us feel umcomfortable looking at certain textures. I bet everyone in this thread can't look at lumpy or holey surfaces. It makes your skin crawl. it's the same when looking at a rough scalp peeling with flakes. We respond to that visual in a very physical way if you actually think about just staring at dandruff without touching it. We just have to fix it because our anxious state is too excited by the texture. This is all related to a nervous system out of balance. That and sexual frustration.

Omggg same like i’m 14 and i do it. I find it so embarrassing though and weird. I’m also scared that the fact it leads to hair loss. I really want to stop this habit but it’s sooo addictive

I've been doing this since I was a teen. I'm 47 now and ovwr the years it has gotten worse. When I feel the thick dandruff scab its hard to describe the feeling that comes over me but its so relaxing and self satisfying. I love to pick at it and Ill run to the mirror to look at it. Its embarrassing to admit but it actually is my dirty little secret.

I am a chef at a pub in Burnsall in North Yorkshire, I shake my dandruff in the food I am cooking from time to time, no complaints from the customers, probably because my flakes blend in with the food, just have to pick out any strands of hair that may fall into the food.

I had a completely normal upbringing. I just started this roughly a year and a half ago when I dove into a deep depression. I stop showering, and my head with it so I describe scouts on my head and found this greatly satisfying. I don't know why, but I love it. By theater has gotten bad and I didn't like to brush my hair, so I shave my head, which actually looks quite hot, apparently. But I keep picking my scalp! I don't know what it is, but it is gratifying, and I love scraping underneath my nails to see what I've dug up. It may sound weird, and I know that is definitely not coming, but I can't help myself! And I'm not even depressed anymore. It's like a new addiction that I never knew I had. Also, for the doctor, I am a white female age 37. I have a secure job and a family.

Omg same! even i started scratching my head everywhere including school.i keep plucking the scalp out of my hair all the time. Even my mom asks to me stop scratching because she thinks that it an involuntary habit. But i have an addiction and i cant stop,even though it makes my hair greasy and disgusting. Ive been doing this for a year now and i feel like im gonna become bald. Even i need tips

That is fascinating. I am a grown female and I love to scratch my hair/scalp too. When it itches, I wait until I am I front of a mirror to scratch the itch and watch the flakes come off my scalp. It is awesome!

I am 28 and I pick at my dandruff I do it because it's so stress relieving and relaxing I could do it for a long time I've gotten better about it because I'm ashamed my husband will find out snd think I'm a freak but if I am super stressed out I like to try to hide and do it I had a hard childhood and my mom was abusive to me so it's something I did as a kid to help me cope with the terrible things happening to me and now my life is still hard I have severely autistic son.

Same guy's I mean everyone has their own addictions.But even though yes, watching the dandruff fall is very satisfying, i don't think you should get to it hands-on witch means like don't do it all the time and try to take care of your scalp witch i see you guy's are doing. Still plz don't get mad at me for saying this late and saying what i'm saying but i'm... 10 YEARS OLD FROM CANADA!!!!!! @///////@ oh god i feel weird but that was some advice for you that i did when i had the SAME addiction 'cause i felt weird of thinking oh no am i the only person EVER i got pretty embarrassed

BOI BUT WHY IN YO FOOD THAT'S JUST, JUST *BARFS* *it get's quiet* im sorry for yelling...