Amy Schumer revealed her trichotillomania to 'alleviate her shame'

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Amy Schumer revealed her trichotillomania to 'alleviate her shame'
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Trichotillomania is a kind of self-harm that involves the repeated, compulsive urge to pull hair from the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, or other body parts - via healthing_ca .MayoClinic APA amyschumer healthing healthnews healthyeating

The Three-Minute Breathing Space is a step-by-step practice, bringing both narrow and open awareness to your present-moment living experience.Secrecy is a big part of trichotillomania: most people with the condition will only pull out hair in private, and feel a lot of distress about their hair loss.

“When I was 13 I pulled out so much hair that I needed to get a wig, and wear a wig to school. It was humiliating,” Schumer told Stern. The experience left her feeling like she was “deformed,” she said, “feeling ugly and unloveable, and having big bald spots.” Schumer’s condition seems to be automatic, based on what she told Stern: “I would not even realize I did it, and I would look down and there would be a pile of hair.”“I still pull my hair. I still do it,” she said. “If I didn’t have these [hair] extensions… I couldn’t be on camera. I have probably half the amount of hair I should have.”

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