So, any of you who has any good tips? Just finding this forum is a huge relief for me, as I believed for many years that this was only in my head and just kept me feeling really bad about it.

I mostly pull from my lashes and eyebrows nowadays. When I was about 13 I started by pulling my hair from my scalp when I was laying in bed reading at night. It went away for some time when I figured something was wrong with me. But it has come back in periods during these years (I am 23 today).

In January I started seeing a therapist about this. She is very skilled in OCD problematique and I trust her. It has been hard talking to people about this since it is so shameful for me.

When pulling it is like this tension, it gets higher and higher and when finally the hair comes off there is an instant relief. If it is my lashes the area almost instantly gets sore, and this kinda fascinates me and triggers me to pull even more. When pulling from my scalp there is a special area where I always pull. I think I look for hair which feels "different" - in texture or something else like that. When remembering back I think this is also what I thought when I was young and pulled.

So today I see T once a week and it goes up and down. Ahe believes I have made good progress but I am really afraid. Since this is something I do more in certain periods, I am scared this is just a "good" period and that she will abandon me believing I am "cured". But I am pretty sure it will be really bad again some day. This scares me..

At least I have become more aware of what situations are more risky for me and I can actually stop myself sometimes when pulling.

Thoughts?