Hi everyone. This is my first post, and I was wondering about this.

I struggle with Emetophobia and OCD. I have struggled with Emetophobia and OCD for a little over a decade.

Recently, I have had some stress... and have been just pulling on my hair. It is like a stress reliever... although the stress does not completely go away.

What is more weird is that, since I am male, it sort of makes me feel weird that I might be one of the only males who suffer from Trich. I don't think this is Trich, but just me wanting to pull on my hair, (it is shorter), because of stress.

I have noticed that when I am stressed, my arm goes up to my head and grabs on to the hair.

I also have an urge to shave my hair off. I don't know why but I just want to take a razor thing and shave it all off.

Now my head/hair, hurts or has a numb itchy feeling. :/

Is this Trichotillomania or just me pulling my hair because of stress?