Is it normal to eat your own hair when you are angry?

Question

when i get angry i eat my hair.

is there something i can do..

Answer 1

do you literally eat it? or do you like put it in your mouth and like suck on it?, did you know this girl on ripleys believe it or not she used to eat her hair and they had to go inside of her stomach and get her surgery she had a hair ball the size of like 3 potatoes in her stomach, isn't that gross, idk if you want that to happen to you.

Answer 2

U eat ur hair..........ummm.....call a docotor......and get urself checked out.....lol jk jk i know this is a joke and if its not....call a doctor lol

Answer 3

everybody has their own way of dealing with anger or stress they actually make stuff you can put on your hair to help you break that habit the old count to ten thing might even help but whatever you choose to do it will take work on your part..stick with it.

Answer 4

no that is not normal!! try chewing gum or something like that to keep your mind busy!

Answer 5

Um...

I guess it might be for you, but its not healthy.

I've heard that hair can get tangled around vital organs and cause serious problems.

Hairball anybody?

I suggest you go see your doctor and ask him about it- he'll probably refer you to somewhere.

Good luck!

Rach ^_^

Answer 6

Maybe it's normal for you.

I'm not sure if you mean chewing your hair or actually eating your hair, but I think it would be an easy enough habit to break.

A good way to break a bad habit is:

1) To realize and acknowledge it is a bad habit

2) When you find yourself indulging in the bad habit consciously make the decision to stop it and tell yourself "No, this is a bad habit."

3) Repeat whenever it happens. Eventually you will no longer have that urge or what may feel like an instinct to "eat" your hair.

Hope this helps!

Best of luck.

Answer 7

you should get a stress ball and whenever your mad squeeze it or you could scream into a pillow.good luck =]

Answer 8

Well these facts may help you stop 1.Lots and lots of dust mites are in your hair and they can kill you 2.Hair can destroy your body 3.Stop eating your hair for 21 days so you can quit your habit!

Answer 9

quit eating it chew gum

Answer 10

dont do tht

chew ur nails or somthin else

thts not normal

Answer 11

Oh that's completely normal. (freak.)

Answer 12

What you're describing is known as trichophagia.  Although it is not very common, it's definitely heard of.  A lot of people who pull out their own hair (a condition called trichotillomania) will also eat their hair.  But eating your hair can also occur with out trichtillomania.

If you are actually eating the hair, and not just chewing it, you should try to get help.  Hair can start to amass in the stomach, causing a hairball, or trichobezoar.  If the hairball gets large enough, it requires surgery to be removed.  If it's not found, it can be very dangerous.

If you're just chewing your hair, it's probably still not a healthy behavior, but may not be quite as bad as actually eating it.  If it's interfering with your life, you should consider going to see a therapist.  There's been a lot of success with behavioral modification therapists in calming the symptoms of trichotillomania, and I suspect it would also be usefull in trichophagia.

Answer 13

Just. Don't.

A woman in poverty ate her own hair to ease her hunger, and eventually began having chronic stomach pains, as well as a distended abdomen. When they did an x-ray, they discovered that a giant hairball had formed in her stomach.

Just to warn you =)

Answer 14

THAT IS SO SICK! IN STEAD OF EATING YOUR HAIR CHEW GUM>

Answer 15

wow, no. no no no, do what i do. its been done for centuries, the stress relief choice of many people. smoke :-) lol n/k

Answer 16

no it is not. You need to stop i seen this show on T.V that this girl ate her own hair and had a 3.5 pound mass of hair in her stomach and the doctors had to remove it it can be very dangerous if you keep eating your hair.

Answer 17

I chew my hair when I'm nervous or pissed