I'm really glad I found the site. Really enjoying everybody's stories of normalness!!!!
When I was young 8 months old I lost my mom. So my grandparents were taking care of me when I was about four and I was twirling my hair and ripping it out. They were finding clumps of hair by the bed. I remember going to the doctor and the doctor told them put mittens on and then tape them so I can't take them off when I sleep. (Seriously might have done this like four times before I fell asleep) Of course it didn't work! I'm 51 years old I still twirl my hair. I snap my hair too. If I'm really stressed out I'll just snap away and snap away. For me now it's kind of a trigger of okay you're sitting here snapping your hair like crazy what the hell is going on!! I don't look at it as a bad thing like the doctors did and my grandparents did. I mean I don't know about you but one thing I've learned about my hair is it's growing it's always growing it's never stopped growing!! Lol it's extremely rare that I'll do it to the point of a clump of hair now. Only I definitely still twirl it's a comforting thing. I don't believe it's abnormal at all I believe we all find little ways of comfort. My sisters used to joke around saying the only reason why my hair is wavy is because I twirl my hair! Lol Just like biting your nails sucking your thumb! I've made it 51 years and I've never seen somebody's thumb sucking hair twirling any of that getting in the way of their normal functions of life. I'm a mom with three kids and I have a grandson! To the doctors that want to freak out the parents they need to shut the hell up!! I don't even want to go over what they used to put on my thumb so I wouldn't suck it anymore!! That's the great thing about humans! That's the great thing about being normal! We will naturally find something to comfort ourselves and survive and grow to be great people!! LOVE THE TWIRL EMBRACE YOUR HUMANNESS!!
i twist my hair into knots i have to cut or rip out.
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I'm really glad I found the site. Really enjoying everybody's stories of normalness!!!!
When I was young 8 months old I lost my mom. So my grandparents were taking care of me when I was about four and I was twirling my hair and ripping it out. They were finding clumps of hair by the bed. I remember going to the doctor and the doctor told them put mittens on and then tape them so I can't take them off when I sleep. (Seriously might have done this like four times before I fell asleep) Of course it didn't work! I'm 51 years old I still twirl my hair. I snap my hair too. If I'm really stressed out I'll just snap away and snap away. For me now it's kind of a trigger of okay you're sitting here snapping your hair like crazy what the hell is going on!! I don't look at it as a bad thing like the doctors did and my grandparents did. I mean I don't know about you but one thing I've learned about my hair is it's growing it's always growing it's never stopped growing!! Lol it's extremely rare that I'll do it to the point of a clump of hair now. Only I definitely still twirl it's a comforting thing. I don't believe it's abnormal at all I believe we all find little ways of comfort. My sisters used to joke around saying the only reason why my hair is wavy is because I twirl my hair! Lol Just like biting your nails sucking your thumb! I've made it 51 years and I've never seen somebody's thumb sucking hair twirling any of that getting in the way of their normal functions of life. I'm a mom with three kids and I have a grandson! To the doctors that want to freak out the parents they need to shut the hell up!! I don't even want to go over what they used to put on my thumb so I wouldn't suck it anymore!! That's the great thing about humans! That's the great thing about being normal! We will naturally find something to comfort ourselves and survive and grow to be great people!! LOVE THE TWIRL EMBRACE YOUR HUMANNESS!!