Is this trichotillomania?
Since high school I’ve had issues with touching my hair too much, especially when I’m nervous. I have curls but they’re always a mess because I’m always messing with them. In the past maybe 5 or so years this has escalated to me brushing my hands through my hair when I’m nervous, which pulls out/breaks the hair. A couple months ago i lost my job (please don’t judge me) and have been doing it a lot more. I wake up to piles of hair next to me and I can spend a really long time sitting and disassociating while brushing my hair with my fingers. The hair on a spot on the back of my head is extremely short and damaged and is only getting shorter. My question is, does this count as trichotillomania? I really wish I could stop and I’m hoping to get a haircut soon to make it less obvious but it’s so short I don’t know what haircut I could even get at this point.