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Hair Twirling? Oh it's just a nervous habit?
No it is a mental disorder, not just a nervous habit. Trichotillomania
It comes usually in child hood from anxiety or stress. It is classified in DSM-IV as an impulse control disorder with pyromania, pathological gambling and kleptomania.
HUMMM is someone sick?
It is a form of Trichotillomania and yes it is a mental disorder, an impulse control disorder that comes from early child hood anxiety or stress, just as stated above. The pulling out of the hair is a more serious form of this disorder, but hair twirling is a form of this disorder too. Look it up.
Kestra the information I looked up included hair twirling, which would be the less severe side of Trichotillomania. It is an impulse control disorder. For those that want to argue that this is not a mental disorder, I would be more concerned with what happened to my child at an early age that caused them to twirl their hair or pull it out. There is no argument it is a mental disorder.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
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- 6 years ago
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Hair Twirling? Oh it's just a nervous habit?
No it is a mental disorder, not just a nervous habit. Trichotillomania
It comes usually in child hood from anxiety or stress. It is classified in DSM-IV as an impulse control disorder with pyromania, pathological gambling and kleptomania.
HUMMM is someone sick?
Source(s): hair twirling 39 nervous habit: https://shortly.im/ITrmp - Sandra MLv 76 years ago
Hair pulling has many ritualistic qualities. Some people search for a particular texture of hair, such as a curly or rough hair. Others seek out a strong hair with a root to pull. Twirling or rolling hair between fingers is also common. Some people may spend time in the mirror searching for particular hairs. Although many people put the strand of hair between their teeth or bite the root after the hair is pulled, a small percentage (10-30%) of people with trichotillomania ingest the hair. If large amounts of hair are swallowed, it is recommended that medical help be sought, since this can have serious medical consequences. (twirling or rolling hair between fingers is also a sign of trichotillomania)
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- 1 decade ago
Trichotillomania is not hair twirling... It's a compulsive urge to pull out your own hair. It's a particularly embarrassing "disorder," because it can leave such a person with noticeable bald patches.
EDIT: I looked up the DSM-IV definition of trichotillomania... It describes trichotillomania as having the uncontrollable urge to pull out your own hair, usually from the crown of the scalp, but it may also be pulling hair from the eyebrows, eyelashes, or anywhere else that hair grows on the body. It is an impulse control disorder. The severity of it is dependent on both how "uncontrollable" the urge is, and how much hair is pulled out. There is no mention of hair twirling in this definition.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Hair twirling is not a mental disorder, it's a COMMIE PLOT!!! Okay, that's extreme, but isn't any more bizarre than calling something as innocent as hair twirling a "mental disorder." It's a nervous habit like any nervous habit. No one is "sick" because they twirl their hair.
- MaxiLv 71 decade ago
You can't generalise like that, it s not always a mental disorder, what are you a medical dictionary doctor..................
- Anonymous1 decade ago
What on Earth are you on about?
