I Rub My Eyebrow, Til I Go Mad...

I'm 16 years old and I have been rubbing my eyebrows for probably a year now. Back when I was about 14 I had an obsession with touching my eyelashes and twisting them between my fingers, but they began to fall out. I stopped and didn't have a habit for a year, but now I catch myself pushing up the hairs of my eyebrows and then bending them between my pointer finger and my thumb and rubbing them! People are starting to notice it more and more often. I do it when I am taking a test, reading, looking at my phone. I can't stop. What is so appealing to me about this? Somebody help!

1. Put masking tape over your eyebrows when you're at home.

2. Put conditioner or cream on your eyebrows if they're really frayed to help them go back down. Pencil them in if necessary.

Those are my suggestions. Tape makes me stop from trying to touch them. Which I also do it when I'm tired, stressed, worried, relaxing or playing with my phone. Sometimes it keeps me from getting things done - its embarrassing. I don't do it in public but sometimes it happens if I'm exhausted or really comfortable with the people Im with. I hate doing it! It feels good while I'm doing it but it always frustrates me that I cannot stop. They get all frayed and stick up, it looks stupid. If I have to go out somewhere my eyebrows look ridiculous cause they stick up in every direction. Hahaha so the tape and lotion works for me! Those are just tricks. I want to STOP completely.

Good I'm not the only one. I rub it until it hurts!!
Sometimes I'm self conscious about it.
When someone looks at me, I automatically stop.
I've started to notice that half my eyebrow is coming off. That can't be good.
You should treat it like any other bad habit.
Try to have self control.

i have done this since i could remember, and it just seems to be getting worse. it really bugs me and the people im around. sometimes i dont even know im doing it. tried shaving them off, tried growing them out. im finger picking or pressing on my hair line if it aint the brows. today i cant seem to do it enough and it starting to hurt. (but that don't stop us!)

I too have this problem...
I've been rubbing at my eyebrows on the brow bone since I was very young. My parents thought its was cute but as I got older and there's little red marks and even scabs it has become a real issue for me. I pluck my eyebrows but when they begin growing back course, it's such an addictive and comforting sensation to play with the hair with the tips of my fingers or the nails which often makes them curl. Can't stop!!!! It's usually web I'm tired but sometimes it's when I'm just looking at my phone in bed or in class if I'm bored. I've tried putting plasters or band aids over my brows but that looks ridiculous! Hypnotherapy? Any ideas on how to stop?!?!

My boyfriend does it also. He does it when he is relaxing, thinking deeply, and when he is tired. Not only does he rub his own but, mine as well. I was curious what this urge or sensation is? I equate it to a person sucking their thumb...etc.? Is this still called Trichotillomania..even if he only rubs his eyebrows...no pulling out??

I have been rubbing my eyebrows since I can remember too! I never realized what I was doing until my dad pointed it out a couple of years ago. It is soooo addicting and it is a stress reliever. I have to pencil my eyebrows to make them even. But I honestly can't say that I wanna stop it. I do it all the time and sometimes I wish I didn't do it.

I have always twisted and pulled on my hair since I was a baby. I am now 33 years old and can't stop rubbing my eyebrows. I only started doing this 3 years ago and cannot stop myself. When I am stressed out or have anxiety it gets so bad that I leave bald spots. I hate this habit.

I've been rubbing my eyebrows since I was 10 or 11 and I'm 16 now. It's just when I start doing it I can't stop. It's kind of addicting. I'm afraid one day i'll have to use and eyebrow pencil because of the hair that falls off. BTW as I'm tying I'm rubbing them now.

I am a 38 year old female and have been rubbing at my eyebrows off and on since I was a teenager. Prior to this, I would rub/twist the fuzz on my stuffed animals until I fell asleep. Just as my stuffed animals had bald patches, so too do my eyebrows today. I have been told that this is a form of trichotilomania. I know of no cure! However, I have had periods of time where I would sit on my hands to stop rubbing and eventually, the urges subsided. I try to have a sense of humor about it!

I seem to rub my eyebrows non stop when I am stressed out or worried about something. Basically until half of my brow is gone. I wish I could stop!

I am a 30 yr old female and I started rubbing my eyebrows when I was about 10. I tend to rub my left eyebrow more than my right. I almost always have to fill in my brows w/ pencil due to me rubbing the hair off or very very short. I don't know why I do it or why I can't stop.

I have been rubbing my eyebrows for more than ten years. There have been many times where I have literally rubbed a gap in my right eyebrow. It seems to be a form of a stress reliever for me, but I tried many times to stop.