When grooming goes too far

I figured today i'm going to keep blogging till i get it right.So guys and my lovely readers here is what i found online after work.

Grooming that could indicate mental illness.

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    Pathological grooming

 Everyone bites their nails, or picks a scab when they shouldn’t, or goes through periods when they just have to wash their hands one… last… time. As humans, we’ve evolved to view grooming as essential to our very survival. But how much is too much?For millions of Americans, the impulse to keep clean, or, in a more modern sense, look as good as possible, becomes pathological, so that they can’t stop, and it all but takes over their lives. “People really want to stop, and they’re distressed by what they’re doing,” says Marla Deibler, the director of the Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, which treats people suffering from pathological grooming disorders. “They become socially isolated, and it becomes very hard to live with.”

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       Hairpulling

Getting that stray gray can be pretty gratifying, but what if you can’t stop there? For people suffering from trichotillomania, the desire — even the need — to keep going is too much to resist. Some will pull until there are bald spots or until they’ve yanked all the hair from their legs or torso. “Anywhere hair grows,” Deibler says. But why? It’s unclear. For many, hairpulling relieves stress; others are triggered by something sensory or environmental. Such behaviors tend to run in families. And they’re often misunderstood. “For a long time, people thought it was a form of self-mutilation,” she says. “But people aren’t trying to harm themselves. They’re trying to get relief. And a lot of sufferers say they do feel better afterwards.”

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Hair-eating

For some hairpullers, it’s not enough just to yank a hair and be done. A small percentage also eats it. Researchers haven’t figured out why. For decades, some thought people ate their hair because of an iron deficiency or that it hinted at destructive impulses. Deibler says that it’s likely just another step in the ritual for hairpullers, a wrinkle in that disorder. “Some just bite the split end or the root bulb after they pulled it out,” she says. “They say it’s crunchy or gummy, and kind of satisfying. ”Eating hair is dangerous, though. It can get trapped in the intestines and form giant hairballs that need to be surgically removed. “If they’re not removed, they can prove deadly,” she says.

I posted this because these are habits I see which people do on a daily basis.

So tell me are guilty you of any of these? Also it will mean mental illness only if you do it to an extreme level...because am guilty of biting my nails but I do not do it to harm myself

So please feel free to drop your comments...:)