My son is having this problem. He's almost 8 years old. Has anyone else experienced this? What shoul…

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My son is having this problem. He's almost 8 years old. Has anyone else experienced this? What should I do? I only recently noticed it, about a week ago, that he's constantly twirling his hair. At first, I didn't think it was a big deal. But today I found a bald spot right in one area. He says himself that he doesn't do it on purpose, it's more like unconscious. We've made an appointment with a psychiatrist, and I'm already worried after reading all sorts of things online.
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Tatyana
A neurosis. Why go straight to a psychiatrist?
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Yana
Childhood neurosis. Minimize stress
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Elena
A neurologist, psychologist, or psychotherapist can help.
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Olga Tihonova
Tatyana We're seeing a psychologist for free. She recommended a psychiatrist
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Svetlana
Looks like you're going through it.
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Tatyana
Tatyana What was your reason?
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Olga Tihonova
Tatyana That this type of disorder is considered mental and behavioral, not neurological.
Besides, we recently saw a neurologist for another reason and had an EEG done, and everything was normal.
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Dergunova Lesya
This is neurosis. Or it was neurosis and the habit remained. I used to be the same way.
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Tatyana
Tatyana Well, that's how psychologists work, not psychiatrists.
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Ugnenko Anna
Cut it 🤷️ so short there's nothing to twist. The habit will fade away.
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Olga Tihonova
Ugnenko Anna Yes, I thought of that too, and they're a boy.
But, first, he sometimes pulls out his eyelashes too, but I didn't think it was a problem before.
I just thought he pulled them out accidentally and now he's showing me how to do it.
Plus, he has a bald spot in one place now; if I cut his hair short, it'll be very noticeable.
And I think it's not just a habit here. 🥲
We're already seeing a psychologist for another reason, because the child has issues.

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Olga Tihonova
Tatyana Did any of your children have issues like this?
What specific advice can you give?
I understand that it's not the case, our psychologist advised me to see a psychiatrist, which I did.
I created this post out of anxiety, hoping to read about others who have experienced this and how they managed it.
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Kondrateva Ekaterina
Nervous tic. These repetitive movements, especially hair pulling, are it.
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Yuliya
Stress reaction, maybe at school, or perhaps with the baby's arrival, were you scolded somewhere?
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Olga Tihonova
I also think the stress is related to school.
But my son gets good grades (4s and 5s) and does his homework easily, so we're not pressuring him at all. He likes his teacher and has lots of friends too.
But the problems originally started in 1st grade, and by the end of the year, I was so worried that I took him to a neurologist and a psychologist. Everything normalized over the summer, and I was thinking about stopping therapy.
Now, the old behavioral issues are gone, but we have this new problem.
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Olga Tihonova
Yuliya I had psychological issues before this.
But I'm not sure what's causing this specific problem.
It might be related to the baby's arrival, though there are no obvious signs of jealousy or anything like that.

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Yuliya
Yuliya Maybe with frequent punishments and raised voices, for example, or low self-esteem, that's all part of it. Actual psychiatric issues are rare; it's usually a type of neurosis.
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