Watch out . . . if you are a trich sufferer this is only adding to your stress.  And we all know what more stress means for hair pullers; more piles of hair and eyelashes hitting the floor.

Parents, you may not realize that this stress is also greatly affecting your child.  Highly sensitive children (which many hair pullers are) feel the stress of the adults around them and they take it on.  At this time of world stress, you may find that your hair pulling child is pulling more or that your child has suddenly begun to hair pull.

The very best thing you can do for yourself or your hair pulling child is to make a safe space for feelings to be fully expressed.  Parents, you will want to be sure that you are doing a good job of dealing with your own stressful feelings so that your highly-sensitive child doesn’t have to.