hair-pulling
Extreme stress response
Hair-pulling describes something so frustrating it makes you want to tear your hair out.
A hair-pulling experience or ordeal involves maddening difficulty or exasperation: Assembling the furniture was a hair-pulling exercise in patience.
Literally, hair-pulling is the act of yanking someone's hair, whether in a fight, during sex, or as a compulsive behavior.
Pulling abruptly
- tuggingPulling with short jerks
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- scalpSkin covering skull
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
painful · grip · fistful · traction · forceful · ripping · clutching · handful
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
lustful · dominant · sensual · grabbing · tugging · nape · intensity · desire
Intense weary annoyance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- maddeningCausing extreme frustration
- infuriatingCausing extreme anger
- aggravatingCausing irritation or worsening
vexation · irritation · annoyance · desperation · overwhelming · deadline · impossible · nightmare
yanking
Pulling abruptly
roots · painful · grip · fistful · traction · forceful · ripping · clutching · handful · strands
passionate
Intensely emotional or enthusiastic
grip · lustful · dominant · sensual · grabbing · tugging · nape · intensity · desire · arousal
exasperation
Intense weary annoyance
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- maddeningCausing extreme frustration
- infuriatingCausing extreme anger
aggravating · vexation · irritation · annoyance · desperation · overwhelming · deadline · impossible · nightmare · headache
compulsive
Unable to stop oneself
self-harm · anxiety · therapy · repetitive · coping · trigger · stress-relief · habit · obsessive · picking