hair pulling
Grabbing someone's locks
Hair pulling is the act of grabbing and yanking someone's hair, whether in a fight, during rough play, or as a sexual act.
The phrase often describes undignified conflict: The meeting devolved into hair pulling over budget allocations.
In psychology, compulsive hair pulling is called trichotillomania.
As an adjective, hair-pulling describes something intensely frustrating: a hair-pulling commute, hair-pulling bureaucracy.
- tuggingPulling with short jerks
- yankingPulling abruptly
- trichotillomaniaCompulsive self-plucking disorder
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
- scalpSkin covering skull
roots · tension · grabbing · stress · stress response · strands · fistful · painful · grip · tangled · ripping · anxious · compulsive · nervous habit · impulse control · catfight · exasperation · at wits end
- nervous habitsnail biting, lip biting, skin picking, knuckle cracking, thumb sucking
- self-harmself-harm, self-injury, self-mutilation, cutting, burning
- Mind-Skin Disorderstrichotillomania, neurodermatitis, skin picking, nail biting, excoriation
- aggressionhostility, violence, attack, fight, combativeness
- bad habitssmoking, drinking, lying, swearing, gossiping
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
hair pullinggentle touch
caress · hair stroking · stroking · petting · soft touch
hair pullingrelaxation
State of being unwound
calm · serenity · peace of mind · tranquility · ease
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