Comments for Confessions of an Insomniac

Comment on Half of an eyebrow by shane

shane — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:40:46 +0000

I am a 42 year old male and have developed this “habit” less than a year ago. I am trying to replace the tactile sensation of my eyebrows with the strips of hair that grow on the back of my neck (which I would normally shave anyways!) I find it to be working and it looks less distracting to others and maybe I will have my normal eyebrows back! Good luck to you all, you are not alone!

Comment on Half of an eyebrow by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:57:49 +0000

I have the same problem! It started a year or two ago when I trimmed one eyebrow, cut them a little too short by accident and then felt the ’spikeyness’ of them as I ran my fingers across them. Since then I haven’t been able to stop rubbing them, I say them, but it’s usually only the right eyebrow which now has a massive bald patch in the centre. I rub at it all the time, day and night because like a lot of you, I like the feeling, I also liked the ’springyness’ feeling as the longer hairs used to snap back into position but that doesn’t happen anymore, sometimes I feel hairs fall onto my cheek and the brow gets very red and on on occasion has also become sore and even infected. Usually I am aware that I’m doing it, although it has become such a habit that there are times when I do it without realizing and my partner has taken to shouting ‘eyebrow’ at me whenever he sees my hand going for it! At first this was quite amusing, although probably more through embarrassment, but now I find it hard to hear and stop when he comes in the room, although after a while of him being there I continue rubbing as discreetly as possible! I have recognized a lot of the issues raised about why we do it, such as stress, being bored and caffeine etc and can relate to these. I remember twiddling and pulling my hair from the crown of my head when I was a teenager, again, until I had a lovely bald patch which my Mum pointed out to me, but for some reason this was enough to stop me doing it. Again, I liked the feeling of it, like a release. I also have a lot of OCD tendencies which again started in my early teens. I am so relieved to see that I am not alone with this eyebrow rubbing tendency. I am still wandering if this has a name as we don’t pull out the hairs, just rub them, so does this fall under the trichotillomania title?

Comment on Mandatory IQ test by From A Young Mom

From A Young Mom — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:56:10 +0000

*laughs uncontrollably* WOW. Yeah… Lots of people are too stupid to have kids but you have to count in the fact that not all intelligent people are book smart. Sometimes people make low IQ scores but they are very intelligent and wise and would pass very great genes to children. This is just as bad as genocide in my opinion. You cannot make people give up their right to reproduce just because they have a low IQ score. That thought in itself is unintelligent. :/ Just saying…

Comment on Follow your heart by Ang Henson

Ang Henson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:34:34 +0000

I cannot hug you enough!!!! I love you more than I can every tell you; you are my sister, and I am proud of you for saying this and feeling this way (because I DO TOO).

We will die and know that we had NO regrets in life, there will never be that “what if I’d just done it” with us!

I understand what you mean, well, YOU understand how I love Wayne, so that’s all I need to say!

Hope you’re having fun on the other coast; I’ve enjoyed your pictures! (or are you back home?)

Comment on Half of an eyebrow by annonomys

annonomys — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:14:02 +0000

me 2 guys. i 2 am an eyebrow rubber since i was 5. I’m in my 30’s now. I got the habit of rubbing my eyebrows from my dad b/c he was an eyebrow rubber himself. i used 2 see him doing it and now i’m doing it. It sucks b/c my eyebrows are thinning out now and i can’t seem 2 stop. it just feels so good. i like how soft they feel. it’s like petting a dog or something. the eyebrow rubbing is getting worse. i’m taking it a step further. it’s at a point where i’m rubbing other peoples eyebrows now and they just give me this wtf look expression. i even do it to random people. i even rub my eyebrows against other peoples eyebrows. ahahah. the looks on their faces when i do it. its just too weird. i wish i can stop.

Comment on Half of an eyebrow by Persooon

Persooon — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:34:06 +0000

Okay, well this is caused of a couple ways, here are 2,

stress: you should see a counsler, I did, but when I stopped seeing him I began to notice I was doing it again. If you see a counsler, see him until you learn to handle stress in a different way. I reccomend seeing one!!! When you rub your eyebrow when your stressed it gives a calming feeling, and feels good. Well to me.

Bordom: When it becomes a habit you start noticing your doing this while your watching tv, on the computer, etc. Even if this is your problem, I would say see a counsler!

I know what it’s like, for a while I had a huge hole on one eyebrow. If you can’t see a counsler then get a rubber band, put it on your wrist, everytime you notice your doing that, flick the rubber band on your wrist so your body assosiates rubbing your eyebrows with pain. Tell me if this works.

Ps: if you rub your eyebrows you probabley have anxiety or stress.

Comment on Slacker blogging by Matt

Matt — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:10:38 +0000

I still read it! But, as evidenced by the 8 day span between the post and this comment, not every day.

btw, was part of this theme always in Spanish? eg: “non sarà visibile”

Comment on Half of an eyebrow by Dick Hertz

Dick Hertz — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:42:30 +0000

I’ve been rubbing my eyebrows since I was a little kid, and I’ve yet to quit this habit.. At one point, like all of us “brow rubbers” here, I thought I was gonna lose all my eyebrow hair to my compulsion. I’d get bald spots now and then until I got used to only lightly rubbing the outer parts of my eyebrow.. While it’s not as fun as rubbing the bushy part, it certainly causes less bald spots. I’m weird, whatever tho.. I hope this “tip” would help you, my fellow “brow rubbers”, maintain those lovely patches of hair above your eyes.