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Fees of his recent brevity of co-accommodationOscars, comedian and actor Amy Schumer features in theNew Hulu series Life and Beth, that she also wrote and directed. But while it takes advantage of the success nowadays these days, it also keeps a secret. "I'm proud thatmy big secret I only hurt me, but that's what I led so much shame for so long, "she saidHollywood journalist in March.

Schumer hopes that by talking about the disorder, she still fights - and featuring this as a journey point on her new show - she will be able to help others deal with the same problem. Read more about the condition that Schumer has kept a secret for so long.

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Schumer struggled for years with Trichotillomania, also known as the Hair Traction Disorder. According to the Mayo Clinic, Trichotillomania is "a mental disorder that involves recurrence, irresistibleexhort to pull hair From your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your body, despite the attempt to stop. Some people afflict with the disorder are light and are not immediately apparent because their desires are more manageable. But when she was at school, Schumer's condition was so severe that she finally wore a wig to cover the bald patch caused by the trouble - and "everyone knew," she said the wig .

Schumer always deals with trichotillomania. "It's not that I used to have this problem and now I do not do it," she saysThe Hollywood journalist. "It's always something I have trouble doing."

Trichotillomania is supposed to be caused by a combination ofbiological and behavioral Factors, according to the Clinic of Cleveland, although the exact cause is not known. Some people who suffer from disorder also deal with mental health problems, such as vacuum and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). But it is also considered genetic, because the risk of developing affliction is higher among people with parents with trichotillia. Schumer-Mom in Gene Gene David with husband Chris Fischer-worried her toddler We can have inherited trouble: "Every time he touches his head, I have a heart attack," she said.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Stress may be a reason behind Trichotillomania and Schumer first resurrected symptoms during an extremely stressful period at the beginning of his life, when his parents, Sandra and Gordon, lived upheaval. Like Schumer wrote in his book,The girl with the lower back tattoo, Sandra's Affair - the best married father of a friend of Schumer led to the rupture of his marriage in Gordon, who had beenFight with multiple sclerosis and alcoholism.

The symptoms of trichotillomania may seem obvious because it is also a hair tensile disorder, but there isvarious aspects to that. Cleveland's clinic indicates that the person with the disease feels a "tension" before pulling hair - then a feeling of accomplishment once they have acted on envy.

Often, the disorder is visible visible by missing hair spots on the head, as well as eyebrows and eyelashes, which have been removed. And sometimes, there may also be other behaviors involving hair, such as "inspect the root of hair, twirling hair, pulling hair between teeth, chew on hair or eating hair (called Trichophagia)." Just like Schumer made with the wig she wore at school, many people will try to cover the bald spots of hair, both to conceal their trouble and try to face their feeling of shame and embarrassment. .

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After Schumer opened his doors on his secret forHollywood journalist, the fans took forHis Twitter page To thank her for her courageous revelation. A person wrote about his battle of six decades with the disease, saying "like you, I had a lot of shame over the years." Another thanked Schumer to "share your great secret", "adding that" mental health conditions like trichotillia can not be curable, but shame is ".

Indeed, Schumer was opened on the fact that she still struggles with the trouble - but she says she found a little relief.

Other victims of the disease can also find help. The list of the Mayo Clinicseveral types of therapy , which include the formation of a usual inversion (which tries to teach new methods of treating the desire to pull the hair), cognitive therapy (which will identify and examine the deformed beliefs you may have in Relationship with hair pulling ") and acceptance and commitment therapy (which helps the patient" Accept [their] pullover shoots without acting. "

The treatment of his disorder has helped Schumer to open on this subject. "I really do not want to have a big secret," she says Hollywood journalist . "And I thought ... It would be good for me to mitigate part of my shame and perhaps, hopefully, help others also mitigate some of theirs."

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