Is it normal to be obsessed with scratching your scalp?

I have the habit of scratching my scalp and watching the flakes fall...sometimes i smell my fingers afterward. pretty embarrasing, and i dont do it all the time, only before i wash my hair some days. anyone else ever do this?

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  • everyrosehasthorns

    Oh my god! I totally thought I was the only one! XD

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  • moskri

    Haha.. I scratch mine all the time, and sniff as well (how can you not love the smell of dead skin cells under your fingernails xDD), but I thought I was the only one sniffing.. So you're perfectly normal

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  • la_uva_mojada

    I used to have this habit and then i realized that it was causing my hair to fall out, so I made myself stop

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  • dappled

    Perhaps you have obsessional tendencies. Given that you've posted the same story day after day recently, it's looking more and more likely.

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    • playgroundhound

      ive only posted this story once, by the way...

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  • Sketcher18

    I do that too!
    I honestly don't know why
    I like to watch the flakes fall!
    There's just something about it!

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  • mushaboom

    lol I totally do this!!

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  • mishkabunny

    Agh I do this too. Then I started getting tiny scabs. Yeah, this is disgusting I know. And I grew accustomed to looking at the skin flakes that would come off, then I started doing this in public. Trying to drop this horrendous troll-like habit.

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  • playgroundhound

    haha okay. its good to know im not alone on this. thanks guys! :)

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  • pammy224

    I think it's normal. I scratch my scalp all the time for no reason other than it feels good. I usually give a good sniff too!

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  • Smileyave6

    I have this habbit but i am trying to stop, because my hair and head is all messed up, so yeah its normal, but dont do it anymore

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