“There’s something else, too. I have this . . . habit.” She hesitates for a moment, hands shaking. “When I’m stressed or anxious, which is basically all the time, I . . . I pull my hair out. Sometimes in chunks, sometimes in little pieces. I have this spot, right here.” She moves her hair to the side, showing me the missing patch I noticed a few weeks prior. “It’s been getting worse lately. And I’m not doing a very good job at hiding it anymore.”
