Felicia is always plucking out the hair in her eyebrows; she does this without paying attention and sometimes looks up and an entire eyebrow is gone.She feels that she cannot control this habit and it is very distressing to her.Felicia is exhibiting symptoms consistent with which of the following?

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Felicia is always plucking out the hair in her eyebrows; she does this without paying attention and sometimes looks up and an entire eyebrow is gone.She feels that she cannot control this habit and it is very distressing to her.Felicia is exhibiting symptoms consistent with which of the following?

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Felicia's behavior of plucking eyebrows without paying attention and not being able to control the habit is consistent with trichotillomania with automatic hair pulling. Trichotillomania is a mental disorder where the individual has an urge to pull out their own hair, leading to hair loss and distress. The automatic subtype refers to hair pulling being done without conscious awareness or intent.

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