 |
|
|
.-') _ .-') _ |
|
( OO ) ) ( OO ) ) |
|
.-----. ,--./ ,--,' ,--./ ,--,' |
|
' .--./ | \ | |\ | \ | |\ |
|
| |('-. | \| | )| \| | ) |
|
/_) |OO )| . |/ | . |/ |
|
|| |`-'| | |\ | | |\ | |
|
(_' '--'\ | | \ | | | \ | |
|
`-----' `--' `--' `--' `--' |
|
lite.cnn.com - on gopher - inofficial |
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE VIEW: |
|
|
|
Olivia Munn discusses living with a very specific condition known as |
|
trichotillomania |
|
|
|
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN |
|
|
|
Updated: |
|
|
|
7:43 PM EDT, Mon June 30, 2025 |
|
|
|
Source: CNN |
|
|
|
is sharing that she lives with a health condition not many people know |
|
about. |
|
|
|
Munn spoke about her experience with trichotillomania – a mental |
|
health condition that “involves frequent, repeated and irresistible |
|
urges to pull out hair from your scalp, eyebrows or other areas of your |
|
body,” – while appearing on Monday’s episode of the podcast. |
|
|
|
“It could be hair at the top of your head, because there’s a |
|
sensation. It’s probably not even real, but I’ll feel like, oh, |
|
this eyelash feels like it’s gonna come out,” Munn said. “And |
|
then when you pull it, there is a quick second of pain. And then |
|
there’s a satisfaction and an immediate regret.” |
|
|
|
An incident with the paparazzi that happened while Munn was dating |
|
actor Chris Pine, to whom she was romantically linked between 2009 and |
|
2010, sparked the onset of the condition, she said. |
|
|
|
Munn told the podcast’s hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman that the |
|
then-couple were photographed leaving his apartment together at the |
|
time, and the photos were posted online. |
|
|
|
“I did the horrible thing, which was to read the comments… And they |
|
were like, ‘I think she set this up!’” Munn said regarding some |
|
of the insensitive reactions she read online. “That began my |
|
trichotillomania. That was the very beginning.” |
|
|
|
The “X-Men: Apocalypse” actress has been open about her health in |
|
recent years after she first that she was diagnosed with a form of |
|
breast cancer known as 2024. |
|
|
|
The cancer was found in both of her breasts, and Munn’s treatment |
|
included a double . |
|
|
|
Munn also in May that she underwent a hysterectomy as part of her |
|
treatment, telling that the procedure was an alternative to taking a |
|
cancer treatment medication that was causing her to experience |
|
“next-level, debilitating exhaustion.” It was “the best decision |
|
for me because I needed to be present for my family,” she added at |
|
the time. |
|
|
 |
<- back to index |
