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Amy Schumer has candidly discussed her longtime struggle with the compulsive hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania.
The 40-year-old comedian has just premiered a semiautobiographical show called Life And Beth that shows her character suffering from the disorder.
Now Amy has told The Hollywood Reporter that she worries her son Gene, two, may inherit the condition as there are genetic factors to trichotillomania.
Speaking frankly: Amy Schumer has candidly discussed her longtime struggle with the compulsive hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania
Amy, who shares Gene with her chef husband Chris Fischer, said of her toddler: 'Every time he touches his head I’m having a heart attack.'
While discussing her own experience with the disorder, Amy said: 'I think everybody has a big secret and that’s mine. And I’m proud that my big secret only hurts me but it’s been what I’ve carried so much shame about for so long.'
She developed trichotillomania during her turbulent childhood and at one point had to wear a wig to school - though she said the hairpiece fooled no one.
'And it’s not that I used to have this problem and now I don’t, it’s still something that I struggle with,' the Trainwreck star shared.
Seen onscreen: The 40-year-old comedian has just premiered a semiautobiographical show called Life And Beth (pictured) that shows her character suffering from the disorder
What a cast: Life And Beth, which Amy directed a few episodes of as well as creating, stars her alongside Superbad actor
