The writer, director and star of 'Life & Beth' opens up about her decision to explore her ongoing struggles with trichotillomania in her latest creation.
which borrows plenty from Schumer’s traumatic past, she once plucked out so much of her own hair that she, too, found herself in need of what was ultimately an ill-fitting wig before returning to school. “And everybody knew,” she says now, noting that the disorder first presented itself during a period when so much else in her life was in disarray.
“And it’s not that I used to have this problem and now I don’t,” she clarifies, “it’s still something that I struggle with.” It is also something that she fears her nearly 3-year-old son could one day struggle with, too, since there is a genetic component to trichotillomania: “Every time he touches his head I’m having a heart attack.”
Schumer acknowledges that she was surprised to see that her depiction of the self-harm behavior wasn’t being flagged for any kind of audience warning. “I was like, ‘I’d want to be warned,'” she says. What Hulu opted to do instead was feature a resource card at the end of the episode’s credits, which reads: “If you or someone you know experiences Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, the TLC Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors offers support and resources.
The TLC Foundation has since praised Schumer, the series and Hulu “for their accurate and respectful portrayal of a person experiencing trichotillomania.” The foundation’s executive director added, “Our community is breathing a collective sigh of relief after having our behaviors mischaracterized and misinterpreted for so many years.”
Still, Schumer says it’s too early to know whether its inclusion will prove cathartic for her — at least not in the instantaneous way that writing about her messy relationship with her mom had been. What Schumer is clear on is why she chose to write it in: “I really don’t want to have a big secret anymore,” she says. “And I thought putting it in there would be good for me to alleviate some of my shame and maybe, hopefully, help others alleviate some of theirs, too.
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