POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Compulsively Cutting Hair: This may not technically be trichotillomania, but the effects and feelings [...]
Archive | November, 2008
My Trichy Weeks
The last few weeks have been bad for pulling my hair. I have been stressed, and as many trichsters know – stress means pulling. I find my arm constantly up on my head, stroking my hair and waiting to find hairs to pull out. Stress is definitely a factor in trichotillomania at times, but not [...]
Trichotillomania Rituals #2
POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Tweezers: Something I have come across frequently is the use of tweezers to get [...]
Trichotillomania Support Sites Available
If you have trichotillomania, or if your child or someone you know does, you will find that there is a wealth of support and advice online. When I first had trichotillomania I did not know what it was. Even when I learnt what it was, I was too scared and embarrassed to force myself to [...]
Does Childhood Trauma Cause Trichotillomania?
There are many theories behind the causes of trichotillomania, and I believe that there are different causes for different people. For me, I don’t know exactly why but having a hair braid led to me fiddling with my hair a lot, which led to me pulling. However, psychoanalytic theories suggest that trichotillomania may be a [...]
