Archive | November, 2008

Trichotillomania Rituals #5

by mspennylane on 29. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-related conditions

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 [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #4

by mspennylane on 22. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-related conditions

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. Other People’s Hair: Many people can also pull out other’s hair compulsively as well [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #3

by mspennylane on 15. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-related conditions

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. Eating Hair (Trichophagia): Many people eat the hair, or the root. This is as [...]

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My Trichy Weeks

by mspennylane on 11. Nov, 2008 in Emotional Effects of Trich

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 [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #2

by mspennylane on 08. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania

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 [...]

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Trichotillomania Support Sites Available

Trichotillomania Support Sites Available

by mspennylane on 06. Nov, 2008 in Helping others with trich, Support

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 [...]

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Does Childhood Trauma Cause Trichotillomania?

Does Childhood Trauma Cause Trichotillomania?

by mspennylane on 04. Nov, 2008 in Causes of Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania and Children

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 [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #1

by mspennylane on 01. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Personal Stories

POSTED BY: mspennylane I think that most people have a little ritual that they go through when they pull so I thought I would tell you mine. When searching for the hairs, as I mentioned in my last post, I go for the hairs that are ‘kinky’, often they are thick but to me they [...]

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