Comments on: A VERY Bad Hair Day http://ontrich.com/a-very-bad-hair-day.html Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair. Thu, 17 May 2012 01:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Carla http://ontrich.com/a-very-bad-hair-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-450 Carla Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:06:05 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=142#comment-450 I hate it when people notice my bald spot! It sucks having to make up these ridiculous stories to try to hide the fact that I have this disease. I know its probably better to tell people that you have it but Im in high school and if i tell people then they will either start treating me differently or just stop getting around me. I dont want to be treated differently just because i pull my hair out The craziest story I told somebody was that I was playing with a match and i wasnt paying attention and i got the match really close to my eyes and it burned all my eye lashes off and then I told somebody that my hair got stuck in my hair dryer and it ripped a bunch of my hair out I feel like im living a lie everyday because im putting on my fake eye lashes and coloring in a bald spot with eye liner and most people dont even know I hate it when people notice my bald spot! It sucks having to make up these ridiculous stories to try to hide the fact that I have this disease. I know its probably better to tell people that you have it but Im in high school and if i tell people then they will either start treating me differently or just stop getting around me. I dont want to be treated differently just because i pull my hair out
The craziest story I told somebody was that I was playing with a match and i wasnt paying attention and i got the match really close to my eyes and it burned all my eye lashes off and then I told somebody that my hair got stuck in my hair dryer and it ripped a bunch of my hair out
I feel like im living a lie everyday because im putting on my fake eye lashes and coloring in a bald spot with eye liner and most people dont even know

]]> By: mspennylane http://ontrich.com/a-very-bad-hair-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-182 mspennylane Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:19:00 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=142#comment-182 Kate - It is so hard when we get in those moods when we think it isn't possible or it's too much effort. I sometimes thing 'why should I stop? Why shouldn't I just be allowed to have funny hair' but it is really hard to gather up the strength to think 'just stop'. I hope you find some methods that work for you. Persoanlly, blogging and talking online has helped me so much. So feel free to email or come back and comment whenever you need to vent. In real life I can feel kind of alone, but online I am definitely not Carly - I understand what you mean. I usually go for around my parting and crown too, which makes it more noticeable I find. I don't pluck my eyebrows, but I used to and once pulled a whole one out almost completely. It is so hard, but I hope you find some people you can talk to about it. I don't like talking about it in real life, so I use this blog and forums to say what I want. Feel free to email or comment again if you just need to vent about it... it's hard but it makes it a bit easier Kate – It is so hard when we get in those moods when we think it isn’t possible or it’s too much effort. I sometimes thing ‘why should I stop? Why shouldn’t I just be allowed to have funny hair’ but it is really hard to gather up the strength to think ‘just stop’. I hope you find some methods that work for you. Persoanlly, blogging and talking online has helped me so much. So feel free to email or come back and comment whenever you need to vent. In real life I can feel kind of alone, but online I am definitely not

Carly – I understand what you mean. I usually go for around my parting and crown too, which makes it more noticeable I find. I don’t pluck my eyebrows, but I used to and once pulled a whole one out almost completely. It is so hard, but I hope you find some people you can talk to about it. I don’t like talking about it in real life, so I use this blog and forums to say what I want. Feel free to email or comment again if you just need to vent about it… it’s hard but it makes it a bit easier

]]> By: Carly http://ontrich.com/a-very-bad-hair-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-166 Carly Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:01:48 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=142#comment-166 just constantly, i can't help doing it, it's at certain points of my hair, like around my forehead and where the crown of my hair is and then when i change my parting, i go for the hairs along the parting and the some days i'll get bored with them and i'll change it to my eyebrows, i've keep making like stupid bald patches in them from where i like self pluck them ... they look really uneven atm ... sometimes my eyelashes too, they just feel like they NEED to come out, same with like hairs on my arms sometimes, they just need to come out ... i need help just constantly, i can’t help doing it, it’s at certain points of my hair, like around my forehead and where the crown of my hair is and then when i change my parting, i go for the hairs along the parting and the some days i’ll get bored with them and i’ll change it to my eyebrows, i’ve keep making like stupid bald patches in them from where i like self pluck them … they look really uneven atm … sometimes my eyelashes too, they just feel like they NEED to come out, same with like hairs on my arms sometimes, they just need to come out … i need help

]]> By: kate http://ontrich.com/a-very-bad-hair-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-138 kate Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:46:42 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=142#comment-138 I have bad hair days... with my eyelashes. I just keep pulling and pulling and pulling until every one of them is gone. It's so frustrating. But the more I wish my impulse away, the more I HAVE got to pull just ONE more eyelash. Just ONE eyelash is out of place... and then it's the next, ... and then it's the remaining small group of eyelashes that remain. They're starting to burn at the tips and I need to get the roots out of my skin. Finally, I stare at myself in the mirror, to annoyed with myself to think that I can ever recover. I have bad hair days… with my eyelashes. I just keep pulling and pulling and pulling until every one of them is gone. It’s so frustrating. But the more I wish my impulse away, the more I HAVE got to pull just ONE more eyelash. Just ONE eyelash is out of place… and then it’s the next, … and then it’s the remaining small group of eyelashes that remain. They’re starting to burn at the tips and I need to get the roots out of my skin. Finally, I stare at myself in the mirror, to annoyed with myself to think that I can ever recover.

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