Hi everyone, I was just checking in on the blog, and I noticed it got over 5,000 visitors in July. Wow, that’s so many people! I know a lot of people are looking for answers about trichotillomania and, though I don’t have all the answers, I am glad I can at least offer some reassurance. [...]
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Happy New Year! Will 2010 Be the Year You Stop Pulling?
Happy 2010! I hope everyone who reads this blog, or just stumbles across it, will have a great year ahead.
The Ways We Stop Pulling Our Hair
After a suggestion from @ Trichotillosis I gathered a list of a few ways in which those of us with trichotillomania try to stop pulling. These aren’t cures, simply day to day tactics that might help us to stop pulling our hair. I put them all in a PDF document for you to download – [...]
Children Hair Pulling – What To Do?
By far the most common question people ask me here is what to do about children hair pulling. I can understand how it must be shocking for parents to see their child pulling out their own hair, especially if it results in noticeable bald spots. I’m not a medical expert, but from my own experience [...]
Ask Me A Question
I know that many people who read this blog don’t leave comments, and that’s because trich is a very private thing. If you have left a comment or a question and I didn’t get back to you, I’m really sorry but sometimes I get quite a few emails at once and forget to answer.
Inspirational Photos of Trichotillomania
I have not been aware of Flickr for that long, but a few days I realised there was a trichotillomania group. I know how difficult it is to look at photographs of myself with bald patches, which is why I think it is inspirational that people post their own photos online. It is a great [...]
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 [...]
About This Blog
My name's Penny, and I started OnTrich (a trichotillomania blog) to try and raise awareness about hair pulling, and also as a way to help me deal with my own pulling. I'm a 23 year old girl from the UK and I've been pulling for 13 years. Get in touch if you want to chat or need any help - I love meeting people here.
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