This is a “personal story” guest post from Oliver – and I am sure we can relate to some of the feelings described here when pulling the hairs! Hi, I pull around the back of the neck and eyebrows and have been doing so for about 15 years. It was worse when i was 15-20 [...]
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Thanks for All the Support
I just logged in to find so many comments to approve, and noticed that I hadn’t posted for a month. It makes me sad that I can’t post as often as I did – the truth is that I’m always so busy with work these days.
Lisa’s Personal Story – Please Read :)
I’ve only just discovered that this exists and i think that it is amazing that there are finally places people can come to when they need support from people who actually understand what its like living with trich.
The Connection With Others Who Pull Hair Out
I don’t know about you, but whenever I talk to someone else who pulls hair out, I feel as if I instantly have this connection with them. I’m not trying to be cheesy or emotional, but this is something that I genuinely feel.
Pull Free Anxiety?
So I have now been pull-free since a week Monday – which means… this is the tenth day! This is possibly the easiest I have found it to go pull free. Except I did think today that I’ve been feeling restless and anxious probably the whole time. I only just started to question whether it [...]
Pull Free Day 5
I didn’t post yesterday, but that doesn’t mean I have failed in my challenge. Still pull-free! Although I did have a good pick at my split ends. I don’t like doing that – it makes my eyes hurt from focusing on little hairs for ages! Something else I need to work on…
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 – [...]
