On this blog I often talk about pulling out head hair – it is what I do – but did you know that eyelash pulling is also a form of trichotillomania? In fact, trichotillomania can include pulling hair from any place on the body. Sufferers won’t usually pull from all places, but it is common [...]
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Christmas and Trichotillomania
Note – This will be my last post here for a while. It is almost Christmas and then I am going away for the first two weeks of January. There may be some scheduled posts, but if not I will be back in the middle of Janurary! Since Christmas is fast approaching I was wondering [...]
Trichotillomania Statistics
I feel that trichotillomania, or pulling out your own hair, is something that isn’t really talked about by many people. You may have seen someone do it and thought it was ‘weird’ or if you do it yourself you might think you are the only one. But the truth is that a lot of people [...]
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 [...]
Impulse Control Disorders
Impulse control disorders are mental health disorders. They are disorders defined by a lack of control, rather than obsessive control. As such, the actions relating to impulse control disorders can happen without a person thinking, and can cause much distress in their lives. Types of impulse control disorder: – trichotillomania (hair pulling) – dermatillomania (skin [...]
Getting the Word Out About Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania is one of those things that people don’t understand. Because of this, it can be very hard to deal with when you realise you have the condition. You may not even realise that it is a condition, and never have heard of that scary word ‘trichotillomania’ before. That is why it is so important [...]
Do you pull out your hair?
POSTED BY: mspennylane Do you pull your hair from any part of your body? Do you find it hard to stop? Is it even pleasurable for you to do so? I do, and it is pleasurable and reassuring. Such actions can be highly embarrassing, but are all associated with a condition known as trichotillomania and [...]
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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