Comments on: Does Childhood Trauma Cause Trichotillomania?

By: Cheska

Cheska — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:20:13 +0000

I just recently had read an article about this mental disorder that some individuals are totally aware of and some are not. If you will based it on the research that I had read there is a high risk or potential that a child may develop trichotillomania due to the anxiety which they could not express well just because they were too young to think of better ways to express their thoughts and maybe afraid as well that they might get rejected by their families. A person who does have it needs a psychiatrist and as well as an extended understanding to be able to make them feel that they had our support and at least lessen what they feel. This will help them unload what they feel and with proper treatments they can possibly survive with this rare mental condition.
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By: Eloise

Eloise — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:30 +0000

My 9 yo stepdaughter has been pulling her hair for the last month (that we know of). We were married three months ago. Per my husband, she has always been a “picker”– pulling eyelashes and at scabs– but has now moved onto hair. So I don’t think this new on-set is directly caused by our new marriage and new living situation (move to a new house, 2 new step siblings for a total of 4 kids in the house), but I do think the stress of this situation could be aggravating her impulse to do this. I don’t think there is any abuse in her history, but she did have the trauma of her parents divorcing at a young age, her mother re-marrying and having another child and now our new wedding. I’m not so much concerned as to what caused it as to how best to help her deal with this. We’ve been told not to call her out on it when we see her doing it and that this is her issue to deal with (they’ve given her some techniques to use). That is SO HARD to watch and not do anything! We love her dearly and want to help her. Any advice from those having gone through this situation as to how you would have wanted parents, stepparents, etc. to respond to your situation???

We love her so much and are very worried about her. Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

By: cheyenne

cheyenne — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:32:03 +0000

when i was 4 i was molested….7 brutally raped by my little brothers father….10 i was molested by my moms new fiance… my mother is a skitsofrantic and abusive…..I’ve been homeless still homeless and my life is nothing but struggles…and i pull my eyelashes i never realized it was a disorder till i had the erg to look it up….so i think it dose have relation to sexual abuse but i don’t think that the only leading cause i believe there maybe more to like stress and the fact that it is a compulsion….I’ve tried for years to stop but its practically impossible…I’m still questioning what i should do to stop this irresistible unknowing erg….

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:58:02 +0000

Started pulling at the age of 12… My father was an alcoholic and my mother required that her emotional needs be met by me – to support her, be there for her and finally to talk on her behalf to my father (later a great skill in my “chosen” vocation, i.e. law). Ever since I can remember, I was always swearing at my father, being very critical of his drinking problem and at the age of 5 I stopped talking to him altogether. From the ages of 5 to 12 the whole family lived under the same roof, but I had no (or minimal) contact with my father – I called him “it” and used the fact that he could not understand my mother”s ‘mother tongue’ to exclude him from all commmunications in which he was present. For the first 12 years of my life, my father was -in my mind- an absolute monster; capable of everything and anything. As a reuslt, right before turning 12 (ie before my entry to adolesence) I started pulling. It was only 4 years ago, when I started psychoanalytic psychotherapy to try and resolve my overall emotional conflicts, that I gradually started making positive steps towards understanding and resolving my hair pulling issue.

By: doesntmatter

doesntmatter — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:49:31 +0000

i started when i was around 6-7yrs old. Now i am in my mid twenties.My parents were bullying me for no reason.
They constantly made me feel guilty for everything. Threatening, beating, stamping on me.
I was always bold and i was very inquisitive and have won many quiz contests, being good at general knowledge.They hated me for this and never allowed me to buy interesting books.
They used to beat me if i stepped out of the house. never allowed me to go out and play with friends.especially, my dad, who used to follow me wherever i go, and never gave me a single penny, though he is filthy rich. He made me travel in crowded public transport and he was a self claimed down to earth person, though he is a corrupt law enforcement officer. He is always conscious about what people think about him, and he goes out of the way to impress them.He seeks sympathy from people and tells them to advise me.
My mom who is his accomplice takes me to all the leading psychiatrists in the city telling them to change me!
The interesting thing is i never pulled my hair when i was out of my house.

By: Procerin Reviews

Procerin Reviews — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:06:06 +0000

I think this due to childhood trauma only. Some kids can sustain the trauma while others may not do that and become victims to this disease.

-Mini

By: mspennylane

mspennylane — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:33:46 +0000

Kat – I think that in many cases it isn’t down to childhood trauma. Even though I started pulling at around 10 I don’t think it was down to childhood trauma for you either. Good luck to you and your son!

Danielle – I am so sorry to hear about your father. It is quite possible that may have caused your pulling, it is so hard to tell though. I guess it differs for everyone, and even though these theories are interesting I do not believe we can all be labelled in the same way. Thanks so much for visiting and sharing your thoughts.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:43:47 +0000

I’m not sure I completely agree with this, but from what I have read from other people’s experiences- a lot of them seem to trace it back to some sort of trauma…

I started a few weeks after my father committed suicide…I don’t know why I started, but like I said, I read that most trichsters seem to trace their problem back to some sort of trauma or high stress situ ation they experienced at a young age…maybe there is something to this?

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:15:19 +0000

Hmmm… my son was doing this as soon as his hands were coordinated enough to pull hair… so I’m not sure what kind of trauma there could have been.