I like to read all the blogs that I can about trichotillomania and pulling my hair out. Although I might not always leave a comment, you should know that I pretty much always read your posts (so long as I have discovered that your blog exists).
In my regular reads I came across a post where a trichster (who also offers a cure, which I have not looked into and know nothing about) says they feel grateful for pulling their hair out. In it they write:
Pulling your hair out helped your sensitive inner self to survive through situations that might otherwise have emotionally wiped you out or caused you to lose your sanity.
Perhaps I’m not grateful for pulling my hair out in the same way, but I am grateful for the fact that it’s taught me so much about myself. I used to hate thinking about it, but now I know that it’s just part of who I am. It has helped me understand not only myself, but others too.
No matter what condition or disorder someone may be labelled with, I’ve started to realise that they aren’t weird. After all, some people might think the very same thing about me.
So if pulling my hair out has left me with one positive thing, it is knowing that just about everyone is weird.
How are you grateful for your trichotillomania?
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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.
Great post! There’s always a silver lining to conditions like this, no matter how much of a pain in the bum they might be. I feel the same way because of anxiety now. Simply because we’re abnormal in one way, doesn’t mean we’re an abnormal person as a whole – it’s one tiny part of us! x
I enjoyed reading your blog. You mentioned reading other people’s blogs and I don’t know if you have found mine or not, but if not, please go to http://blog.dosesofcomfort.com/.