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?
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
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I strongly agree with your point of view that this hair fall challenges you to do better and deal with it. It’s the time where you ought to know your strength and weakness and as well as the people around you. All you have to do with it is to accept the truth that we all are going to experience that same hair fall thing someday.
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