Comments on: OnTrich is Over One Year Old! http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair. Mon, 21 May 2012 13:31:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mspennylane http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3776 mspennylane Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:24:41 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=557#comment-3776 No problem using a fake name :) I use a fake name too. You have gone through such a tough time, but it's so amazing to hear you could just stop pulling your lashes like that. You are an inspiration! ~Penny No problem using a fake name :) I use a fake name too. You have gone through such a tough time, but it’s so amazing to hear you could just stop pulling your lashes like that. You are an inspiration!
~Penny

]]> By: mspennylane http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3775 mspennylane Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:23:26 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=557#comment-3775 You really can stop. But at the same time don't blame yourself when you pull. I have stopped for a week, two weeks sometimes. But I always end up pulling again. I still think it's good though, and I am proud to know I can at least stop for some period of time. Talking about it online and writing about it really helps too. I hope it has helped you a little. ~Penny You really can stop. But at the same time don’t blame yourself when you pull. I have stopped for a week, two weeks sometimes. But I always end up pulling again. I still think it’s good though, and I am proud to know I can at least stop for some period of time. Talking about it online and writing about it really helps too. I hope it has helped you a little.
~Penny

]]> By: Mickey Mouse, sorry,...using a fake name! http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3737 Mickey Mouse, sorry,...using a fake name! Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:55:34 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=557#comment-3737 Hello - I'm 30 years old and I started pulling my eye lashes out when I was around 7 or 8 and it continued for a couple of years. The summer before I started my freshman year of HS I quit. Just quit. It was intense, I looked for that little black lash to come through and would pull it the second it was long enough. Looking back now (15 years later) and being in therapy and also being on a life long journey of antidepressants/anxiety pills I realized that there were years of sexual abuse in my family along with physical/emotional abuse. I haven't plucked my eye lashes since the summer I started freshman year, but I went years without any lashes. My mom took me to several doctors and I never had the courage to say, "I'M PULLING THEM OUT BECAUSE IT HURTS AND FEELS GOOD!". So props for having this blog! We are not "alone". I'm starting EMDR therapy, please look into it if anyone suffers from PTSD. Thanks! good day :) Hello – I’m 30 years old and I started pulling my eye lashes out when I was around 7 or 8 and it continued for a couple of years. The summer before I started my freshman year of HS I quit. Just quit. It was intense, I looked for that little black lash to come through and would pull it the second it was long enough.
Looking back now (15 years later) and being in therapy and also being on a life long journey of antidepressants/anxiety pills I realized that there were years of sexual abuse in my family along with physical/emotional abuse.
I haven’t plucked my eye lashes since the summer I started freshman year, but I went years without any lashes. My mom took me to several doctors and I never had the courage to say, “I’M PULLING THEM OUT BECAUSE IT HURTS AND FEELS GOOD!”.
So props for having this blog! We are not “alone”.
I’m starting EMDR therapy, please look into it if anyone suffers from PTSD.

Thanks! good day :)

]]> By: chelsea sullins http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3491 chelsea sullins Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:32:58 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=557#comment-3491 i dont even know where to begin. im 21 years old and i just randonly started pulling my hair when i was in high school. i remember the day. it was the day when two of my classmates got into a fist fight. the tension was undesirably high. now im living out in california, hve a two year old son and i am balding. literally. whenever i pull out my hair i feel worthless. like i have no control over my mind. im so happy to see there are more people out there like me. im not alone. thank you for raising my awareness on the subject. im going to try concentrating and telling myself i CAN stop. i need control again. i dont even know where to begin. im 21 years old and i just randonly started pulling my hair when i was in high school. i remember the day. it was the day when two of my classmates got into a fist fight. the tension was undesirably high. now im living out in california, hve a two year old son and i am balding. literally. whenever i pull out my hair i feel worthless. like i have no control over my mind. im so happy to see there are more people out there like me. im not alone. thank you for raising my awareness on the subject. im going to try concentrating and telling myself i CAN stop. i need control again.

]]> By: Bunny Taylor http://ontrich.com/ontrich-is-over-one-year-old.html/comment-page-1#comment-3353 Bunny Taylor Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:13:48 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=557#comment-3353 Congratulations on your anniversary! I am in my 32nd year of trichotillomania and I think it is wonderful and essential to unite people who have this condition together, as having trichotillomania can make one so reclusive and lonely. .-= Bunny Taylor´s last blog ..<a href="http://bunnytaylormemoirs.blogspot.com/2009/08/pennies-from-hell.html" rel="nofollow">Pennies From Hell</a> =-. Congratulations on your anniversary! I am in my 32nd year of trichotillomania and I think it is wonderful and essential to unite people who have this condition together, as having trichotillomania can make one so reclusive and lonely.
.-= Bunny Taylor´s last blog ..Pennies From Hell =-.

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