http://ontrich.com/photos-can-hurt.html Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://ontrich.com/photos-can-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-89 15 years pulling and now at worst Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:48:33 +0000 http://trichblog.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-89 I can understand the photo thing - If I ever see a photo of myself between the ages of 8 and a half and 16 i want to tear them up. I hate the look of having half a head of hair i hate looking at those photos even with how I tried to cover it up - at the time I thought I was doing a good job of doing so - now I actually see that I wasn't at all. That started 16 years ago. now it has got to the point where I have to wear a wig - although when I do tell people they are shocked - apart from those very few that I have allowed to get in touching distance. My head has practically no hair and i use tweezers to pluck what is - and at the age of nearly 24 I have white hairs coming through. This is the 1st time I have ever spoken about this so freely. My pulling unfortunately does not stop on the head it extends to any where possible. I just wish there was a way to stop this and I want to have photos I can look back on in my life with my own hair and not be ashamed. I can understand the photo thing – If I ever see a photo of myself between the ages of 8 and a half and 16 i want to tear them up. I hate the look of having half a head of hair i hate looking at those photos even with how I tried to cover it up – at the time I thought I was doing a good job of doing so – now I actually see that I wasn’t at all. That started 16 years ago. now it has got to the point where I have to wear a wig – although when I do tell people they are shocked – apart from those very few that I have allowed to get in touching distance. My head has practically no hair and i use tweezers to pluck what is – and at the age of nearly 24 I have white hairs coming through. This is the 1st time I have ever spoken about this so freely. My pulling unfortunately does not stop on the head it extends to any where possible. I just wish there was a way to stop this and I want to have photos I can look back on in my life with my own hair and not be ashamed.

]]> http://ontrich.com/photos-can-hurt.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 The Fitness Diva Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:28:20 +0000 http://trichblog.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-7 Keeping that picture readily available in a place where you can see it often might be a good thing. I know that keeping a pic of myself of when I was in the absolute best shape of my life helps keep me from letting my weight get too out of control. Something visual that you can look at from outside yourself can be pretty powerful! Keeping that picture readily available in a place where you can see it often might be a good thing.
I know that keeping a pic of myself of when I was in the absolute best shape of my life helps keep me from letting my weight get too out of control.
Something visual that you can look at from outside yourself can be pretty powerful!

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