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My Trich Story

POSTED BY: mspennylane When I was about 9 I got a hair braid in my hair on holiday, and I always used to fiddle with it. When I finally undid it I continued the fiddling, which turned to pulling out the hair and it went from there (I was, in fact, quite prone to ‘habits’ [...]

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Hearing of Trichotillomania for the First Time

POSTED BY: mspennylane The first time trichsters find out that trichotillomania is a real condition that they share with millions of others can be a defining moment for them. I can’t remember how old I was when I found out. I started pulling when I was 9 and I would say I probably found out [...]

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Trichotillomania Way of Thinking

This is a post that I read on the UK Trichotillomania Support Site which originated at a site called Daily Strength and I have to emphasise is not my own, but it is a great thing to refer to:

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