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Trichotillomania Rituals #8

by on 20. Dec, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Pulling whilst sleeping: This is also common, and just one more reason why some [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #7

by on 13. Dec, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Mirrors: The mirror can be a trichster’s worst enemy – either searching for those [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #6

by on 06. Dec, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-Related Conditions

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Split Ends: Many people sit for hours picking away at their split ends (including [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #5

by on 29. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-Related Conditions

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Compulsively Cutting Hair: This may not technically be trichotillomania, but the effects and feelings [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #4

by on 22. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-Related Conditions

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Other People’s Hair: Many people can also pull out other’s hair compulsively as well [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #3

by on 15. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Trich-Related Conditions

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Eating Hair (Trichophagia): Many people eat the hair, or the root. This is as [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #2

by on 08. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania

POSTED BY: mspennylane There are many weird and wonderful things that people do when they have trich, but are they really so weird? I hadn’t heard of some of them before, but really they all come down to the same thing. Tweezers: Something I have come across frequently is the use of tweezers to get [...]

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Trichotillomania Rituals #1

by on 01. Nov, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Personal Stories

POSTED BY: mspennylane I think that most people have a little ritual that they go through when they pull so I thought I would tell you mine. When searching for the hairs, as I mentioned in my last post, I go for the hairs that are ‘kinky’, often they are thick but to me they [...]

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My Trich Story

by on 02. Aug, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Personal Stories, Trichotillomania Support

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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