So I have now been pull-free since a week Monday – which means… this is the tenth day! This is possibly the easiest I have found it to go pull free. Except I did think today that I’ve been feeling restless and anxious probably the whole time. I only just started to question whether it [...]
1 Week ‘Pull Free’
by mspennylane on 25. Jun, 2009 in Personal Stories
Last week I wrote about being ‘pull free’ and I decided I would try and do it again this week. This means no pulling my hair from Monday-Sunday. A week doesn’t seem long, but this is only the second time I have ever attempted it, and it was hard the first time. Whether it will [...]
Pull Free Today
by mspennylane on 26. Jan, 2009 in Coping With Trich, Personal Stories
I have decided to try and go pull-free again. I have only recently really focused on going pull-free. My last attempt was not successful, though I did manage to go pull-free for a week early in December. I am aiming for weeks at a time, since I feel that going pull-free requires a lot of [...]
Happy New Year!!!
by mspennylane on 01. Jan, 2009 in Uncategorized
***HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!*** . I told you I wasn’t going to be back for a while but I decided to wish you all a happy new year quickly. I hope your trich hasn’t been too bad over Christmas if you have it. If not I hope you are happy and well! What are your new [...]
‘Pull Free’ = Not So Pull Free
by mspennylane on 12. Dec, 2008 in Personal Stories
Well, the second pull free attempt didn’t work quite so well (see my article on going pull free last time). But I like to be positive here so here are some benefits of going pull free, even if you aren’t completely successful. Though you might still pull a few hairs, you will probably be more [...]
‘Pull Free’
by mspennylane on 04. Dec, 2008 in Personal Stories
Have you ever heard of the term ‘pull free’? It means that you have managed to stop pulling your hair out for any length of time. Some people have been pull free for years and still continue to be, but for most of us this means not pulling a hair perhaps for a day, a [...]
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My name's Penny, and I started OnTrich (a trichotillomania blog) to try and raise awareness about hair pulling, and also as a way to help me deal with my own pulling. I'm a 23 year old girl from the UK and I've been pulling for 13 years. Get in touch if you want to chat or need any help - I love meeting people here.


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