Tag Archives: pulling hair

Can Exercise Help With the Hair Pulling Habit?

by mspennylane on 13. Mar, 2009 in Treatment

A recent goal of mine has been to exercise more, and this includes at least 30 minutes of exercise on most days of the week. The thought soon occured to me as to whether exercise could help with my hair pulling habit.
My Experience
I find it hard to focus a lot since I spend much of [...]

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The BBC on Trichotillomania

by mspennylane on 05. Aug, 2008 in Scientific Research, Trich in the Media

If you have trich you might be interested to know how, if at all, it is dealt with in the media and in the news. One such example can be found on the BBC website. In fact, they have several articles about trich on their site. As with most sites dealing with trich, they don’t [...]

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My Trich Story

by mspennylane on 02. Aug, 2008 in Being honest about trich, Living With Trichotillomania, Personal Stories, Support

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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’ such [...]

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Hearing of Trichotillomania for the First Time

by mspennylane on 31. Jul, 2008 in Finding out you have trich, Personal Stories

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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 around the [...]

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Do you pull out your hair?

by mspennylane on 30. Jul, 2008 in Finding out you have trich, What is trichotillomania?

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Do you pull your hair from any part of your body? Do you find it hard to stop? Is it even pleasurable for you to do so?
I do, and it is pleasurable and reassuring. Such actions can be highly embarrassing, but are all associated with a condition known as trichotillomania and you [...]

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Trichotillomania Way of Thinking

by mspennylane on 28. Jul, 2008 in Emotional Effects of Trich, Support

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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