I want to say thank you to rjsmama who emailed me to tell me about an inspirational and personal story of trichotillomania. Please leave your comments and she will be notified of them. This could be an alternative cure option for anyone with trichotillomania, I certainly had never come across it until now.
A Possible Trichotillomania Cure – Guest Post
by rjsmama on 23. Apr, 2009 in Personal Stories, Trichotillomania Treatments
Can Exercise Help With the Hair Pulling Habit?
by mspennylane on 13. Mar, 2009 in Trichotillomania Treatments
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 [...]
Photos Can Hurt
by mspennylane on 12. Aug, 2008 in Living With Trichotillomania, Personal Stories
POSTED BY: mspennylane This can also be found at Marmalade Skies, my personal blog. Sorting through things in my room (still unpacking from finishing university in June!) I came across an old photo. It is one of those photos that gets taken on rides at a theme park. In this case I was on the [...]
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 [...]
Hair Regrowth: How long does hair take to grow back? Is it ever the same?
by mspennylane on 04. Aug, 2008 in About Hair Pulling
This is something I have been interested to learn for a while, for obvious reasons: if I am pulling out my hair will it be ruined forever? This seems to be a common question amongst trichsters, especially those who have pulled a large area and are worried it won’t grow back (at the moment I’m [...]
My Trich Story
by mspennylane 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’ [...]
Hearing of Trichotillomania for the First Time
by mspennylane on 31. Jul, 2008 in Personal Stories
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 [...]
Do you pull out your hair?
by mspennylane on 30. Jul, 2008 in What is Trichotillomania?
POSTED BY: mspennylane 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 [...]
Trichotillomania Way of Thinking
by mspennylane on 28. Jul, 2008 in Trichotillomania 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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