Comments on: What Is Eyelash Pulling? http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:48:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bethany http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-25298 Bethany Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:42:49 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-25298 I just recently developed this problem, like a few months ago. I pull out my top and bottom eyelashes and sometomes my eyebrows. At first I didn't understand.. so I looked it up and found out a ton of people do it too. It doesn't stop me from feeling bad:/ I'm 16, and I tend to basically pluck all of my eyelashes, and then cover it up with tons of eyeliner. And I'm afraid to go to a friends house because I don't want to wake up, and all my eyeliner is gone and they notice... and when people comment on it or something I feel worse, because I used to have long thick eyelashes, and its obvious I don't now. I noticed its usually when I'm stressed.. or sad or something, like I have just pulled a ton out, and this past week I've been fighting with my boyfriend and had to break up with him. And I feel like that's why I'm doing this. What I'm trying to do is have a hairtie or rubber band on my wrist all the time, so when I have the urge I play with it or snap it on my wrist, and that kinda gives.me the sensation of pulling hair. Nobody knows I do thus.. but I think I'm going to tell my mom even though its hard. It really helps to know m not alone though. I just recently developed this problem, like a few months ago. I pull out my top and bottom eyelashes and sometomes my eyebrows. At first I didn’t understand.. so I looked it up and found out a ton of people do it too. It doesn’t stop me from feeling bad:/ I’m 16, and I tend to basically pluck all of my eyelashes, and then cover it up with tons of eyeliner. And I’m afraid to go to a friends house because I don’t want to wake up, and all my eyeliner is gone and they notice… and when people comment on it or something I feel worse, because I used to have long thick eyelashes, and its obvious I don’t now. I noticed its usually when I’m stressed.. or sad or something, like I have just pulled a ton out, and this past week I’ve been fighting with my boyfriend and had to break up with him. And I feel like that’s why I’m doing this. What I’m trying to do is have a hairtie or rubber band on my wrist all the time, so when I have the urge I play with it or snap it on my wrist, and that kinda gives.me the sensation of pulling hair. Nobody knows I do thus.. but I think I’m going to tell my mom even though its hard. It really helps to know m not alone though.

]]> By: Leasha http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-25090 Leasha Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:01:20 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-25090 Hello! My son is nine and just started pulling his lashes out in November of 2010. We are at the beginning of this and all this information is so helpful. Thank you very much. I will be trying some of the tips to get him to stop. Hello! My son is nine and just started pulling his lashes out in November of 2010. We are at the beginning of this and all this information is so helpful. Thank you very much. I will be trying some of the tips to get him to stop.

]]> By: Jessica http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-24902 Jessica Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:15:07 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-24902 ^^ Hey everyone! I started picking my eyelashes in 4th grade. I don't remember why, I just remember my hands moving toward my eyes and I remember the "plucking". For some reason, it just felt good. I've noticed over the years that it is mostly in time of stress, and when I was going through my depression. I've gone to the doctor and a therapist, for awhile, I'd used the tools that they'd given me, and plucking ceased. However, when I hit about 16, the plucking started up again. I was so afraid of everyone noticing that I made myself stop. However, when I hit 18, and my first year of college, it went back into full swing. Once again, I am putting my tools to use, and I'm seening lashes now come back in. I don't know if this will work for everyone, but my trick is relativley simple. I keep this 1$ coin in my pocket or near me at all times. Your object wouldn't have to be a coin, but something relativley small that you can keep with you. At any moment that you find your hands going to pluck, or feel the urge, start rubbing the object between your fingers. I describe it as your training your fingers to do something else, whenever you feel the sensation. I'm not starting my second semester of my second year of college, and surviving with trich. ;] And to Kate, your only 13. I know you probably won't believe me, but you can get through it. The younger teenage years are horrible. You'll get through it though. There is SO much more to life than teeenage boys. Besides, they get even more handsome and sweeter when you get to the end of high school/ the beginning of college. Use these years to find out what you want out of life, and have fun. Don't worry about the relationship part. Chances of very high none of the relationships formed in junior high are going to last anyway. Work on taking care of yourself first. =] I wish the best to everyone! ^^
Hey everyone!
I started picking my eyelashes in 4th grade. I don’t remember why, I just remember my hands moving toward my eyes and I remember the “plucking”. For some reason, it just felt good. I’ve noticed over the years that it is mostly in time of stress, and when I was going through my depression. I’ve gone to the doctor and a therapist, for awhile, I’d used the tools that they’d given me, and plucking ceased. However, when I hit about 16, the plucking started up again. I was so afraid of everyone noticing that I made myself stop. However, when I hit 18, and my first year of college, it went back into full swing. Once again, I am putting my tools to use, and I’m seening lashes now come back in. I don’t know if this will work for everyone, but my trick is relativley simple. I keep this 1$ coin in my pocket or near me at all times. Your object wouldn’t have to be a coin, but something relativley small that you can keep with you. At any moment that you find your hands going to pluck, or feel the urge, start rubbing the object between your fingers. I describe it as your training your fingers to do something else, whenever you feel the sensation. I’m not starting my second semester of my second year of college, and surviving with trich. ;]

And to Kate, your only 13. I know you probably won’t believe me, but you can get through it. The younger teenage years are horrible. You’ll get through it though. There is SO much more to life than teeenage boys. Besides, they get even more handsome and sweeter when you get to the end of high school/ the beginning of college. Use these years to find out what you want out of life, and have fun. Don’t worry about the relationship part. Chances of very high none of the relationships formed in junior high are going to last anyway. Work on taking care of yourself first. =]

I wish the best to everyone!

]]> By: Kate http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-24621 Kate Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:44:03 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-24621 I was just an ordinary girl. I never thoguht anything bad was going to happen to me. But then, it happened. I don't know why or how, but I started picking my eyelashes around end of 3rd grade or the begining of 4rth grade. I don't think i knew what i was doing then, but i know now. My eyelashes are gone, and when small stubs try to form, i pull them out. I have absolutly no control over it. Right now, i'm 13 years old and i'm in 8th grade and the picking has only gotten worse. I want to stop, i just can't control it. I don't know anyone with this disorder, which makes it even harder I've tried false eyelashes, but i'm not the biggest fan of them. I'm the only person in my whole town with this disorder. At my school, alot of people are into the whole "dating" thing. Sure, i'm friends with alot of the boys in my class, and they always tell me how funny i am and how i'm probably one of the nicest girls in the class. But do you think any of them would even try and ask me to be their girlfriend? Of course not. It's hard for me to walk around the hallways at school and see everyone with eyelashes and most of the girls wearing mascara or eyeliner. "Why can't I look like that?" No answer ever seems like a good enough answer. There have been plenty of times where i've told myself to stop, or said that I'm going to finally stop. but it never happened. I don't like the way i look. It bugs me to have no eyelashes, but for whatever reason i still pick them. My grade's semi formal is coming up in may, and i really want to have eyelashes for it, but I don't know if i'm gonna have them. And what scares me more is that i'm going to be in high school next year. If i don't have eyelashes by then, there's no way i'm going to survive high school! I just don't know how to stop. I've tried just about everything to get myself to stop, but nothing has worked, and who knows if it ever will. I was just an ordinary girl. I never thoguht anything bad was going to happen to me. But then, it happened. I don’t know why or how, but I started picking my eyelashes around end of 3rd grade or the begining of 4rth grade. I don’t think i knew what i was doing then, but i know now. My eyelashes are gone, and when small stubs try to form, i pull them out. I have absolutly no control over it. Right now, i’m 13 years old and i’m in 8th grade and the picking has only gotten worse. I want to stop, i just can’t control it. I don’t know anyone with this disorder, which makes it even harder I’ve tried false eyelashes, but i’m not the biggest fan of them. I’m the only person in my whole town with this disorder. At my school, alot of people are into the whole “dating” thing. Sure, i’m friends with alot of the boys in my class, and they always tell me how funny i am and how i’m probably one of the nicest girls in the class. But do you think any of them would even try and ask me to be their girlfriend? Of course not. It’s hard for me to walk around the hallways at school and see everyone with eyelashes and most of the girls wearing mascara or eyeliner. “Why can’t I look like that?” No answer ever seems like a good enough answer. There have been plenty of times where i’ve told myself to stop, or said that I’m going to finally stop. but it never happened. I don’t like the way i look. It bugs me to have no eyelashes, but for whatever reason i still pick them. My grade’s semi formal is coming up in may, and i really want to have eyelashes for it, but I don’t know if i’m gonna have them. And what scares me more is that i’m going to be in high school next year. If i don’t have eyelashes by then, there’s no way i’m going to survive high school! I just don’t know how to stop. I’ve tried just about everything to get myself to stop, but nothing has worked, and who knows if it ever will.

]]> By: noname http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-24610 noname Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:47:18 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-24610 i know exactly how you feel, lyndsey.. i'm 16 now and i just cannot stop pulling my eyelashes! I love the way long eye lashes feel, but my main target is when I put mascara on.. It makes them really touchable and when I'm nervous I just pull them out.. I barely have any now and it just stinks when someone comments about them.. doctors have asked if I pull but I just say no and I hate myself for it.. Any tips here? i know exactly how you feel, lyndsey.. i’m 16 now and i just cannot stop pulling my eyelashes! I love the way long eye lashes feel, but my main target is when I put mascara on.. It makes them really touchable and when I’m nervous I just pull them out.. I barely have any now and it just stinks when someone comments about them.. doctors have asked if I pull but I just say no and I hate myself for it.. Any tips here?

]]> By: Brooke http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-24121 Brooke Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:05:03 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-24121 Hi, i’m 12 years old, gonna be 13 in march. I’ve been pulling out my eye lashes for about 7 years now. Since i was 6. It started right after my grand father has died. Sure i miss him a lot, but i don’t think that’s the problem. My mom knows and she checks my eyes a lot and if she notices I’ve been plucking them out more, she yells at me and threatens to ground me or to make me go live with my dad. But she also told me she wants to book me and appointment to the doctors or therapy. I really really wanna get help but i’m afraid to go there and to talk to them about it. I’ve never really talked to anyone about it except for my mom. Everyone at school doesn’t notice but they noticed i don’t like to make eye contact with them. Each year to get my pictures taken i had eye lashes, but just for that. I would let them grow 1 month before the pictures so i would have them for the pictures to be taken so that my mom could hang them up. In grade 5, 6 and 7 she couldn’t. I honestly feel horrible and tried to stop so many times but when i do it, i pick out a certain one then pull it out, then go for others, It doesn’t bleed or hurt just when i do it, its like i suddenly black out from all the stress and everything is gone. I have tried putting band-aides on my fingers but it didn’t work. I was so eager to get them off that i ripped the band-aides off. I wear eye liner to cover it up, but i still feel utterly horrible about myself and i just can’t except it. Whenever people call me “beautiful” or “gorgeous” or even “pretty” i feel so ashamed because they don’t know what i really look like, but it also makes me soo soo sooo happy at the same time. I just found out about this disorder and started to cry….I find im the ugliest person out there and each time i do it, it gets worse. My mom doesn’t make me feel much better either. My dad doesn’t talk about it, but when he found out he was disapionted. I could understand why. He didn’t yell or holler at me, just talked to me calmly and asked why i did it. the problem was, i didn’t know why i did it. i put so much pressure on myself to find out why i was doing it but everything just came up blank. I have a great life at school, a lot of friends, good grades, just a little bit of drama but it doesn’t harm me. I think its more of a family concern. I’ve always wanted my parents to get back to gather but my mom has a boyfriend named tom who also knows about it. My sister Aleesha does too. Whenever we get into fights she smacks this in my face “at least i have eye lashes”. It hurts a lot when she says it, but i knew that wasn’t what caused it. I’m not self confident at all. It frightens me that some day i won’t have any eye lashes… i need help but i’m afraid to talk to anyone else. It was hard enough for my grand mother to find out. Every day i look in the mirror with make or with out, and tell myself i’m ugly… I just need to stop immediately. I too also thought i was the only person who did it and longed for me to meet someone else who did it. The only other person i knew who did it was my cousin Kate. She has no eye lashes or eye brows. She started when she was 11 or 12 and now shes 23. They stopped growing, and she needed glass’s- still does. I’m not sure if i got it from her, watching her do it or something but i’m afraid. I’ve tried to cut my nails but some how i managed to still do it. Its so hard for me to type this, its gonna be even harder for me to click the “Submit comment” button. I want medication so i won’t have to talk to anyone about it. Every time i see a Mascara commercial i think about how much plucking my eye lashes out really affect on a person, or so me. Do you know where to get medication? I live in Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. Or just a website will do. Please help me. Hi, i’m 12 years old, gonna be 13 in march. I’ve been pulling out my eye lashes for about 7 years now. Since i was 6. It started right after my grand father has died. Sure i miss him a lot, but i don’t think that’s the problem. My mom knows and she checks my eyes a lot and if she notices I’ve been plucking them out more, she yells at me and threatens to ground me or to make me go live with my dad. But she also told me she wants to book me and appointment to the doctors or therapy. I really really wanna get help but i’m afraid to go there and to talk to them about it. I’ve never really talked to anyone about it except for my mom. Everyone at school doesn’t notice but they noticed i don’t like to make eye contact with them. Each year to get my pictures taken i had eye lashes, but just for that. I would let them grow 1 month before the pictures so i would have them for the pictures to be taken so that my mom could hang them up. In grade 5, 6 and 7 she couldn’t. I honestly feel horrible and tried to stop so many times but when i do it, i pick out a certain one then pull it out, then go for others, It doesn’t bleed or hurt just when i do it, its like i suddenly black out from all the stress and everything is gone. I have tried putting band-aides on my fingers but it didn’t work. I was so eager to get them off that i ripped the band-aides off. I wear eye liner to cover it up, but i still feel utterly horrible about myself and i just can’t except it. Whenever people call me “beautiful” or “gorgeous” or even “pretty” i feel so ashamed because they don’t know what i really look like, but it also makes me soo soo sooo happy at the same time. I just found out about this disorder and started to cry….I find im the ugliest person out there and each time i do it, it gets worse. My mom doesn’t make me feel much better either. My dad doesn’t talk about it, but when he found out he was disapionted. I could understand why. He didn’t yell or holler at me, just talked to me calmly and asked why i did it. the problem was, i didn’t know why i did it. i put so much pressure on myself to find out why i was doing it but everything just came up blank. I have a great life at school, a lot of friends, good grades, just a little bit of drama but it doesn’t harm me. I think its more of a family concern. I’ve always wanted my parents to get back to gather but my mom has a boyfriend named tom who also knows about it. My sister Aleesha does too. Whenever we get into fights she smacks this in my face “at least i have eye lashes”. It hurts a lot when she says it, but i knew that wasn’t what caused it. I’m not self confident at all. It frightens me that some day i won’t have any eye lashes… i need help but i’m afraid to talk to anyone else. It was hard enough for my grand mother to find out. Every day i look in the mirror with make or with out, and tell myself i’m ugly… I just need to stop immediately. I too also thought i was the only person who did it and longed for me to meet someone else who did it. The only other person i knew who did it was my cousin Kate. She has no eye lashes or eye brows. She started when she was 11 or 12 and now shes 23. They stopped growing, and she needed glass’s- still does. I’m not sure if i got it from her, watching her do it or something but i’m afraid. I’ve tried to cut my nails but some how i managed to still do it. Its so hard for me to type this, its gonna be even harder for me to click the “Submit comment” button. I want medication so i won’t have to talk to anyone about it. Every time i see a Mascara commercial i think about how much plucking my eye lashes out really affect on a person, or so me. Do you know where to get medication? I live in Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. Or just a website will do. Please help me.

]]> By: Brooke http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-24120 Brooke Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:46:21 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-24120 Hi, i'm 12 years old, gonna be 13 in march. I've been pulling out my eye lashes for about 7 years now. Since i was 6. It started right after my grand father has died. Sure i miss him a lot, but i don't think that's the problem. My mom knows and she checks my eyes a lot and if she notices I've been plucking them out more, she yells at me and threatens to ground me or to make me go live with my dad. But she also told me she wants to book me and appointment to the doctors or therapy. I really really wanna get help but i'm afraid to go there and to talk to them about it. I've never really talked to anyone about it except for my mom. Everyone at school doesn't notice but they noticed i don't like to make eye contact with them. Each year to get my pictures taken i had eye lashes, but just for that. I would let them grow 1 month before the pictures so i would have them for the pictures to be taken so that my mom could hang them up. In grade 5, 6 and 7 she couldn't. I honestly feel horrible and tried to stop so many times but when i do it, i pick out a certain one then pull it out, then go for others, It doesn't bleed or hurt just when i do it, its like i suddenly black out from all the stress and everything is gone. I have tried putting band-aides on my fingers but it didn't work. I was so eager to get them off that i ripped the band-aides off. I wear eye liner to cover it up, but i still feel utterly horrible about myself and i just can't except it. Whenever people call me "beautiful" or "gorgeous" or even "pretty" i feel so ashamed because they don't know what i really look like, but it also makes me soo soo sooo happy at the same time. I just found out about this disorder and started to cry....I find im the ugliest person out there and each time i do it, it gets worse. My mom doesn't make me feel much better either. My dad doesn't talk about it, but when he found out he was disapionted. I could understand why. He didn't yell or holler at me, just talked to me calmly and asked why i did it. the problem was, i didn't know why i did it. i put so much pressure on myself to find out why i was doing it but everything just came up blank. I have a great life at school, a lot of friends, good grades, just a little bit of drama but it doesn't harm me. I think its more of a family concern. I've always wanted my parents to get back to gather but my mom has a boyfriend named tom who also knows about it. My sister Aleesha does too. Whenever we get into fights she smacks this in my face "at least i have eye lashes". It hurts a lot when she says it, but i knew that wasn't what caused it. I'm not self confident at all. It frightens me that some day i won't have any eye lashes... i need help but i'm afraid to talk to anyone else. It was hard enough for my grand mother to find out. Every day i look in the mirror with make or with out, and tell myself i'm ugly... I just need to stop immediately. I too also thought i was the only person who did it and longed for me to meet someone else who did it. The only other person i knew who did it was my cousin Kate. She has no eye lashes or eye brows. She started when she was 11 or 12 and now shes 23. They stopped growing, and she needed glass's- still does. I'm not sure if i got it from her, watching her do it or something but i'm afraid. I've tried to cut my nails but some how i managed to still do it. Its so hard for me to type this, its gonna be even harder for me to click the "Submit comment" button. I want medication so i won't have to talk to anyone about it. Every time i see a Mascara commercial i think about how much plucking my eye lashes out really affect on a person, or so me. Do you know where to get medication? I live in Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. Or just a website will do. Please help me. Hi, i’m 12 years old, gonna be 13 in march. I’ve been pulling out my eye lashes for about 7 years now. Since i was 6. It started right after my grand father has died. Sure i miss him a lot, but i don’t think that’s the problem. My mom knows and she checks my eyes a lot and if she notices I’ve been plucking them out more, she yells at me and threatens to ground me or to make me go live with my dad. But she also told me she wants to book me and appointment to the doctors or therapy. I really really wanna get help but i’m afraid to go there and to talk to them about it. I’ve never really talked to anyone about it except for my mom. Everyone at school doesn’t notice but they noticed i don’t like to make eye contact with them. Each year to get my pictures taken i had eye lashes, but just for that. I would let them grow 1 month before the pictures so i would have them for the pictures to be taken so that my mom could hang them up. In grade 5, 6 and 7 she couldn’t. I honestly feel horrible and tried to stop so many times but when i do it, i pick out a certain one then pull it out, then go for others, It doesn’t bleed or hurt just when i do it, its like i suddenly black out from all the stress and everything is gone. I have tried putting band-aides on my fingers but it didn’t work. I was so eager to get them off that i ripped the band-aides off. I wear eye liner to cover it up, but i still feel utterly horrible about myself and i just can’t except it. Whenever people call me “beautiful” or “gorgeous” or even “pretty” i feel so ashamed because they don’t know what i really look like, but it also makes me soo soo sooo happy at the same time. I just found out about this disorder and started to cry….I find im the ugliest person out there and each time i do it, it gets worse. My mom doesn’t make me feel much better either. My dad doesn’t talk about it, but when he found out he was disapionted. I could understand why. He didn’t yell or holler at me, just talked to me calmly and asked why i did it. the problem was, i didn’t know why i did it. i put so much pressure on myself to find out why i was doing it but everything just came up blank. I have a great life at school, a lot of friends, good grades, just a little bit of drama but it doesn’t harm me. I think its more of a family concern. I’ve always wanted my parents to get back to gather but my mom has a boyfriend named tom who also knows about it. My sister Aleesha does too. Whenever we get into fights she smacks this in my face “at least i have eye lashes”. It hurts a lot when she says it, but i knew that wasn’t what caused it. I’m not self confident at all. It frightens me that some day i won’t have any eye lashes… i need help but i’m afraid to talk to anyone else. It was hard enough for my grand mother to find out. Every day i look in the mirror with make or with out, and tell myself i’m ugly… I just need to stop immediately. I too also thought i was the only person who did it and longed for me to meet someone else who did it. The only other person i knew who did it was my cousin Kate. She has no eye lashes or eye brows. She started when she was 11 or 12 and now shes 23. They stopped growing, and she needed glass’s- still does. I’m not sure if i got it from her, watching her do it or something but i’m afraid. I’ve tried to cut my nails but some how i managed to still do it. Its so hard for me to type this, its gonna be even harder for me to click the “Submit comment” button. I want medication so i won’t have to talk to anyone about it. Every time i see a Mascara commercial i think about how much plucking my eye lashes out really affect on a person, or so me. Do you know where to get medication? I live in Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax. Or just a website will do. Please help me.

]]> By: louise http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-23618 louise Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:19:39 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-23618 Hey guys, im 15 and started pulling out my eyelashes when i was 7. I guess it kind of begun when i found i didn't like the look of them mainly my eyebrows, it seems stupid to me now but i used to like most girls try to base my appearence of magazinses. They all looked so beautiful with lovly thin stylish eyebrows and i begun to think that mine were to thick so i tried to trim the down but accidently took most of it off. This really annoyed me but i tried to do the same to my other brow to even them out and i did the same to my lashes, but more recently it has become about stress or boredom whenever im in an exam or sitting at the computer i just start to do it without realising. When i was younger i tried Therapy but it did not work, he just constantly reminded me of it which really did not help at all. now a days i run my fingers along my lash and cause they're growing back it feels really stubly and so i pull it out since it doesn't feel right. When I found this post it really cheered me up, before i felt i was alone with this now i realise that im not, thanks so much! Hey guys, im 15 and started pulling out my eyelashes when i was 7. I guess it kind of begun when i found i didn’t like the look of them mainly my eyebrows, it seems stupid to me now but i used to like most girls try to base my appearence of magazinses. They all looked so beautiful with lovly thin stylish eyebrows and i begun to think that mine were to thick so i tried to trim the down but accidently took most of it off. This really annoyed me but i tried to do the same to my other brow to even them out and i did the same to my lashes, but more recently it has become about stress or boredom whenever im in an exam or sitting at the computer i just start to do it without realising. When i was younger i tried Therapy but it did not work, he just constantly reminded me of it which really did not help at all. now a days i run my fingers along my lash and cause they’re growing back it feels really stubly and so i pull it out since it doesn’t feel right. When I found this post it really cheered me up, before i felt i was alone with this now i realise that im not, thanks so much!

]]> By: Kelli http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-23528 Kelli Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:27:15 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-23528 I've been pulling out my eyelashes for 5 years now. I am 15 years old and have depression and anxiety but I am getting help and seeing someone :) I started pulling my eyelashes out the year we moved out of my hometown and way before my depression and anixety came out full force. When my mom first noticed I was missing my top eyelashes I made up a story where i burned them off and I kept this up for 5 years and since yesterday I told my story was just a lie because I was embarassed to tell her the truth that I pull my eyelashes out and now that i'm older I am starting to really want eyelashes again because it's affecting my self-esteem. When I realized I had a problem I have been researching about trich and never realized what it was and now I sorta understand. I always thought that I was alone with trich but I am continuing to know more about it and I was suprised to see some many people go through this as well. I am starting to try and stop pulling but it's like a stress reliever for me and some tips would be great to help stop the pulling. I’ve been pulling out my eyelashes for 5 years now. I am 15 years old and have depression and anxiety but I am getting help and seeing someone :) I started pulling my eyelashes out the year we moved out of my hometown and way before my depression and anixety came out full force. When my mom first noticed I was missing my top eyelashes I made up a story where i burned them off and I kept this up for 5 years and since yesterday I told my story was just a lie because I was embarassed to tell her the truth that I pull my eyelashes out and now that i’m older I am starting to really want eyelashes again because it’s affecting my self-esteem. When I realized I had a problem I have been researching about trich and never realized what it was and now I sorta understand. I always thought that I was alone with trich but I am continuing to know more about it and I was suprised to see some many people go through this as well. I am starting to try and stop pulling but it’s like a stress reliever for me and some tips would be great to help stop the pulling.
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]]> By: Brianna http://ontrich.com/what-is-eyelash-pulling.html/comment-page-1#comment-23402 Brianna Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:18:17 +0000 http://ontrich.com/?p=335#comment-23402 I started pulling when I was 7, but now I'm 14. I pull whenever I am stressed, nervous, or angry. It's like a distraction. I'm so focused on pulling the eyelash that I am able to not think about what is bothering me. Sometimes I will keep pulling. Even when it hurts. I guess I kinda like the pain. My mom has tried to get help, but she is a high school counselor & she thinks that only therapy will work and I've just had really bad experiences with it. Worst if all, my dad acts like norhing is wrong. He fails to even acknowledge that my eyes are bare. The kinda ironic thing is that he seems to be unable to "see" it, but kids just all seem to notice. It's really hard for me to talk about it, but knowing that everyone who comments is going through the same thing really helps. I started pulling when I was 7, but now I’m 14. I pull whenever I am stressed, nervous, or angry. It’s like a distraction. I’m so focused on pulling the eyelash that I am able to not think about what is bothering me. Sometimes I will keep pulling. Even when it hurts. I guess I kinda like the pain. My mom has tried to get help, but she is a high school counselor & she thinks that only therapy will work and I’ve just had really bad experiences with it. Worst if all, my dad acts like norhing is wrong. He fails to even acknowledge that my eyes are bare. The kinda ironic thing is that he seems to be unable to “see” it, but kids just all seem to notice. It’s really hard for me to talk about it, but knowing that everyone who comments is going through the same thing really helps.
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