Comments on: The trichotillomania prison of my past http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/ The blog for the Trichotillomania Learning Center, seeking to end the suffering caused by hair pulling disorder, skin picking disorder, and related body-focused repetitive behaviors since 1991. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:42:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Grateful http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-676 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:57:33 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-676 Thank you
I have found few stories of success and recovery of trichotillomania. I have hope. You have benefited one persons life

]]> By: Ashton Allen http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-350 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:13:20 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-350 Christina:
Thank you so much for this blog of courage. I hope to get involved with this someday.

Karen:
As someone who has been pulling since age 10 (i am now 19 1/2), I would just like to give you a little insight from what your daugher is feeling. My parents also put me in couseling, tried gloves, socks on my hands, tape, medicines and vitamins. I wore a wig from age 10-about 14…and I finally just decided to be myself…let people either like me or not. My mom also used to mention it to me and doesn’t as much now, but if she had posted a comment on this, it would’ve sounded exactly like this! It almost makes me wonder if you are my mom under a different name! Ha!
But my point is, it’s not that we get angry when you say things, and it’s not that we “don’t want to change”, it’s just that it is the hardest thing that you could possibly do. It is some kind of deep addiction that is triggered by who knows what…I mean, we find ourselves doing it when we aren’t even aware of it. Some, like me, even do it in our sleep. It’s not just something we can simply “modify” :( As unfortunate as that is. And believe me, she wants her own hair back more than anyone in the world.

I hope I could help you find a deeper understanding of how this makes us feel…it sounds like you are doing a wonderful job supporting her, though:) It’s awesome to find supportive parents.

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-176 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:09:36 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-176 I started compulsivley pulling my hair when I was around 13. Although I can vaguely remember at the age of 7 rubbing my eyes so much that my eyelashes were non existant. i always pulled my hair from the same area and eventually my mum noticed the patch and after a telling off that left me humiliated and with the ‘threat’ of speaking to a physciatrist hangig over me I relented. I had been ‘free’ of urges for most of the past 15 years with two ‘big’ lapses after the births ofmy two children. Other than my mother all those years ago, I have never told anyone else. I never will. I don’t want anyone to know how odd I am! half the time I don’t realise what I’m doing, I’ve got my hand in my hair searching for ‘the one’ before I actually think ‘Stop it’… It makes me feel like such a ‘loser’ knowing that I do something soooo stupid! but i can’t seem to help it..

]]> By: Chrissy http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-120 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:36:40 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-120 I took your blog to my therapist yesterday and cried like I had never cried before. The embarrassment, shame, and feeling like a failure all come with this disorder. It doesn’t surprise me that my self-esteem was affected by this problem since a young child. But I am ready to get my life back. Please keep this blog going. Chrissy, age 38 pulling since age 6.

]]> By: Kayla http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-99 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:15:00 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-99 Hi girls, I was working on my homework today, but could not concentrate for the life of me…instead I was picking and getting very fristrated! I have never looked at support groups online before, pretty much just kept the whole Trich thing to myself. But right now I am longing for others who understand. Arielle and Joann, just hearing of two people my age, I am 20,who are in the same situation as myself, is so encouraging! I look forward to the day when I can finally say ‘I am completely free of the urge to pull out my hair’. I know it will be soon, I just have to be patient.

]]> By: Penny http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-90 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:38:13 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-90 It’s so amazing to see someone who has been so low and come out the other side. I’m glad you started this blog :)
~Penny – Trichotillomania Blog

]]> By: Sonja http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-69 Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:41 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-69 I am Sonja and I have pulled my hair out because i was abused by my mother. I have been in and out of mh treatments but all the drugs they have given me now going on alomost 30 years does not help…..I belive its a habit and I can not stop. is there help out there? I don’t know but I could use some help.
Sonja age 47 had this since i was around 12

]]> By: missy http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-65 Wed, 27 May 2009 22:32:24 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-65 Thanks Christina, for sharing your story. I have been a prisoner of Trich for over twenty years and wonder if I will ever be free of it. I think I have finally gotten to the point where my lashes are not going to grow back. :(

]]> By: Lucia http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-63 Tue, 26 May 2009 21:58:46 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-63 Christina,

Thank you for sharing this experience and being so honest. This blog is a great idea.
It is so meaningful reading and getting information from the TLC. I have been struggling with trich since I was 12, now I am 45 and still fighting every day, but better prepared and aware!!

Hint: Taking a shower reduces urge for pulling..for some reason if temperature of my head reduces so does the urge for pulling.

]]> By: Ann http://blog.trich.org/2009/05/22/the-trichotillomania-prison-of-my-past/#comment-60 Tue, 26 May 2009 12:43:11 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=20#comment-60 I have suffered from this for years and have never gone for help. I have a beautiful family and I don’t want my children and husband to be affected by this anymore (or myself). I live in WV and I just don’t know who to go to. Could you give me a name of someone that I could go to?

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