Monthly Archives: July 2009

Trichotillomania over the Summer months: Prepping for school

Good afternoon!!  This post is basically for parents of school-age children. Or anyone who wants to read it, really. I want to talk about how pulling/picking often reduces during the Summer non-school months, and then can reappear with a vengeance once the school curriculum has started again in the Fall.  Over many years I have [...]

Living with Trichotillomania but not engaging with the behavior

Good evening! I have had a dreadful sinus infection for a while, and finally got some antibiotics last week and am starting to feel EVER so much better. This brings me to this evening’s musings – about vulnerability and living with TTM. I have been pull and pick free (I both pull my hair and [...]