Comments on: Living with Trichotillomania but not engaging with the behavior http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/ 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: cm http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-792 Tue, 24 May 2011 01:27:21 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-792 …indeed at the end it will depend upon your will.solutions are sometimes simple but the discipline to really do them is the hardest part…thanks.great post

]]> By: tlctrichster http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-168 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:57:16 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-168 Dearest Carolyn, thank you so much for posting! It truly means the world to me to hear from you, and sounds like you have a lot of peace. I do too, and I just keep at this work so that younger people never go through the endless years of suffering. Love Christina

]]> By: Carolyn Sumida http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-167 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:05:30 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-167 Hi Christina,

Wow, you’ve come a long way since the early days of TLC in Santa Cruz. I guess living with trich will always be a struggle.

I am going to be fifty soon, which means I have been living with it for 43 years now. A few years back I decided to just embrace it and accept that I would not be who I am without having lived with it for so long. Sure I wish I had never heard of it at all let alone engaged in the behavior for so long. Now I just accept it has a gift.

A few years back at school, one of my first graders had bald patches all over his head, I spoke to the parents about it and gave them information about TLC, then I just started wearing my wig less and less. Now, I start each year letting my calss and their parents know that I am bald and it is not to due to cancer or any other disease, if they want to know mre they can ask me privately.

I frequently wear only a hat to school, out of consideration for the little ones who are uncomfortable with a bald women. I have found that people are very accepting of me and it is very freeing not to feel like I had to hide it for the sake of others.

After so many years of damaging my hair follicles, I have found that my hair will never grow back in some areas, like the top of my head, so I just shave my head. I wear a hat to keep the sun off and still wear my wig on occasion, like church or some days at school.

I got a scare back when my daughters were teens, both started to pull for a brief time, but thankfully left it behind. The girls are now both in their twenties and trich free.

The oldest had a problem with cutting for awhile, but thankfully, she outgrew that too with lots of love and help.

So glad to see you looking so good and doing so well. I think of you fro time to time but never seem to get out to Santa Cruz to see you.

Take Care,
Carolyn

]]> By: Nikki Love http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-151 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:21:13 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-151 I sometimes think boredom is my main struggle with TTM. But who knows… keep up the good work.
xoxoxoxox nikki love

]]> By: Melissa Onorato http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-150 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:08:07 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-150 This is excellent! i know exactly how you feel. I love your site. Im starting to believe i need to end caffeine.

]]> By: MK http://blog.trich.org/2009/07/01/living-with-trichotillomania-but-not-engaging-with-the-behavior/#comment-149 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:28:30 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=43#comment-149 Really enjoyed this article. Thank you. x

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