Author Archives: Christina Pearson, TLC

The Trichotillomania Learning Center’s mission is to end the suffering caused by hair pulling disorder, skin picking disorder, and related body-focused repetitive behaviors.

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December 30, 2011 – 9:56 am

As Founding Director of TLC, I have dedicated my life to finding a cure for Hair Pulling and Skin Picking disorders. For you, me, our children, and our children’s children. I believe that together, we CAN achieve this, and should. THIS is why TLC was established. THIS is why our Staff, Executive Board, and Science [...]

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Trich on My Mind

August 15, 2011 – 9:27 am

by Inez Asante From TLC: Another great post by a TLC Volunteer. if you have a personal story you’d like us to consider for the blog or our member newsletter, email leslie at (@) trich.org. When you look at yourself in the mirror, you see so many different aspects of who you are, who you [...]

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Musings from Christina

August 8, 2011 – 3:19 pm

Happy Summer! I am growing my hair long. Why? It’s a personal quest to better understand the impact of all the treatment, strategies, and ongoing awareness practice I have put into place in my life. Yes, I want deeper cognition into my own recovery process. At the grand and amazing age of 54 (soon to [...]

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Speaking Out #Trichotillomania

August 4, 2011 – 9:49 am

Speaking Out #Trichotillomania.   Great post! Thank you for sharing and giving TLC a Shout Out!

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A Call to Freedom

July 26, 2011 – 2:42 pm

New Personal essay up in Articles! Originally published in TLC’s quarterly newsletter, InTouch, (delivered to TLC members every four months), our friend Tina Miller, AKA Trich Whisperer, and group moderator for the popular facebook support group Learning2Live Pull-Free Private Network Page , wrote this poignant story of her own struggle and pursuit of freedom and [...]

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Do you want better answers?

June 29, 2011 – 3:22 pm

Yes, the fact is we DO need better treatments, more trained doctors and therapists, and much greater public awareness. Put simply, we need better answers for the millions of people suffering with hair pulling and skin picking disorders.     Do you agree? If so, we need YOU.  Please JOIN TLC. Together, we will advance research, [...]

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Okay, time to get off the trich/pick pity pot…

March 31, 2011 – 10:25 am

Sweet Ones,  this is you, whoever is reading this at this very moment! Time for me to forge ahead, get off the pity pot of  “why don’t more people get involved for real, instead of watching from the sidelines…”  regarding trichotillomania and skin picking that I have been on for a few months.  Some of this [...]

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Why do I work so hard to help with trichotillomania?

October 9, 2010 – 9:43 pm

Tonight, I am sad. I have just been reading so many posts, from parents of trichsters, from adults with pulling and picking, and from teens, all wondering what to do, looking for answers, looking for hope and guidance. Sometimes, I do not feel like much has been accomplished in the field when I read such [...]

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My Trek for Trichotillomania

October 6, 2010 – 1:10 pm

I did it. Last Friday, I walked 20 miles through three towns, to raise money for TLC and the work it does for people struggling with hair pulling and skin picking. I raised $3500, for which I am very grateful – even though I had grand dreams of raising =$20,000! Here’s the thing: it was [...]

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Time…

September 20, 2010 – 9:26 pm

Dear World, Time. Is a funny concept-thing-process, whatever. Here it is a bit after 9pm, and I have so much I want to do, yet I do need to sleep. I have just spent the past hour or so researching brain imaging studies in trichotillomania, and it has been profound to see the evolution from 1989 [...]

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