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.

Today is a good day…

September 19, 2010 – 9:44 am

Good morning world! Today is a good day. Not for any particular reason, but I woke up late, and just made myself a cup of coffee. When I used the potholder (you know, the kind you made as a kid with cotton loops and wove them together…) to grab the teapot, I noticed the texture [...]

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I have trichotillomania – so why am I not pulling?

September 17, 2010 – 8:51 pm

Dear world, It’s Friday night, I am tired and hot, bored and a bit distracted… so why am I not pulling? Or picking at my skin? Why has it been years since these behaviors engulfed my consciousness, controlled my worldview, defined my state of mind?  In some ways, they do still play a powerful role [...]

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Wednesday mid-week musings

September 15, 2010 – 9:01 am

hmmm.  Still feeling sleepy from my late night last night – and waking up so early today! On Tuesdays, I am now taking a 10 week training course in MBSR to learn how to teach it. MBSR stands for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and I kind of “fell” into it last December when I was [...]

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Another Monday

September 13, 2010 – 7:58 am

Good morning! I have such a strong desire to write – my story, essays, musings, I am not even sure what wants to emerge – I just know that something does! I grew up in a household of writers, and I do know that an important key is to write every day. So, here I [...]

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Trichotillomania and raccoons at 5:00am…

September 11, 2010 – 6:32 am

Good morning! Well, woke up about an hour ago, not sure exactly why, but got up to put the water on for a cup of coffee. As Rex was still asleep, I didn’t turn on any lights, as I could see well enough to get around. I did notice our calico cat, Isabella,as she scurried [...]

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Recovery from hair pulling and skin picking

September 3, 2010 – 3:11 pm

Hmmm… Sometimes I wonder who reads these posts. What I do know is it is interesting for me to consider what I want to write about, as this blog is connected to TLC’s website. What I mean by this is that I feel like I have a responsibility to share at a level of support [...]

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Trekking for Trichotillomania

August 9, 2010 – 1:38 pm

Dear World, I haven’t posted since before the TLC Retreat! Feels good to be checking back in here. I am going to tell you all about my wild and wacky trip east, but not today. Today I want to start getting sponsors for my walk! Here’s the scoop:  October 1-7, 2010 is National Trichotillomania Awareness [...]

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Next week’s TLC Retreat

July 8, 2010 – 4:59 pm

Dear Ones, I do not really even know what I want to say, except I hope you come to next week’s TLC Retreat in Maryland.  This is an event that has become a pivotal point in my year, and I would have to also say, my life. Before I even started TLC, but had met [...]

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Emotional Staying Power and Trichotillomania Recovery

July 1, 2010 – 10:17 am

Good morning world! Sometimes, I just wonder who I am writing to. How did you get to this blog, what is your life story, are we neighbors but don’t know it? So very interesting. Today, I want to share something about my personal process, and how it is a big part of why I am [...]

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Walking for trichotillomania awareness

June 25, 2010 – 10:55 am

Dear ones, As we have been looking at the work focus for the rest of the year at TLC, something came to mind for me on a personal level in response to the first week of October being Trichotillomania Awareness Week. Leslie has just inserted information on the TLC Hands-Down-A-Thon in the next IN TOUCH newsletter, and [...]

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