Comments for TLC Blog http://blog.trich.org 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/ Comment on A Retreat for those with trichotillomania and skin picking… by Bristol Acupuncture http://blog.trich.org/2010/06/11/a-retreat-for-those-with-trichotillomania-and-skin-picking/#comment-1049 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:42:48 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=196#comment-1049 Retreats like this can be invaluable. We need the space and time away from the ‘normal’ to go inside and find stillness, understanding and healing. What a great post – thanks for sharing.

]]> Comment on Call for Proposals: TLC Research Grant Program by Questions http://blog.trich.org/2011/11/01/call-for-proposals-tlc-research-grant-program/#comment-1042 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:49:56 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=361#comment-1042 Email researchneedednow@gmail.com for the never mentioned before details left out of discussions.

]]> Comment on Call for Proposals: TLC Research Grant Program by Questions http://blog.trich.org/2011/11/01/call-for-proposals-tlc-research-grant-program/#comment-1041 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:47:17 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=361#comment-1041 Fluids that feel trapped. Pulling the hair is allowing those blocked fluids to flow normal..I
3)each area of our scalp hair is using. Our 5 senses. Smell, taste,hear,twitch and even make us vomit. Or really tired.

]]> Comment on Call for Proposals: TLC Research Grant Program by Questions http://blog.trich.org/2011/11/01/call-for-proposals-tlc-research-grant-program/#comment-1040 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:39:38 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=361#comment-1040 What exactly are you teaching doctors in your 3 day course.
1. If you are qualified to teach doctors then you must have knowledge to have answers to the following questions
We need a drug to balance the fluids / chemicals creating these large stickey black balls found at the root of the hair which are more intense
When pulled
2) all hairpullers have no other alternative but to pick or our brain will suffer a very painful throb that can escalate so bad until the hair is picked. TAKE YOUR HAND AND PLACE IT ON THE AREA WHERE THEY NORMALLY PULL.NOTICE THIS DEEP THROBBING
ON TWO AREAS OK THE HEAD &UPS
THE HAIR IS RELEASING NATURAL

]]> Comment on A Getting Started Guide for Parents by Kelli http://blog.trich.org/2012/01/06/a-getting-started-guide-for-parents/#comment-1034 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:41:32 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=596#comment-1034 I have a 13 year old daughter who has pulled for about 2 years now. It started with her eyelashes, then when those disappeared whe pulled her eyebrows, and after that her hair. She still has no eyebrow or eyelashes and has a huge bald patch on the top of her head. Initially we tried therapy, psychologists, and eventually Prozac, but all with no success. Our doctor suggested we try the NAC, and maybe we need to try this for a bit longer as we noticed no change either. I just read some old blogs about NAC and will get started again. I recently heard about another amino acid (I think) called GABA, and I was wondering if anyone has tried it to treat Trich, and also of any successes. Thanks

]]> Comment on Effective Treatment for Trichotillomania by Sonia Kleindienst http://blog.trich.org/2009/11/20/effective-treatment-for-trichotillomania/#comment-1028 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:22:36 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=106#comment-1028 I had a very thick head of long hair up until recently. I am 43 years old and have NEVER had this before. This past summer I started twisting and pulling my hair out. I have Tourettes Syndrome and mild OCD issues but this is by far the most annoying! Why all of a sudden after all these years would this attack me now??? Yes, I have had my share of stress this year but I’ve had plenty of stress in the past as well. My hair is very fine now and sticks out all over the place because some other pieces have broken off mid way through as I was ripping my hair off in two or three stand bundles. Also, as it grows in it sticks up and out through the rest. Anyone else experience this at such a late age? I should also mention that I HAVE been picking my skin since I was young and still do. I see that the two are often linked in some websites I’ve some across. Thanks so much, Sonia

]]> Comment on About TLC by Drewsef http://blog.trich.org/about/#comment-1022 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:59:56 +0000 #comment-1022 Thx for making this blog. Going through my issues with trich and Bdd right now and glad to read you are offering support.

]]> Comment on Is Trich another bourgeois problem? by Janet http://blog.trich.org/2011/08/29/is-trich-another-bourgeois-problem/#comment-1019 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:20:22 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=350#comment-1019 Battling trich is like fighting a personal war…as a parent of a child who has suffered with the mysterious condition, watching your child suffer is more painful than having symptoms yourself. To say it’s bourgeois or not is irrelevant. The social isolation, self-esteem destruction, and confusion about how it all started & desperate attempts to find a “cure” is a cross to bear. I’ve watched it steal seven years from my family – and without TLC, I don’t know how we would have survived the heartache. So, yes, there is a lot of suffering in the world…cancer, disease, poverty, and trich just so happens to be the cross we bear. TLC gives me hope…wonderful survivors of trich seem eager to reach out and share personal stories of what has helped them and those suggestions alone give me hope.

]]> Comment on Musings from Christina by Rapunzel http://blog.trich.org/2011/08/08/musings-from-christina/#comment-1014 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:10:12 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=341#comment-1014 Trichotillomania terrible disease, but not deadly

What Can really cure baldness?

]]> Comment on Update: College, Pulling, Picking, Support from Maddie M by Nicole http://blog.trich.org/2011/10/03/update-college-pulling-picking-support-from-maddie-m/#comment-1011 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:48:34 +0000 http://blog.trich.org/?p=357#comment-1011 i hope there will be a group on my Campus soon..it’s so great to find someone who can talk to when other ppl can’t really understand the situation

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