Beating Trich Community Group
You mean that there is a name for IT? Im not weird? Trichotillomania, that big, long word that is the bane of our world. With knowledge and support of others we CAN break free and live without this disorder interfering with our lives. Lets keep this uplifting and supportive and give each other the encouragement the other needs to make it to that next day.
Hi. I'm new to this group. I started pulling me hair out mainly eyelashes and eyebrows when I was 13 years old. I am now in my 40's and am still doing it. I have asked my doctor if there is treatment but she told me te medication would make me slur my words and drool. I don't know if that's true or not. Another doctor told me to put tape over my eyebrows...dumb doctor. lol
Has anyone found any methods that work to stop the yearning to pull out their hair?
Any advice is welcome.
Thank you for lsitening.
Felicia
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Hello- I am new to the group
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My therapist really knocked some sense into me last Friday about my spending. She said that there are needs and there are wants. She said that there is always going to be cheap stuff to buy, but do I need it? The answer is mostly "no". So today, I am taking back some things that I bought online at Kohl's, namely a 9 x 12 rug and a quilt for my bed. I also bought sheets that I don't need...
It's difficult to find what works best when without using a journal to help find the patterns of thought, and hand motion.
Stay hydrated. That will give you a better balance in figuring out what is working, too.
And, keep your hands busy with a fidget ball (stress ball or thing), to help change the pattern of the hand going to the eyebrows.
I have one eyebrow grown in after a long hard trial with anxiety. The other eyebrow...still my nemesis, but there is hair growing there, and some of it normal direction, so success is possible!