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.

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lookingforgrace
lookingforgrace
i stopped pretty much - well, it was enough to regrow all my hair and that was over a year ago. Except. I've started again. I think it is going to get noticeable soon and the hard work . . . gone. Fuck. I have a hair appointment next week and hopeful she doesn't notice. It is so much money that she really can just be quiet . . . am paying for her silence at that price bracket, haha!

So, I will step back. Talk to my therapist. Breathe. Get out. Make myself get to the gym. Try to not get paranoid that it is noticeable now . . . take that NAC and anti-anxiety stuff I have, too. Just under a lot of pressure so it makes sense almost . . . that this would come up. Thankful to share that. This is something I tell one person about - my therapist. So - super nice to write that out. Even if you're strangers and might be serial killers. Well, likely not. Statistically speaking. Thanks, also . . . for any tips you might have on staying motivated for starting over again!
Community LeaderMid
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Keep going. Keep writing. Keep reminding yourself that you are valuable, just as you are, right now.

Stay strong!
Trickster2011
Trickster2011
Good you are coming to the forum for support. I am starting over again and today WAS day 1 of not pulling but blew it cos I pulled out 2 hairs. So back to starting again tomorrow. But we have to just keep on trying and not beat ourselves up when we do pull. I don't do much in the way of exercise, and I know that would help me in my efforts not to pull. and also I just started back on NAC and some other vitamins. How much NAC do you take per day?
PrettyMama
PrettyMama
Hugs! Keep that sense of humor. ;) It looks good on you.
foundmyvoice
foundmyvoice
Writing and checking in with others is really helpful to me, it may be helpful to you. I live inside my head, basically. Sometimes seeing things written out will give a calming effect enough to focus on the task at hand.... or not at hand. You know what I mean! All the best to you!
lookingforgrace
lookingforgrace
Hey all - sort of doing okay. No patches and that's good. Getting married next week and so it's been crazy stressful. I'll spare you the details - no need for you to want a drink this early in the morning too! I'm keeping myself to less than twenty a day. Maybe thirty. Higher than I'd like. Grad school starts soon so going to be busy and stressed - trigger city. Hair is nearly shoulder length so I can get it mostly in a pony tail/clip (AWAY FROM ME!) and then just, like, stop my shit. The NAC . . . I was taking 2,400 and now 3,000 which has been for a week. I think I will give it another week to see if it drops the urges a little and if not drop it back to where k was. Overall - I'm not sure how much it really helps in making me not want to or lessening anything. Wish I had journaled then so could do a before and after compare to see. Also . . . for sure feel the urge go way down after a shower. Wish I had time to shower five times a day! What do you guys do? Anyone have a 'normal' and glorious head of hair? People compliment my curls and. Tell me how good the blonde looks, etc. and I'm convinced I still look now how I did years ago (my therapist says it takes time to understand its normal again and not be paranoid and panic). I laugh when I get the compliments - if they only knew that I'd love to go home and rip all this crap right on out again.
Trickster2011
Trickster2011
Congrats on your upcoming marriage. Hang in there, and check in with us when ever you can, as it helps to have a support group
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Hurrah and congratulations on your marriage!

Important note since the soothing feeling you get after a shower is a key to helping you reduce the urge significantly is to find a tool such as a comb that gives you the same sensation as you work to change the pattern of thought you are trying to switch.

So glad you have the head full of hair, and, yes, I can tell you, it is hard to accept normal when paranoid and panic are the normal you are replacing. You can do this!

You are doing good! Stay strong!
foundmyvoice
foundmyvoice
First of all, congratulations on the big day! It just keeps coming closer and closer doesn't it?
Well, to answer your question, there is really nothing that helps me stop every single time. I am working really hard to grow out the entire top of my head because it's never been glorious and full. I find that if I don't avoid my triggers (which contradicts what I previously thought) and I bring myself up to the point of pulling, I am slowly able to sort of retrain my brain. It has brought me to tears several times fighting myself, but it does work...
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