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 all,
I've been pulling my eyebrows and eyelashes out since I was 11 or 12, and I'm 21 now...so quite a long time! I've had "good periods" where I've pulled much less and have managed to have full, healthy eyebrows and lashes. However, my pulling has gotten significantly worse in the last 6 months -- be it from the stresses of school and work, family/friend/significant other relationships, etc. I now have large bald patches on my both my eyebrows and eyelashes and it's getting harder to "just stop". I find myself falling into more binge-like states; I used to find one hair that "just felt right", pulled it out, and went about my day. Now, I find one hair...and then another...and then another.
As for treatments, I've tried almost everything: meditation, yoga, exercise (which does help me with stress relief), band-aids on fingers, sitting on hands, snapping a hair band on my wrist when I feel an urge, playing with tangle toys, etc. I have yet to find THE thing that helps. Maybe because THE thing is...me? :)
I'm hoping that by starting to document my experience with trich on this forum, I'll be able to get better with the support of all of you. I'm really new to DailyStrength and I've been amazed at how kind you all are to one another. I feel lucky to have found a group of people who are sharing my struggle!
So I hope that you all can help me and that, in turn, my story can help some of you. Knowing first-hand how hard it is dealing with trich, I can only imagine the highs and lows that you have all been through. I'm ready to fight this disorder and regain my self-control, self-confidence, and sense of peace. Here we go.
P :)
I've been pulling my eyebrows and eyelashes out since I was 11 or 12, and I'm 21 now...so quite a long time! I've had "good periods" where I've pulled much less and have managed to have full, healthy eyebrows and lashes. However, my pulling has gotten significantly worse in the last 6 months -- be it from the stresses of school and work, family/friend/significant other relationships, etc. I now have large bald patches on my both my eyebrows and eyelashes and it's getting harder to "just stop". I find myself falling into more binge-like states; I used to find one hair that "just felt right", pulled it out, and went about my day. Now, I find one hair...and then another...and then another.
As for treatments, I've tried almost everything: meditation, yoga, exercise (which does help me with stress relief), band-aids on fingers, sitting on hands, snapping a hair band on my wrist when I feel an urge, playing with tangle toys, etc. I have yet to find THE thing that helps. Maybe because THE thing is...me? :)
I'm hoping that by starting to document my experience with trich on this forum, I'll be able to get better with the support of all of you. I'm really new to DailyStrength and I've been amazed at how kind you all are to one another. I feel lucky to have found a group of people who are sharing my struggle!
So I hope that you all can help me and that, in turn, my story can help some of you. Knowing first-hand how hard it is dealing with trich, I can only imagine the highs and lows that you have all been through. I'm ready to fight this disorder and regain my self-control, self-confidence, and sense of peace. Here we go.
P :)
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
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I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...
Hope all is well with you!!
My goal this year was to improve, and I've done that. For the coming year, it is to break the pulling pattern in its entirety. (mine is directly connected to stress, so I have a starting point). Best wishes to you, you are not alone!
Your goals sound great and I'm sure you can meet them! You've already improved, which is such an amazing place to be. Thanks so much for your info!! I'm happy to know someone who pulls from the eye area too!
Hope I get to keep hearing about your journey! :)
Happy holidays to everyone and I hope you're doing well!
Does anybody have these tough experiences going to the hairdressers or the waxers? Very frustrating to have people comment on your hair when they have no idea what we go through!
I stopped being nice when someone is rude about my eyebrows. It helps me to stop the anxiety from increasing, and stops the words from continuing in that particular pattern. I'm sorry the waxer was trying to give you support through mentioning letting the area grow. They were being kind from their perspective which is not exactly what we trich managers are able to do...but it's not meant to be rude.
Best wishes! You've got this!