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 guys! I joined this group in the hopes that your encouragement and support will help me conquer my battle with trich :) I've been pulling my hair out for 5-6 years. I used to have thick, long, healthy hair. People used to touch it and envy me for how it would shine. After a year or two of trich, though, I managed to destroy all of it. I wasn't one of those people who would just pull 10 hairs a day or something; when I got started, I could go on forever. Trich has been a major roller coaster ride for me. During the bad times, I had big bald spots in my hair that I couldn't hide; I had my hair shaved off three times; I wore wigs. I also went through two phases when I just could not stop cutting my hair. Pulling made me depressed and stressed; that negative emotional state of course only induced me to pull even more. The good times, during which I had my trich under control, generally only lasted 2 months or so. Currently, I have short, full hair with short bangs. Short short short. I worry that I look unattractive, unfeminine, etc. (I'm convinced I look like a sea urchin when I step out of the shower, even though my friends tell me that's just my imagination), but I'm happy to just have hair again! I haven't pulled since November 15--that's 72 days. During that period of time, my hair has grown a lot. I can feel the urges starting to crop back up on me again, though, so I'm making a thread here to stay firm with my commitment to be pull-free!
98 days pull-free. Thursday morning will mark 100 days pull-free :) So excited and looking forward to celebrating it soon!
I hope the stress levels will go down soon!
Much hard word it takes to do that !!!! Yay for you !!!! You are a champ !!!! Keep it up !!!! Xoxo :-)
99 days today. HOLY CRAP.
Din-o-di-no
Din-no-li-do-dooooo
ONNNNNEEEEEEE HHHUUUUNNNNNDDDDDDRRRRREEEEEEEEDDDDDDD DDDDDAAAAAAYYYYYYYSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You totes deserve an off the page woohoo!
Congratulations, you are... A superstar.
TrichSTAR!!!
Yesterday was kind of rough. I ended up activating my scalp by tugging on some hairs. I found the ones that I wanted to pull--and instead of being the baby-thin ones, these were the thick, kind-of-coarse ones. Once that urge started up, I had trouble keeping my hands away from those specific hairs that I was dying to pull. I was trapped in a really boring lecture-type thing at one point and my fingers kept going to that portion of my scalp. I knew that if I kept tugging on it long enough, the strand would slide out in a sickeningly smooth motion whether I meant to or not. I then tried to be good about it by noting the urges and keeping my hands away from my hair, but for the first time in a while, I was sitting there being tortured by the urges and not being able to think about much else.
Luckily, I was good--putting all my trich-related wisdom that I had built over the years into practice--and managed to escape. Went home, took a bath, felt better. That spot is still sore, but much better than yesterday.
Anyways.
102 days!!! TRIPLE DIGITS!!! AHHHH!!! Next goal: 125 days.