Trich and Skin Picking Recovery Community Group
This group is for anyone who is on the path to recovery from Trichotillomania (Trich) or Compulsive Skin Picking (CSP) and wants to document their individual journey in a supportive environment. Recovery is often two steps forward, one step back, and most of us DO pick and pull on the road to recovery. Feel free to make your own Recovery Thread, you can title it...
We are surely all familiar with that lie that Trich tells us, "just one hair" "just pull one", "just one more". It's a lie that's hard to disbelieve in the moment, and it's only after we've indulged in the impulse that we realise we fell for it again.
I created a similar thread over on Trich World a couple of years ago (the Trich social networking site) and it's still popular! So I thought I'd create another one here in this group. Basically what you do is, when you're hearing that "just one hair" lie, and you want to fight it, come here and post just one reason why you DON'T want to pull.
Eg "just one reason why I don't want to pull is because Trich is a disorder, and I want to address it".
Or "just one reason why I don't want to pull is because if I pull 10 hairs or less today then I get a sticker on my trich calendar".
Or "just one reason why I don't want to pull is I want to address the emotion that's bothering me instead of pulling to ignore it".
After a while, you can start to hear these new reasons in your head when you hear the Trich lies, and so a new habit is formed. Post here as much as you like!
I created a similar thread over on Trich World a couple of years ago (the Trich social networking site) and it's still popular! So I thought I'd create another one here in this group. Basically what you do is, when you're hearing that "just one hair" lie, and you want to fight it, come here and post just one reason why you DON'T want to pull.
Eg "just one reason why I don't want to pull is because Trich is a disorder, and I want to address it".
Or "just one reason why I don't want to pull is because if I pull 10 hairs or less today then I get a sticker on my trich calendar".
Or "just one reason why I don't want to pull is I want to address the emotion that's bothering me instead of pulling to ignore it".
After a while, you can start to hear these new reasons in your head when you hear the Trich lies, and so a new habit is formed. Post here as much as you like!
And just another reason why I don't want to pull is I want to wear my hair however I want to wear my hair. NOT which style hides my thin spots. GRRRR.