Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group
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I am very curious to know how many of you live with your pulling....
and I am not certain that I will write this exactly as I am thinking it...
-Are you able to BE yourself without only being a person who pulls their hair?
-Are you able to carry on with things in your life that bring you joy and happiness in spite of the pulling?
-Do you isolate yourself from a diversity of interests/social opportuntties 'because' of anxiety surrounding your appearance
I am fairly certain that these are not questions with firm answers....like all humans with daily challenges...big and small....I am sure that the answers would shift from day to day ..
This is one of my biggest concerns for my daughter....she dates a lovely young man who , unfortunately, is very challenged with anxiety'....I want to do whatever I am able to support my daughter ...
I don't want her to miss the 'rest' of what is out there for her to experience because her entire life becomes focused on hair pulling/or recovery from...or more importantly, that she begins to fall back on 'anxiety' as a reason to not put herself out into the world...
and I am not certain that I will write this exactly as I am thinking it...
-Are you able to BE yourself without only being a person who pulls their hair?
-Are you able to carry on with things in your life that bring you joy and happiness in spite of the pulling?
-Do you isolate yourself from a diversity of interests/social opportuntties 'because' of anxiety surrounding your appearance
I am fairly certain that these are not questions with firm answers....like all humans with daily challenges...big and small....I am sure that the answers would shift from day to day ..
This is one of my biggest concerns for my daughter....she dates a lovely young man who , unfortunately, is very challenged with anxiety'....I want to do whatever I am able to support my daughter ...
I don't want her to miss the 'rest' of what is out there for her to experience because her entire life becomes focused on hair pulling/or recovery from...or more importantly, that she begins to fall back on 'anxiety' as a reason to not put herself out into the world...
-There are times when I only see myself with this condition, and there are times when I see myself as me, someone who is beautiful and kooky and wonderful. Depending on my mood and what I'm doing, it varies how much I can be me.
-I almost always can still be happy even if I'm at a bad spot with pulling, or at least do things that make me happy. I still run, write, and paint, usually because I know they will make me happy in spite of the fact I'm pulling.
-I don't 'isolate' myself if I'm going to be with people I don't know very well because I don't care what they think, but in terms of going to pool parties with people who are close friends who don't know, for example, I don't. I say no to situations where I might be embarrassed because of my bald spots the majority of the time. My church was going to an overnight youth camp and I declined going because of trich. The people in my youth group are people I like and even if I feel like I trust them I don't want them to find out about this side of me and see me differently.
But it's important to note that this can change at different times. Some days I don't care what other people think, regardless of who they are, and do whatever I want, and some days I don't even want the dog to see me like I am.
Hope that made sense....