If you attempt to manage your emotions by pulling your hair it is trich.
You have my heartfelt sympathy for your story. I admire your courage to talk about it. That can't be easy.

If you want to explore the issue of whether your hair will grow back in time, click on groups at the top right corner in the greenish gray bar and look in discussions for hair regrowth facts. You may get an idea of the damage done and what to expect. there is also lots of other advice on how to get free and it's all on one handy site.
Hope this helps.

i am so sorry for your pain. HUGS!
they say if you are pulling without meaning to do it, it's trich. it happens without us even knowing we are doing it half the time.

HI. I am soo sorry to hear about all that you went thru as a child, I gives me cold chills to think about it. Try to keep in mind that you were the victim of a twisted person..

I was going to suggest that you talk to a therapist about all this but then I looked at your profile and it seems you are already seeing one.

PLEASE stick around and read/post all you want. Find out all you can. Every little bit helps.

I'm no Dr. but I'd say you are dealing with PTSD. (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). I wish you the best in your recovery.

Let us know how your battle with Trich goes. One monster at a time.

((HUGS))

I'm so sorry to hear what you went through, but I am so impressed with your courage in sharing your story. I'm not a doctor, but I am a clinical social worker, so here is my insight for whatever its worth. First, as Crzychk said, you likely are suffering from PTSD or at least some unresolved trauma. I'm glad to see your working with a therapist and I hope its helping. As for trich, it does sound like trich to me, but I am unsure if this is something that you continue to struggle with or if it was more of a situational response to the trauma of the rapes. Your therapist should be able to help you with deciding on this. If she is not familiar with trich she would just need to do some research and/or consult the DSM-IV, which gives the diagnostic criteria for trich. Hope this is helpful and my thoughts are with you.

OMG honey, that is horrible and I am truly very sorry. Ignore people who laugh at you. Their ignorant and stupid. And, yes, it is trich.

Lots of hugs, kiddo. This should never have happened to you.
We can all understand why you started. But I think your sentence' I can't stop pulling' says it all! I believe it is trich.