Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group
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i pull out my eyelashes and sometimes eyebrows and hair. for some reason eyelashes are just way more satisfying.
i just get a "feeling" and i pull until i find the hair causing the feeling, it is kind of like a painful pinch. and sometimes i will pull without thinking and when i realize what i am doing i tell myself "it is just one it is okay!" the problem is it never ends up being just one.
it just feels so good to pull them out and i don't know how to stop. even just thinking about stopping stresses me out even though it should make me feel better right?
i only have a few eyelashes on my right eye and i feel so ugly. i don't know of anyone else who feels like this so i just wanted to reach out and see what others do to help or if anyone else feels the same way i do!
i just get a "feeling" and i pull until i find the hair causing the feeling, it is kind of like a painful pinch. and sometimes i will pull without thinking and when i realize what i am doing i tell myself "it is just one it is okay!" the problem is it never ends up being just one.
it just feels so good to pull them out and i don't know how to stop. even just thinking about stopping stresses me out even though it should make me feel better right?
i only have a few eyelashes on my right eye and i feel so ugly. i don't know of anyone else who feels like this so i just wanted to reach out and see what others do to help or if anyone else feels the same way i do!
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I know how you feel. First, you have to know that you are beautiful! Minus a few eyelashes does not make you ugly:) There have been many days in the last 5 years or so where I have not wanted to leave the house because I felt so ugly. But I stand up and tell myself that I am not going to let this beat me...I am going to beat it! Take each day as it comes, do not beat yourself up if you pull, find things to do with your hands, and stay busy. The busier I am the less time I have to think about the urge to pull. You can do it, I am here for you!
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Hi, I myself feel the same way sometimes. although I don't pull my eyebrow, I pull my hair out (I start in the middle) I've been pulling since I was about 10 or 11 years old and like you said the feeling is so satisfying. but I'm trying to learn to keep busy and not concentrate so much on the itch that turns into the pulling. Take it one day at a time and think of something that makes you relax. We can beat this...
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I do, i know excatly what you mean.. (kind of freaky) lol. but ya your not the only one.
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I have that feeling with the coarse hairs in my lashes. They literally feel like a splinter till I get rid of them. Using oil on my lashes helps those hairs 'relax' and I get less of that. I do 'get it'!!!! And I agree.....KEEP THOSE HANDS BUSY!!!!
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