Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling) Support Group
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Katie:Have u ever heard of trichatillomania?
Justin:Yeah the part where you can't stop putting hair in your mouth or eating your own hair. I think it is bogus.
Katie:Why?
Katie:It's not just what u said tho it can just be pulling it and that's it.
Justin:because it is just like phallaphobia. who would be afraid of their own penis? Same with hair. It isn't a disorder. When I had long hair I did the same thing simply because it was there. It's a force of boredom or habit not disorder in my books
Katie:I disagree with u there. I've had trichatillomania since I was 15. I havent pulled any hair tho in a couple weeks, but when I did it was very hard to not do. It caused bald spots that needed covering and it was very addicting. It felt like a need instead of a want and I would cry bc I didn't know what to do to stop. I go on and off of being pull free but it's def a disorder. Not a force of habit or simply boredom.
Justin:I don't know what to say. You have your reasons I spose. To me it's bs. But to you it's obviously not.
Justin:Yeah the part where you can't stop putting hair in your mouth or eating your own hair. I think it is bogus.
Katie:Why?
Katie:It's not just what u said tho it can just be pulling it and that's it.
Justin:because it is just like phallaphobia. who would be afraid of their own penis? Same with hair. It isn't a disorder. When I had long hair I did the same thing simply because it was there. It's a force of boredom or habit not disorder in my books
Katie:I disagree with u there. I've had trichatillomania since I was 15. I havent pulled any hair tho in a couple weeks, but when I did it was very hard to not do. It caused bald spots that needed covering and it was very addicting. It felt like a need instead of a want and I would cry bc I didn't know what to do to stop. I go on and off of being pull free but it's def a disorder. Not a force of habit or simply boredom.
Justin:I don't know what to say. You have your reasons I spose. To me it's bs. But to you it's obviously not.
But I guess he's just uneducated. Print off some info from the TLC site for him.
Of course trich is a bloody medical condition! It's not a habit, it's not an addiction, although pulling certainly becomes a habit as well as a "need" and our brain does become addicted to it.
i don't care how 'uneducated' he is. he's a tool.
after katie told him exactly what it was, and the fact that she has been struggling with this disorder for 15 years, he called it bs!!!
any decent human being apologizes at that point... and even if he still doesn't believe its true, he should shut up about it, because he's talking to someone who actually has it, and is clearly sensitive about it!
Trich is harder to kick than a habit, it is something we will always struggle with at some level. Yes, the repetitive nature of it does develop into a habit, but that need to pull or pick is part of our makeup and seems as normal to us as scratching an itch.
And we certainly wish we could "just stop", wouldn't that be nice?
you are absolutely right!