Failure
@$%&# I just want to scream right now!!! All I wanted was to go to Florida tomorrow looking halfway decent, but I look the worst I've looked in a long time. Eyebrows-almost all gone, eyelashes-tons of gaps and very short where there are lashes. All I want to do is cry now. I look terrible :( This last relapse has been really really bad for like the last week. I had been doing well or only minor relapses for the last few months, now I feel like a complete failure. Now I'm stuck with how I am for a long while until they grow back (assuming I don't do any more damage). Just really upset with myself right now.
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Ok, dear, dry the tears off your face. I\'m sorry you\'re feeling like the view isn\'t what you wanted, however, you did not fail.
Trich affects us by the closeness of the goal, and the last standoff is often the one where we lose control to the desire of the hair pulling. I can\'t remember who it was that told me in the beating trich group that it gets the hardest the closer you reach your goal.
Enjoy your vacation to Florida and know you look beautiful! Visualize yourself with the eyebrows and eyelashes grown in, and you\'ll feel them growing in. Relax. People will see your smile all the way up! It does make a difference when you smile with your eyes as well.
You can be proud of how close you got to this long-term goal and if you are not active in the beating trich support group, join, and be a part of a group that shares more than just a bit of fun to help with the every day issues of trich.
Hang in there!