HELP, 13 YEAR OLD WITH TRICH!, i need advice.

Submitted by emilyyi on Wed, 07/08/2009 - 01:07

ohkay so i've been pulling since i was 12. (i'm 13 now)
i've only been pulling my scalp hair and i've been getting bald spots.
my mom has been threatening to shave my head bald. if i keep pulling.
but i can't stop!.
my parents don't believe me when i tell them i have trichotillomania.
they say im just looking for an excuse.
when im not.
they give me so much stress about grades and other stuff in life.
i thought about suicide&running away.
i BEGGED my mom for a psychiatrist and she never got me one.
so pretty much i have to do treatment on my own using willpower.
which kinda worked.
i'm only pulling a little bit now. but, last year&the year before that i pulled A LOT.

does anyone have any advice for me, so i can increase me willpower of not pulling?

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I was 10 when I started

Submitted by Dawn Y on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 21:51.

I was 10 when I started pulling. I pulled both my eyebrows and eyelashes. I'm now 30 and still mess with my eyebrows. I'm terribly sorry you don't have any support from your parents. If only they knew the harm in what they're doing. Or not doing. I definitely agree that you should speak with a school counselor. As far as how to increase your willpower. It's tough. You need to be aware of when you do it and be able to just stop yourself. Like someone else mentioned. You can see if the gloves work for you, but no matter what you try, you need to see someone. Looks like your best option right now is a school counselor.

The best of luck.

I started pulling when I was

Submitted by Rebekah on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 10:12.

I started pulling when I was 12 also. I am now 50. One thing that did help me through the years was to wear my winter gloves. You can't get a hold of a single strand of hair with them on. I wore them around my house and also slept in them. I think I need to do that again. The last two weeks I have pulled a huge bald spot!

I am sorry you have no support from the parents. If you have to go to the school counselor. Perhaps they can get you some help!! Or at least they can talk to your parents.

i know exactly how you

Submitted by styleherfamous11 on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 07:48.

i know exactly how you feel.
i hav had trich since like the 7th grade.. im now going into the 11th grade
when i first got it i completely pulled out my eyelashes and eyebrows..
it was horrible...
after 8th grade i was determined to let all the hair i had plucked grow back. bc i was moving.. and wanted a fresh start
and that is just what i did.. using will power alone my eyelashes and eyebrows both grew back
during my sophmore year i started plucked again.. and my mom asked me about it (she hadnt before)
i showed her an article about it.. she said that she doesnt think i have this.. and made me feel horrible about it
a few months later i started pulling out my hair.. like right in the front of my scalp
when she saw it she flipped a shit.. and like said that i was just adding to her stress..
i really have absolutely no one to talk to this stuff about.
it is reallyreallyreally hard having this disease.. but you just have to think possitive..
when i let my hair grow back i feel so good about myself looking in the mirror
currently the only noticible thing i pluck is my eyelashes.. but i hav a goal this summer to let them completely grow back.. haha im only on day three.. but hey thats three days ive gone with out plucking
i mean i still pluck from other places.. but they arent noticible.. so i dont feel as bad about myself when i do

i hope this helped in some wayy

thanks, your mom is kinda

Submitted by emilyyi on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 09:41.

thanks,
your mom is kinda like mine.
she doesnt believe that she gives me so much stress.
i think i started plucking because when my mom would scold me and my brother she would literally beat us.
one time she hit my brother in the face with the t.v. remote and he's 7.
just because he didnt want to go to school.
one time when i was 7 my mom made me mad and on our way home, in the car she was pulling my hair and shaking my head.

i really think my mom is the source of my trich.
like honestly if you see me in person you cant tell i have trich.
none of my friends know about me having trich, im too embarrassed.

omg! thats horrible.. like i

Submitted by styleherfamous11 on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 06:51.

omg! thats horrible..
like i truthfully dont kno what started it.. i mean my dad used to be in the military and we would move like every year... but it wasnt really ever a problem for me like ive always been a social person.. but one year was especially hard.. and i think thats wen my trich started..
like i hate thinking about it.. i jus feel so weird. and like i said im a social person.. like i hang with ppl and stuff and sumtimes im afraid if they look closely they can see..
and same.. none of my friends kno.. the only thing that looks weird is my eyelashes.. cause like they are at different lengths from wen i pul out patches.. but im rly trying hard now to not
like some of my friends say stuff.. like not mean jus like "ur eyelashes r kinda weird" but i jus say theyve always been like that... and they dont keep askingg
i cant let like anyone see me w/o makeup tho.. it jus looks so weird to me. it jus suckssss.