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20yrs old w/trich
Submitted by lovelystar1106 on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 18:29
I've never done anything like this, well write my problems. I started pulling when i was 9 after my grandfather passed away. It started in the back of my head a spot that could be cover. Over the years it only got worse now i pull my eyebrows, eye lashes, and the top of my head. even though i am not bald my hair on the top of my head is real thin but i can part it to kinda cover it. my eye lashes and eye brows are real thin to. it got so bad that i started picking at my pets. it has come to the point that i have no urges(i get urges to pick occasionally) , dont think about it at all or realized that i have pulled till im lookin at the hair. when i pull and dont realize it till im looking at the hair i cant quit pulling. i have come to a piont in my life that im sick of this and hate myself for it. when i was younger i tryed different meds and talked to a psychologist. i dont think any of that helped.if any one has any tips for me they would be really appreciated.
Doesn't it totally suck? I
Doesn't it totally suck? I completely hear where you are coming from. It is a brutal humiliating illness. I've done it all too. My pulling is confined to eyelashes, the uppers, and all my pubic area. So, I shave. You are the first I have met who plucked a pet. Be careful not to hurt it sweetie because I fear for the animals pain, yours, and you could get arrested. Tips I have Tried that have been very fruitful are no tweezing anything! Let a pro or trusted person do it for you. Pick lint off of stuff like an old towel or blanket. Only use mirrors when necessary. Wear thin soft gloves made of cotton when you are home alone. So you are not embarassed. You could even make it a fashion statement if you go public in gloves during warm weather. And I am 38 and started growing pure white/gray hair so I started dying it so I am not interested in plucking those out. That would be bad for me. But you are too young for that of course. Lol. Lucky you. Involve yourself with artsy things that require your hands. Hold hands with your sweetheart 24/7. Try it all! If I think of more I will let you know. My E-mail is raderfancan2@yahoo.com. Stay strong and take baby steps. Don't make impossible goals. Make reasonable ones. Day to day. Maybe you could even try your own sort of 12-Step program. But fashion it to your liking and lifestyle. Most of all I recommend talking with "Heaven" the 11 year old girl. She will be a precious inspiration to you as she was to me. Take hopney and be well. I'll be in touch. My prayers are with you. I have to answer more mail before hubby gets home. Talk to you soon.
i have to make some things
i have to make some things clear. my pets are healthy, happy and very well taken care of. i love them dearly. i do not pull from my pets. i pop their zits. just because i said i picked on them dont mean i ment pulling from them. i know this is a site for trichotillomania and you would think thats what i ment. my trich is bad. from myself i pull where ever there is dark hairs at. i have took a needle to myself to pick out ingrown hairs and bad when it comes to zits or bumps on myself cause i always try to pop them. i am taking day by day. ive been doing it for to long to just stop doing it after 1 day. i have no sweetheart to hold hands with so that wont work. i try staying busy but always end up bored and thats when i do it the most. i have went 10 days with only pulling 1 hair so i dont think thats to bad considering i couldnt go a day without pulling. in that 10 days i have not messed with my pets like that and when i did do it, it wasnt often any way
I want to apologize to you if
I want to apologize to you if I hurt your feelings. I did not mean to imply that you were in to animal cruelty. All I meant was that I was concerned that they may be get bald patches too! LOL. I am also an animal lover. I have a female deer chihuahua and she is the love of my life and literally my best friend. All my (few) friends dumped me when I became disabled in a car accident. I am in a wheelchair now going on three years. Without her companionship I'd go crazy with depression because I suffer from chronic pain now along with the trich. Then at Christmas we bought our teen daughter a male chihuahua. He is a handful and keeps me busy when shes not home. Did you know that I do the same thing with needles. I cannot stand ingrown hairs. I obsess about them. I get it real bad in the pubic area after plucking so I shave. Which makes it even worse. Sometimes I get crazy and make myself bleed and get all inflamed and puffy down there. It hurts to wear panties. But I have to, to hide it from my husband because I get embarassed so badly. He is very supportive but I am ashamed because I know better. But the urge burns inside. I can torture myself for hours and not even feel the pain. Weird huh? I do not know how to get around that. I am sooooooo ashamed. It is gross. But to reassure anyone reading this, I am a very clean person, and I am a compulsive hand washer too. Now that I am home 24/7 I keep my home and self very tidy and clean. Anything else would just be plain nasty! LOL. Oh, I wanted to tell you that I decided to open a NEW E-mail account that I am going to use for trich correspondence on a more personal basis if anyone is interested. I will post it in a Forum. If you ever want to mail or chat that way my NEW Trich E-mail address is MommaRedCan2@yahoo.com. As of 12:00 A.M. Sat. I will discontinue using the raderfancan2@yahoo.com address in relation to Trich or anything else. I am closing the account. So spread the word. I would love to keep in touch with everyone I have met. Everyone has been so great. It makes me feel better than usual. Well, I will let you go, once again I am sorry about the mix up. I'm not a bad person and would never label someone. Forgive me? Hope so! Talk to you later and remember even 1 hair left unplucked is still important because it is a part of you! : )
its like an addiction that
its like an addiction that can only be cured with another well thats how i solved my case but now i smoke like 20 smokes a day
see thats my problem i
see thats my problem i already smoke so i cant stop with that i just dont know what to do about it anymore today is day 6 that i have went with out picking at meself i just hope i can make it last