this is scary..

Submitted by ashleynicole on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 06:13

I am 16 years old and about a year and a half ago i started pulling out my eyelashes and my family laughed at me. Yhey kept saying why do you do that, stop, you look funny. I never really knew why i was doing it and still dont. I really cant stop, people think its silly and im just wanting attintion. I've started to notice that i pull out my eyebrow hair and the hair on my scalp too. I've tried to hid not having eyelashes with eyeliner but one of my boyfriends noticed that i didnt have eyelashes so i guess it doesnt really work. This is all kinda new to me realizing that there is actually a name for this and that there are a lot of people with this problem.
I guess what im getting at is i need someone to talk to that has the same problem as me because other people dont understand.

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i know exactly how you

Submitted by styleherfamous11 on Thu, 07/16/2009 - 02:16.

i know exactly how you feel.
i am also 16.. and a few years ago i started pulling out my eyelashes and eyebrows..
when i mom asked me about why i didnt hav eyelashes i showed her a site explaining trich that i had recently discovered.. she said i was trying to get attention.. and making her life even harder. she pretty much just made me feel like shit.
i am better at controlling my trich now. my eyebrows are completely grown back (there was a point when i had none)
i am still up and down with my eyelashes tho
and yea i like wont leave my room without eyeliner.. cause i jus feel like my eyes look bald without it
i have had a few ppl say stuff about it.. but i hav nvr told anyone the reason.
i dated a guy for a year.. like we were sooo comfortable w/ eachother.. but wen he asked about it i couldnt bring myself to tell him.
and same wit my best friend..
my usuall respons is just like "oh they hav always been like that, idk why"
but anyways i know what ur goin thro girl and it suckss.
im here if ya need someone to talk to :)

I found that talking to

Submitted by breakingapart on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 23:02.

I found that talking to somebody (who will not judge you for pulling) is one of the best things. Talking about it is a great away to release tension that can build up. Additionally, if you talk about it you might find out why you are pulling.

for the 16 year old please go

Submitted by ice14 on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 09:09.

for the 16 year old please go get help now I did stop for 20 years it does help only started again because of thing in my live so iam got to get help again, i started the same wat eyelashs eye brows then hair help dose work take care i will be goin for three weeks out of town will go back on when i get back

i want to go get help so bad

Submitted by ashleynicole on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 20:27.

i want to go get help so bad but my parents think im making stuff up because i always get sick and they think its a way to get attention when i really am sick.

Ashley, Theirs a website that

Submitted by k.armijo87 on Fri, 06/12/2009 - 00:57.

Ashley, Theirs a website that you should go to http://www.trich.org/ You can show this to your family, then maybe it will open their eyes. Theirs even videos about trichotillomania on youtube you can see. Maybe then you will be ok. Good luck hun!

hey im might go to the

Submitted by jessy1800 on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 15:11.

hey im might go to the retreat in CA in august for hair pullers
wat is your name mine is jessica im 11