Reaching Out and Getting Help
Recently there have been a quite a few comments from hair-pullers that have only just discover this website and TLC. I know from my own experience what an amazing discovery this is, just knowing that there are other people out there dealing with these same issues.
For everybody seeking help and looking for help, I urge them to visit the main TLC website www.trich.org, join TLC and reach out by calling TLC at 831-457-1004 or by emailing info@trich.org. I know from my own experience getting involved with TLC and connecting with other hair-pullers has greatly helped reduce my urges to pull. Please know that pepole do get better, and there is hope!
posted by Unknown at 11:24 AM
7 Comments:
I'm currently a puller.
I have had no eyelashes for the past 5 years of my life.
My girlfriend always tells me how beautiful I am wheter I have them or not. But she is always happy when she see's I haven't done it for another day.
Having someone there for you when you do something that is very different is a good thing.
I'm hoping that all the love and good luck she has given me towards beating my bad habit will one day prove to be the cure for my trich.
Thanks to every one that has helped find a way to help us stop our trich.
I love you all
Aimee Smith
I have very few eyelashes and no eyebrows. I picked my eyebrows so much they won't even grow back. I have been pulling for 10 years or more. I want to stop more than anything, but I can't. I have been married for almost 4 years and my husband hasn't said anything and neither have I. I want very much to stop though.
Please help,
Desperate
i'm am a puller I have been pulling since i was 6 yrs old (5 years)i had no hair, eyelashs, and eyebrows then i went to a trich meeting and met children like me and learned new ways to stop. I have learned that a low sugar diet and therapy works best.
but sadly after a whole summer of no pulling i started again i have a big bald spot and almost no eyelashs my grandma says that i should stop and it's extremely easy but she does not understand and i really think that we should have meetings for the pulic about the problem so that they know that you can't just quit. My example is that it's like smoking you just can't stop just like that.
looking for new ways. Help
Catherine
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I have TTM. I started at age 13. I dont remember why or how it happened.......it just happened. I also have anxiety problems. The main issue for me is my hair pulling is effecting my study habits and concentration level. I search for hair that have a rough texture and pull it. Then I sometimes feel it and observe the white gland at the root. I cannot read my course material in full concentration. I get distracted or caught with this hair pulling episodes and sometimes i drift of to day dreaming. I am 21 and in Univerisity doing a bachelor of science degree. During my high school years I had bald spots and it took me hours to study or do assignments. Thats my biggest probelm....it takes me longer to read my chapters or lecture material. However I was able to do well in high school somehow but it took me hours and twice the hard work to complete tasks. My other problem is I have test anxiety. Sometimes I have to read over sentences a few times or so to get it. I dont know but i feel that my anxiety distracts me and does not allow me to focus. Also if I were to go to a prof and ask for help I wouldnt be able to understand or focus so i would just nod yes. I may have social anxiety and performance anxiety. I was able to get into a very well known university however I withdrawn from it because i got homesick and was overwhelmed. I transferred to another University and currently I am receiving academic accomodations. My main problem is its very hard for me to control these impulses and so it distracts my study habits and test performances. I really don’t know what to do??? I went to a psychiatrist on campus, however he told me to find a way to relieve this tension that is building up when im studying. He said to use a stress ball in my hands or go to yoga. At first he asked if I wanted to go on anti depressants, however I didn’t want to so I used his stress ball suggestion. Im thinking of maybe using vitamin therapy. I really dont know what really to do..........there is no physician I know who works in this TTM area. My psychiatrist said TTM has to do with early environment and it is a learnt behaviour. No one in my family suffers from TTM. But My father is saying his grandmother may have had this.......long before this TTM was ever known. I don’t have bald spots however I pull them from the root when I am reading and sometimes pull half way of the hair ......not from the root because im thinking i dont want to go bald again......that experience being bald was terrible....had clips all over my hair and had to cover it......people noticed.....hair started growing very rough and horse.....had to cut those very rough hair ....they stuck up.....had to clip it.......then finally they grew back normal. But I still sometimes pull from the root but not like before....scared of going back to that .......but my hands still go back to my head.... sometimes just there searching and not pulling but is still a total distraction for me. I can not focus on school work and takes me hours to read one chapter. Also on tests I get so nervous I could not even finish all of the questions because I had to read over it so many times ......cannot write tests in very crowded areas... I m wondering if this is genetic or has to do with early environment. Because I come from an indian background......parents are strict want their girls always at home....maybe social anxiety due to that . Any advice would be great!
Thanks
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