I'd like to hear some feedback from the community here about your exposure to hairpulling. I'm new to this site, and also new to finally trying to find help for myself for hairpulling.
Is there anyone on here that has had trichotillomania (hair-pulling) and completely quit?
Any book recommendations?
For those of you that don't pull hair, have you ever had friends or family that have? What was it like growing up with a family member that pulls hair?
To other hair-pullers, I would be open sharing and listening about past traumas that we all probably share because of our hair-pulling. I had a traumatic childhood and adolescent years while my family tried to "help" me.
Please share with me!
Brumby, thank you so much for being here with us. A girlfriend of mine has Trichotillomania, and what has helped her tremendously are using a stress ball, putting lotion on her hands, taking deep calming breaths. It's all about being aware of your actions and nipping them in the bud before they start to spiral. Please know that we are here for you.
Hello! I am new to this site too and this is my first post, so here goes! My trich started when I was a little girl, 7-8 years old, I would pluck my eyelashes out, I mean every last one of them. Looking at pictures of me from that time are painful. I was able to stop pulling my eyelashes out but then I started on my eyebrows in 8th grade and have been at it ever since-over 25 years. I have also been plucking the hair out on my legs and bikini line. The only people that really know the depth of my problem ais my sister and my husband. He once walked in on me during a "session" and I had started with a hair that I could not get at and kept at it until I was able to pluck it out. Well, needless to say, the site did not look pretty, in fact it was bleeding and all red. My husband was horrified and told me I need to see a psychiatrist. I could not agree more. But I am so embarrased by this that I'm not sure that I could share this with anyone else. Past traumas, one is that my mother was emotionally unavailable and my sisters and I basically raised ourselves in terms of learning how to cook, sew, put make up on, do our hair, shave, I mean everything. I really think that this is the cause of the trich. Hope my story helps you in some way.