Trichotilamania aka Hair Puller

Dixie1980x · Post by **Dixie1980x** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:16 am

Aleshia, I also found that the vitamin Biotin and a multi-vitamin work very well. Biotin is for your hair and nails.

Liba · Post by **Liba** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:36 pm

Has anyone found any help for this? any real help? does the AD&D program help in this? It seems to focus on anxiety and other issues but not so much on ocd and trich. I suffer from both and dont know what to do. i hope this program helps. reading other's suffer doesnt make me feel better, just makes me feel more helpless, taht more people are suffering.

Aleshia · Post by **Aleshia** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:52 pm

well i can tell you that my trich has resulted from a lot of stress and anxiety due to holding a lot of feeling in. So far i have learned that when i do pull that it's not just a "trigger" in which has been told to me before that things trigger me to pull but that this is my form of a panic attack. I feel that slowly but surely this program is helping me and will do the same for you. You just have to trust in it. which i'm sure may be hard for u b/c it is hard for me after all the years of being told it will never stop. I am still pulling but not as much but i'm only on section 3. remember we didn't end up this way over night it took time so it will take time to get out of it. Look me up anytime and we can talk

JenSoules · Post by **JenSoules** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:54 am

Originally posted by Aleshia:
Hello, my name is Aleshia. Does anyone else do this? I suffer from trichotilamania.. It is the OCD aka "hair pulling" I literally pull it out. So bad right now and i have to wear a wig. My oldest son who is 21 months old I've seen almost do it. I don't want him to think it's ok or anything. If someone has gone through this OCD I would love to talk to you. I have never got to talk or meet anyone with the same problem. I feel so abnormal and a freak. I wish i could stop and have my own long hair. Do you think this program could really work? I've been on so much medication I barely have a memory of my childhood to teenage years and i'm only 25. I feel like I'm going insane.

JenSoules · Post by **JenSoules** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:04 am

Hi Aleshia, My name is Jennifer I am 34 years old. I have had Trichotillomania since I was 8...I have been suffering most of my life. I also suffer with panic disorder.. I know how hard it is to have Trich. we tend to be really hard on ourselves... I am on lesson 3, and so far trying to learn how to cut the negative talk is helping me....I have completely changed my diet...NO Processed Sugar...and Yoga 30 mintues a day...I know this program is going to change my life and I am really focused on recovery...

ErikaMarie · Post by **ErikaMarie** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:37 am

Hey Aleshia,
My name is Erika and I'm 13y/o and I have trichotilamania. I've had it since I was in 3rd grade!(im currently in 8th)

.I just joined this website and I'm so glad that I met people. If you ever wanna talk just email or message me back!

-Erika

Joy Nelson · Post by **Joy Nelson** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:59 pm

Hi Aleisha and everyone,
I too have trich. mostly pulling of my eyebrows and eyelashes. I can remember being about 5 and my Sister saying why are you doing that! Anyway its embarrasing too get bald spots on my eyebrows and then have to cover it up somehow or go to my friend who is a beautician and get my eyebrows shaped. Anyway I have found the program to be helfful even though I take breaks from it often which I probably shouldn't. I have found these ocd forums to be such a help that it is the most relief I have felt in a long time! I have a hard time talking about my ocd, and there are few I tell about the hair pulling. So anyway thanks for sharing your stories let's keep helping eachother, there is power in numbers!:)
Joy

Music Fan · Post by **Music Fan** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 3:13 am

I suffered from trich for many years, starting as a child. I would pull hair, eyelashes and eyebrows. I believe it was stress related. I no longer pull my hair, in fact now it hurts to do it like it would for any normal person. And I don't pull my eyebrows anymore, but have lasting damage and need to be an expert with a eyebrow pencil! But I do slip up and pull my eyelashes on my right eye every so often. One thing I did to curb it was to "allow" myself to pull only 3 hairs per day. It was my quota for the day. I never really had any therapy regarding it, but was in therapy and group therapy to deal with my social anxiety and general anxiety. I think I was too embarrassed to even discuss this. But that was silly of me! I just think I learned to deal with my anxiety in other ways. So hang in there. And if you feel you need professional help, by all means GET IT! But I think this program can't do anything but help you to become a less stressed, more confident person. Good luck to all!

G. Victor · Post by **G. Victor** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:17 am

I have just returned from the national trichotillomania conference in Chicago. It was attended by people from all over the country and a few from overseas. You can check out the 18 year-old organization (Tricholtillomania Learning Center) at <A HREF="http://www.trich.org" TARGET=_blank>www.trich.org</A> and find many answers to your questions. My daughter has had this disorder for around 8 years, and she is doing much better now. You're not going crazy and most importantly - you are not alone!!!

skinpigjess · Post by **skinpigjess** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:53 pm

hi

i had trichotilamania when i was about 7 till i was about 8. I moved to live with my aunty and uncle after quite a stressful childhood with my mum. it never really affecterd me because i was so young, but i have had a friend for just over 3 years and she also suffers from trichotilamania. she also ate it which is a more severe type of it i think. we're 14 and 15

my friend thought that if she didn't pull for a couple days, she could pull extra bits out the next day. she only just recently told her mum because i threatened to tell her. she's still pulling, although not as much

i hope you can beat trich

if it's a stress thing or a habit, my counsellor (one of many:P) told me to have rubber bands around my wrist and whenever i felt the need to do it, i'd flick it on my wrist, so that it wouldn't be doing any harm and would bring a new.. bad habit? but it helped and after a while i stopped flicking and pulling, and although i pull every now and again, it's only from a long bad habit

i hope you're alright

it does eally affect your life