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Hi everyone, my name is Tina and I'm 20 years old, from Australia.
I started pulling my eyebrow hairs out when I was around 12-13. I'm not entirely sure what trigerred it. It was probably a mixture of things, primarily the fact that I hated my eyebrows already. They were so dark and thick and I got teased at school about them. My mum wouldn't allow me to get them shaped at a beautician because ...

so yeah i have officially stop pulling my hair. which is really good. and everytime i see my little hair growing back i felt accomplishment with myself as well. i think the most powerful way to do to stop pulling your hair is start thinking for your future self like what will gonna do if you go on pulling your hair and what will gonna do if you stop pulling your hair. and for me ...

Hi! Please use this thread to give tips to other people with trich about what might help them avoid pulling.
I have heard form people here that doing something with your hands like tearing up paper (or card board), pealing an orange or even using a stress ball can help. Please add to the list!

Thank you,

jasmin

I can see that there are many people that post there stories on these forums, but I hope someone will take the time to read this and reply.

I remember my first time pulling my eyelashes out was in kindergarten. I hadn't had an impulse or anything, like I do now, I just thought it was hilarious to pull them out. I pulled out a ton, laughing the whole time, trying to keep quiet (I ...

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i'm a girl from new york & i have trich...
i have no one to talk about this to because nobody knows, except my therapist, who i can't afford to see anymore.
i only pull from the left side of my head because i only do it with my left hand, & it's gotten really bad, i have very thin hair on that side now. you can see it well when my hair's up.
today ...

I have been pulling since early adolescence. I pull my eyelashes and eyebrows, skin pick occasionally, and rarely pull from other parts of my body unless it's a rare "pull due to hair texture" incident. I think I started this habit after I stopped chewing my nails; nevertheless, it has only become a replacement. I go through phases. Generally, I pull in passive moments (like being online) and during stressful "passive" times (like studying, reading, ...

Literally just this evening I watched a documentary on trichotillomania, which provided a flashback to my childhood...

When I was 5, my teacher called up to my parents to tell them she was finding a lot of hair around where I was sitting, my mother said she had noticed I was going somewhat bald around my ears, they took me to the hospital and I was told I needed a distraction in class (I'm dyspraxic, ...

For anyone suffering from this PLEASE CHEck thIS LINK. It can help you, a loved one, or anyone suffering from Tric!


http://www.trichotillomania.co.uk/Info/Food.htm

Lifestyle changes such as Diet are a Viable Treatment for Trichotillomania.
Many children have stopped pulling completely by following the John Kender diet Alone.

If you follow the diet below for more than three weeks, your urges are likely to substantially decrease. BUT diet is only one ...