News of Impulse-Control Disorders

As far back as I can remember I've always attracted this type of people in my life. I am for the most part always honest, I have no choice because to be otherwise it just goes against the grain of who I am. Not only that, I have always felt that there is nothing so humiliating as to be caught in a lie and be viewed as a liar.

Despite the fact that they say ...

I'm always looking for patterns, and I wondered if those of us with trich have common issues. Do you pull for ocd/grooming reasons, impulse control/self harm reasons, because it's a habit, because of anxiety/stress relief, or a combination of reasons?

I'm new here and was wondering about the people here. Since I'm new I was wondering if you guys could give a little intro! Like I am a mother of a young girl (8) who pulls out her eye lashes. she started a couple years ago. I'm just doing my best to learn as much about this for her, me and everyone else I run into!!

My personal story is a lot like what you all have described here. It started when I was about 10-12, where I would pull from the middle of my scalp where it wasn't visible even in a ponytail. I had a huge bald spot, but I remember telling myself to just STOP, and focus on something else and I did. I ended up recovering just fine after that, throwing myself into 3 sports, being very ...

I don't know if I have trichotillomania necessarily, but I have something. Here's a brief summary of how I got here.

I'm a 23 year old male, I've had short hair all my life, buzzcut from 14-22. Last year I decided I was going to grow it out. My whole family has extremely thick, curly hair, and I'm no different. I straightened it for a while, but about two months ago (14 months after growing), ...

I'm glad I saw this part of the forum.

I have a question. Even after reading stuff I still don't get this lying to a fault stuff.

I have a neighbor. Hs been my neighbor for fifteen years. From get go she would make up all these lies. Of course me being a receptive person I believed them.

Well, as time went by alot of neighbors caught on, and I finally did also. She's alright ...

My daughter is 6 and just started first grade a few days ago. Yesterday after school I noticed her eyelids were red, I looked closer and saw that probably half of her eyelashes were gone! She admitted that she had been pulling them out, she said that she pulled one out to make a wish on it and then just kept doing it. I asked her why, she said "it just turned into a habit". ...

Hi, does anyone think that CL's are excellent boy/girlfriends in order to make up for their lies? I've been reading stories and analyzing my own and I think that they are such good partners because they know they're doing wrong by lying.
My exboyfriend is the best boyfriend ever...I think unconsiously he's like that because he knows there are so many other things that he's doing wrong...
That's why maybe it's so hard for us ...

Okay, I have just got to ask... and please anybody respond... Am I totally crazy to always be suspicious of what my husband is doing? I try extremely hard to sit back and not worry about things. But no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to find a way to trust him. I really want him to just be the person I thought I had married and I want to be able to ...

I have a mild form of trich. This is a bit bizarre, and embarrasing to admit...it started when I went and got a brazilian a year ago. The hair grew back ingrown, and I started to use tweezers to pull it out. This soon turned into an obsession.

I have trimmed my pubic hair since, often breaking the skin and drawing blood. I have patches of darker scar tissue around my pubic hair from doing ...