News of Trichotillomania Forum

hi everyone
i am a 38 year old trich chick. i am also hoping to find a forum that is visited on a regular basis, and haven't found one yet. i think talking about it really helps keep me from pulling...so i am hoping to find a support person(s) here. i take prozac, which does help my depression, but does little for my OCD's, which i seem to be riddled with. asides from pulling my ...

Hi all. I am a 17 year old female who has ttm. i stumbled on this site after watching a documentary a short time ago. i feel hopeless and wish i did not have ttm. are there any known medicines that help? i only pull head hair and pubes. heck i have a bare bottom with no pubes due to pulling. my head hair is short and i want to stop before its too late. ...

i have this disorder. not severely, i will pull out my eyelashes and eyebrows (mostly eyebrows but not to the point where I can't use a liner to cover up what i've done). i remember when i was younger i used to pull out pubic hair but now i never have a desire to do that. my question is this: what does this mean??? is it a sign of repressed issues? is it just a ...

So i'm gonna start new and take this ultimately seriously. I'm gonna try and stop and help myself. The core of my pulling is stress and boredom. I'm throwing away the tweezers, I made of list of things to keep my busy, i'm gonna find someone to talk to, like maybe a friend or someone of that sort. Any advice??

Hi everyone, I'm rather new here, but I just wanted to drop in and tell you all some interesting things. I'm a 20 year old girl, and I have suffered from trichotillomania since I was 6 or 7. You name the place, I've pulled from there, and eaten the root, and done all sorts of bizarre rituals. I know how hard it is. I also know how hard it is to try and style your ...

I have a long relationship with this disorder. I started pulling when I was twelve and have continued for 35 years. I had a very brief period when I quit for two years after watching a documentary about the parasites that live on human scalps. That really got my attention, but guess what? I started pulling again. At first it was very little and I just pulled, then I started pulling my hair by the ...

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