News of Trichotillomania Forum

Hello,
I am an English girl and I have had trich since I was 7 years old, I was diagnosed after I admitted to my mum that I had a bald spot on my head and it was my fault it was there. Since then it has been a constant battle, at the age of 9 my mum had all of my hair cut very short in her hope that the shorter regrowth wouldn't take ...

I started pulling my eyelashes when I was about 9. I think it was because the top & bottom lashes at the outer corners always stuck together, and I'd open my eyes wide to unstick them, over and over. I pulled the offending top hairs to stop this behavior. I'd also pull hairs that were longer than the rest, or hung down. I rarely pulled when I wasn't in front of a mirror, but that ...

Hi, im 18 year old male, suffering from trichotillomania.
It began in my final year of high school right before the final exams when i began study, and ever since then (this was 12 months ago), my life has been ruined by trich. Even now in univeristy I struggle in lectures pulling hair after hair out due to boredom, or before stress periods of assignments/tests i have periods of hair pulling. Its gotten to the ...

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Just wanted to give you a quick tip that may help you if you're at all down to earth and appreciate nature. I've found that one good way to convince myself that those weird out-of-place hairs are perfectly alright, even though they're a different length or whatever makes my brain pick them out, is by checking out some examples of hair growth in nature to remind myself it's meant to be chaotic and ...

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Just wanted to write about my positive experiences with Phenibut. This I believe is still sold on the shelf in health food stores and various places in the U.S. I know in Russia it's been scheduled, but used to be used as an anxiolytics (anti-anxiety) for space station missions and the like. It's a GABA agonist somewhat similar to a mild benzo (though I'm not knowlegeable enough about benzos to make more of ...

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I've been pulling at my scalp since I was 10, 22 years. I first pulled at about 7 at my browns and lashes but that stopped and a year later I started pulling from my scalp. I'm now 32 yr old. I stopped pulling for a period of about 6 months maybe 8 years ago - met my husband who does not know I pull from my scalp still since my hair was fully ...

Trichotillomania has had a hold on me since I was 12 years old. Nothing helped and I continued to grow balder and balder. I finally accepted the fact that I had trick shaved my head and went bald (took about 10 years, but I got there).. Don't get my wrong I have about 100 wigs that are chosen based on outfit and mood and sometimes bald is in..

I finally decided it was time for ...

Has anyone tried to remove the trich area skin by surgery? Please share your experience did brain still give you impulse to pull???

Pulling hasn't been something I've done my entire life. It actually started quite recently, within the last year or so. It started when I saw an abnormally long hair coming from my nose, right before going into work. My job at the time as a server at a restaurant where appearance counts, and I though to myself "people might be able to see that" so I pulled it out. I immediately had a great sense ...

Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment for stomach pressure and pain. I have become obsessed today worrying that it could be from chewing off the roots of my hair. This is the most embarrassing thing to me. I wish more than anything I'd have the motivation to stop not just in this moment of shame but for always. I'm so worried that I am causing myself stomach issues by doing this and that this current ...