Why is trich coming back after 4 years?!

I started when I was 13. I didn't even make a conscious decision to stop, it just slowly happened around the age of 15 or 16. Now I'm almost 20 and something has triggered it again. I don't know if it's stress or the fact that I get very bored being unemployed, because there's plenty of both of that in my life right now.

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm reading about how everyone else has struggled so much with trich, but nothing about randomly stopping for years and then starting up again. It's strange and kind of scary to face this problem again.

Brain chemistry , stress you feel down you can't find a job . You decide to pull to make yourself calm . Because trich people are perfectionist

Thanks "Trick Male" for the clarification that "trich people are perfectionist." It rings true for me.

Here is a great quote from Maria Cilley, the "flylady"....www.flylady.net

"Perfectionism is a state of perpetual self-victimization."

Trichmale1979 wrote:Brain chemistry , stress you feel down you can't find a job . You decide to pull to make yourself calm . Because trich people are perfectionist

Perfectionism...yes. So much perfectionism, haha. But I'm not trying to find a job, I quit my last one for a good reason. I can't help feeling that urge to go find one, though, it goes against everything I believe in to be an unproductive member of society. Maybe that's all the stress. :/ You kinda hit the nail on the head.

Try to find a way to fight your problems in life without pulling .i think best thing is to get a job and be always busy . And brain will forget about it . I don't drink milk anymore but when brain asks me to drink one . I drink cranberry :$

I started pulling when I was 14. I kept it hidden until I was 20 when I finally went to a church leader for help and was set up with a counselor. I had one relapse a couple of years after I stopped pulling, but then was able to manage it for 3 years. I thought I had it under control then I had another relapse. My anxiety was higher I knew something was off and I had pulled 3 times. I wanted to just believe I just had a setback and I was fine I could still handle it, but I knew I was lying to myself. I didn't want to become hidden again, I knew the damage that came from hiding it from everyone so I talked to my parents and let them know I had started pulling again and I planned to see a counselor again to figure out why. Making the choice to seek help again was the best decision I could have made. I had only gone to 3 sessions the first time I had counseling because the college year was ending and I was headed back home. There was a lot of stress, triggers and past issues I was ignoring or just couldn't put into perspective on my own. Different stress and other factors will come into play in life and the best suggestion I can make is to reach out for help when things do change and don't just hope they will change back on their own.