life help: Trichotillomania?

Soph-14-94-8

Trichotillomania?

(trik-o-till-o-mania)

:( i hate it hate it hate it hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i WANT TO STOP BUT I CANT!!! its horrible, my carpet if full of hairs, when i pull them from the carpet its a huge BALL OF HAIR!!!! :’( i cant stop but i want to! my mam thinks its stress causing it to fall out, i cant tell her and i dont want to go to the doctors either, i cant go to the hair dressers till its all back! my parting is literally huge from it, thats where i pull it from, my parting, i stop when im at school but when i get home i pull and pull, ive put hairspray on to hide the baldness, it started when my dad got cancer, then as he got worse and eventualy died I got worse with pulling, i just wish i could stop, ive tried keeping my hands busy but that wont work, i just want to stop so badly, im ashamed if anyone says, whats that bald bit on your head and all i can say is, i dont know.

[update:] YAY ive been forced to stop, i just looked at my hair coz its been in a side parting for ages, and its no where near as bad as it was!!! the back but is almost back and the front you cant really tell unless my head is forward and in bright light :) so now i am not going to pull it out, im going to let it grow back, probably in a few weeks it will be almost back and i can get it cut into a nice style :) YAAAAY!!!!

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liv_192 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 minutes after post)

You need to go to the doctor, for physical and psychological reasons. I think therapy would be a great idea, you can talk as much as you like and get everything out!! I think you need another way of venting your emotions. and best of all…its completely confidential! I know it might be a difficult step to take, but once you’ve done it, everything will get a lot easier!

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lulzapalooz 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (6 minutes after post)

Trichotillomania (that is, for those who haven’t figured it out, compulsively pulling out hair) could be a sign of a neurotic break down. You would benifit from speaking to a theropist. It’s okay, you’re not crazy (no more than anybody else), you’re just upset and need somebody to talk to, I’d wager. Go, find somebody to talk to.

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Cecilia 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (12 minutes after post)

Please go to a doctor or ANYone for help. There is no shame in asking for help you know. Friends, family, or if not, a doctor or a professional. Talking will really help. And even just by talking to us. Shout me if you ever need to talk. Or just talk to any of us. We all want to help.

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miss_enigma 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (14 minutes after post)

It’s time to go to the doctor, as it’s a form of OCD you can possibly get medication for now to help with it until you get some therapy.

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liv_192 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (15 minutes after post)

I’ll second Cecilia on that! We’re always here if you want to talk! :)

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Trichotillomania? (trik-o-till-o-mania)

:( i hate it hate it hate it hate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i WANT TO STOP BUT I CANT!!! its horrible, my carpet if full of hairs, when i pull them from the carpet its a huge BALL OF HAIR!!!! :’( i cant stop but i want to! my mam thinks its stress causing it to fall out, i cant tell her and i dont want to go to the doctors either, i cant go to the hair dressers till its all back! my parting is literally huge from it, thats where i pull it from, my parting, i stop when im at school but when i get home i pull and pull, ive put hairspray on to hide the baldness, it started when my dad got cancer, then as he got worse and eventualy died I got worse with pulling, i just wish i could stop, ive tried keeping my hands busy but that wont work, i just want to stop so badly, im ashamed if anyone says, whats that bald bit on your head and all i can say is, i dont know.

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lulzapalooz 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (54 minutes after post)

miss_enigma wrote:
It’s time to go to the doctor, as it’s a form of OCD you can possibly get medication for now to help with it until you get some therapy.

While I agree with miss_enigma about seeking advice from a profesional, I’d advise you to avoid medication. Medication should be the last resort, which sadly has been forgotten by the medical industry as of late.

Your brain is a china shop, and the pills are bulls!

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Soph-14-94-8 1 #
GB | 1 year ago (58 minutes after post)

thankyou everyone :) im glad im getting so much support, as for now, its growing back very well :) and in the last few minutes i have had no urge to pull, yes some of you will think, wow a few minutes THATS a bonus, it is, actually, normaly i would be pulling right now whilst typing, but im not :):):)

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liv_192 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 1 minute after post)

Glad to hear it :D You’ve completed the hardest step! YAY! lol

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lulzapalooz 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 2 minutes after post)

Best of luck.

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Soph-14-94-8 1 #
GB | 1 year ago (1 hour, 3 minutes after post)

:) my hair always grew fast, it may have been a stage i was going through :| but from when i found out you could barely tell that i was partly bald :P i havnt wanted to pull it out! my mam was all like, are you sure that you have the parting right, thats how well it has grown back! :)

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liv_192 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

I’m so jealous! My hair has the growing speed of a snail…:P

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Soph-14-94-8 1 #
GB | 1 year ago (1 hour, 5 minutes after post)

aww :( well at least your not parly bald :P

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liv_192 6 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 6 minutes after post)

this is true! But neither will you be soon! :D

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Soph-14-94-8 1 #
GB | 1 year ago (1 hour, 7 minutes after post)

i suppose :):) in a few weeks it will almost be normal again YAAAAYYY!!!!

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