Trichotillomania Stuff

Is obsessively picking at split ends classified as trich?

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:53:00 -0400

Uhm, I’m not the best person to ask, I just know that trich is a hair-pulling disorder. If anyone knows it would be great to let me know.

Anonymous asked you: Hi :) I really really need that tangle toy. I think it could really help me...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:31 -0400

Anonymous asked you:

Hi :) I really really need that tangle toy. I think it could really help me through my eyelashes pulling. But I can’t find it anywhere, do you have any idea where I could buy one? a website or something? Oh I’m french by the way :) Thanks a lot, and thank you for your blog, I found myself in every post you make ^^

Thanks! But, I’m not sure what sites you can use but I’ll put up a bunch for you.

Trich Talk: Rewarding Techniques For Not Pulling : Pull Free Bracelet

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:19 -0400

Trich Talk: Rewarding Techniques For Not Pulling : Pull Free Bracelet:

trichtalk:

So I recently was exposed to the idea of rewarding yourself for every pull free day. I had always thought about the rewards system but never could think of an effective way to do it.

I saw this post on Annelise Rows Blog Called Last Lash
about a Trichotillomania Pull-Free Bracelet, and I…

beingparanoid: I have always had this little fidget toy even...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:03:48 -0400

beingparanoid:

I have always had this little fidget toy even before trich, but it’s super good. It’s like never ending bubble wrap or something, I’m not really sure. But, it’s gives me that pop sensation. I’ve had it for forever, one of the buttons has even broke off. I quite like pressing that one though because it has the best feel. The buttons also have a nice texture, which helps. I do enjoy the little key chain thingy to wrap around my fingers. Thing is, they are not that fit for public situations because since they are a toy they make a popping sound, and on mine every 100th pop it makes a random sound (i.e. bark, fart, laugh, beep, honk, whistle, etc…)

I got this specific one here, but I know of some people getting them in the toy sections of target and such-

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/982f/?srp=1#tabs

Hope I helped, good luck ♥

To all you Trichsters out there!

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:35:47 -0400

heyitskirst:

You are all amazing! I have never been made to feel so welcome and understood and accepted anywhere else, and I feel that finally opening up about my Trich is going to help me, and without you guys that would not be possible. Your kind words and support is just absolutely heartwarming, and people like you guys deserve to be treated like the good people you are, so here’s a massive thank you from me, stay strong, we can fight this together, much love to you all.

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screwtrich: Hey trich community! I still need more video clips for The Trich Project 2013 movie!...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:10:46 -0400

screwtrich:

Hey trich community! I still need more video clips for The Trich Project 2013 movie! Many of you said you would send clips but I haven’t received them ( if you have trouble with my email please alert me). I would like the videos in by the 20th but will set the 25th as the latest date. Thanks again to everyone who has helped me with this video!
Again my email is: Katherine0723@aol.com
If you are recording on an iPhone you can send the video clip to 5163203149

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trichy-situations: My Trich bracelet :) Five good beads and one...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:51:04 -0400

trichy-situations:

My Trich bracelet :) Five good beads and one bad for the day I pulled. Only one day out of six! I’m pretty happy.

zoeawesome: A few months ago i brought a super cheap spinner...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:48:55 -0400

zoeawesome:

A few months ago i brought a super cheap spinner ring off ebay to see if it was useful to me as a more subtle fidget ‘toy’ rather then a tangle so I still had something on me without it being really obvious and colourful and getting questioned on it all of time, I got on really well with the cheap one and since then have been looking out of a good quality one since.

Today I found a little silver stall in my hometown and went up to have a look and saw that they were selling spinner rings! I spent a while trying on different designs and sizes to get it right as i knew this will be something i’ll be wearing practically every day and eventually got this one, reasonably priced, high quality and silver, I’d definitely recommend trying spinner rings for anyone with trich or derma or anxiety, really anyone who needs to keep their hands busy, this find cheered me up after finally getting the (correct but) gutting diagnosis of fibromyalgia (after six years of irrelevant advice)

A 'Success' Story for you

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:24:28 -0400

I’ve had trich since I was about 12 years old (I’m 20 now) and at one point in high school I had no eyebrows and I had almost no hair on the top of my head. It wasn’t a pretty time for me, but I want to be the quiet little reminder for everyone with trich that it’s not always bad. Not only is there a great trichster support community, but everyone in it believes in you. Everyone believes that if you want to stop, you’re strong enough to do it, even if you don’t think you are. And they’ll support you, no matter what way you decide to take charge of it, be it meds, therapy, shaving your head, whatever.

I hope I’m not being pretentious when I say that if you want to control your pulling, I believe in you. If I can do it, definitely you can, too.

Four years ago I stopped pulling. My hair grew back, and so did my eyebrows. I don’t know how I quit it, I just did, and I wish I could tell you it was something exact, but it was a few things all together. But then six months in I had a relapse and started pulling again, right as winter came around. This relapse wasn’t too bad, and I reined it up pretty quickly. But then it happened again a year later, and I reined it up again, but this time it took longer and I was frustrated. I would have these spurts of 6 to 8 months when I was totally fine with my hair, and then something would happen and the pulling would arrive again and I just could not stop it. Last year was the worst of my relapses, and I ended up in a really frustrating place. It was the third time I’d tried and failed, and I thought that I just wasn’t good enough. But then March rolled around again, and I was strong enough to take it one more time. That’s when I realized that I had seasonal depression and I was pulling for 6 months during the end of fall and entirely through winter. Spring and summer would come around and I could handle it again.

This year was my senior year of college and it has been full of stress and more pulling than I’ve had since last March when I entered my third round of pull-free time. But I’m taking medication for the seasonal depression, and even though things were stressing me out, I never actually relapsed. I kept it together, though I did lose some of my hair. And now March has rolled around again, and we’re through April and into May, and it’s okay.

So I still pull sometimes, but if I manage my seasonal depression, I can keep it in check. The most important thing I realized though, is that pulling again didn’t mean I had relapsed and failed, it just meant that my body and mind were telling me ‘Tiina, take a breather and just chill a bit, the sun will be back soon’.

To my fellow trichsters: the sun will be back soon. I promise. My hair is coming back now, it’s growing out and it’s healthy, and we’re going one year strong.

Pulling doesn’t mean you’ve failed, it just makes you stronger for next time. The community is here for you, we believe in you. You can do it. You are not your trich. You are you.

With love from just one of the trichster family,
A semi-success story.

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kikukachan asked you: Would it be helpful for you to receive ‘success’ stories of...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:53:14 -0400

kikukachan asked you:

Would it be helpful for you to receive ‘success’ stories of people with trich who are doing better with it? Or do you think people don’t want to hear about that?

Yeah! I think it would be great! It’s always nice to know that people can stop and so can you! So send some in. :)

Anonymous asked you: This girl in my fifth hour keeps messing with her eyelashes and it is...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:50:28 -0400

Anonymous asked you:

This girl in my fifth hour keeps messing with her eyelashes and it is reeeeally triggering

Oh man that’s not cool, you should try and get her to stop cause being triggered is no fun.

trichotillomania-stuff: send in suggestions for posts please!!

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:46:55 -0400

trichotillomania-stuff:

send in suggestions for posts please!!

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Sun, 05 May 2013 15:29:44 -0400

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