I Have Trichotillomania Stories of Experiences (Page 4)

This video helps me in a way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GllYAsf9yAE

The first time I can remember pulling out my eyelashes was in elementary school. Probably somewhere in 1993 when I was about 10. I can't explain (or remember) why I started doing it but I remember thinking it felt good so I kept at it...

So I am a fairly new to Trich I guess, I have been pulling my hair out for about a year, It started with just my arm hair, but recently because of stress I have moved to my head. I already have made a two dents on the sides of my...

The first time I could remember consciously pulling, I was sitting in my tenth grade honors history class. That was the first pile I had accumulated, but not the last. I shrugged off this weird habit for about a year, until I realized...

So ive been really putting in the effort to stop pulling and today was the first day that i only pulled out one strand of hair! To me this is a huge step towards recovery i no im going to have bad days and good days but i just wanted to...

Hey, I'm Katie and I'm 13 and I have trich, I pull my eyelashes and eyebrows. I've had trich for 6 years which doesn't sound that long but it feels like forever when you have to live with it. It started when someone said that eyelashes...

Okay so I have had trichotillomania for over a year and am getting nowhere.. It's so hard to stop pulling though.. I wish I knew why I do but I don't and it's just so frustrating! Especially when you know that you're doing it to...

Ive been thinking i have trich because ive been really depressed and also been noticing ive been pulling hair..it is pretty noticeable. Im really worried...do i have it and what are some solutions

Recently i have tried my hardest to stop pulling.. but its so hard especially when everything in my life is going wrong... i cant go 5 min without pulling out my hair and i fear that if i dont stop im going to ruin my hair... its gotten...

I was 12 years old. I remember touching the back of my head and pulling the strands of hair to relieve the itching. That became an everyday thing since than. As time went on, my bald spots were noticable and of course I was bullied. In...

Hi...this is TrappedAbs. I'm not exactly sure how to do this...but it said "share your story" so here it goes...
I have played with my hair since I had hair. Not pulling it, but just twirling it in my fingers and stuff like that. I've...

i am 13. i started to pull my eyelashes out when i was in second grade. im in seventh now. ive recently started to pull my eyebrows too. i have one half of an eyebrow and no eyelashes, i also started to pull my real hair out as well...

I'm a 23 year old female that has struggled with Trich since I was 12 years old. My head, hands, legs, armpits, face,and pubic areas all have been affected. The scariest part is how fast it all happen. I had long, curly, thick hair then...

I have lately noticed I keep pulling my hair out I can't stop I have no control over it it's embarrassing and there is constantly hair over my couch behind my couch in my food on all of my clothes threw my car over my boyfriends...

Hey guys so im jess im 16 years old and im a hair puller... i started at age 11 i dont even no why i started.. i began developing bald spots at first they were only noticeable to me i hated my self but i still found my self pulling...

Hey everyone. My story is very similar to all the others you're reading on here. I'm 19 and have suffered from this for about 8 years. I'm graduating cosmetology school in a couple months, going to help other people with similar issues...

Happy new year, 2013 is going to be a good one because I've decided to stop getting depressed about it, stop giving in to it and to stop giving up on myself and saying I just can't help it. Because I can. Trichotillomania is strong, but...

waking up from troubled sleep, already pulling some out. ill even wake up with eyelashes missing. some of the wierdest times dealing with my trich would have to be waking up while im doing it.

i can remember the first time my hair got...

I do indeed have Trichotillomania. I will be 18 soon and I have had this since I was 12. I have been in therapy for 6 years and it doesn't seem to go away ever. Anyone who meets me soon learns that I come with a long past. I've been...

Hi im scared. Im 15 i have trichiomania. I pull from my eye lashes and various places on my head. I want to look pretty, feel pretty and be confident with myself. Lately my roots are comming through and i want to go to the hairdresser...