It's classified as a compulsive disorder just like chronic nail biting and skin picking. I wouldn't be surprised if most people with Trichotillomania also suffer from those problems. I know I do.
i rip my um..... u-kno-what areas hair out. It doesnt even hurt... ive gotten so used to it now that it just comes right out...and when it does hurt I kinda like it...O_o
@savethelephantnow I know!Actually it feels/hurts very good.AND each hair is like a little trophy.AND,I always perceived it as a kind of very satisfying cleansing process.With time,you might achieve the control to just pluck the SIDES though.This might be sufficient to satisfy the urge.The seduction to pluck the rest can be reduced by regular trimming at approx 12 millimeters of length.Taken together this provides an optimum optical result,which might prevent you from further plucking"the bulk"
@savethelephantnow "Satisfying"I know.I know actually VERY WELL.As a Gardener,I was always inclined to liken it to plucking weed WITH THE ROOTS which leaves a CLEAN SURFACE. I am one of the rare MALES that did that excessively during my youth. The most epic form is plucking the beard, bcz the respective hairs are the very thickest. Plucking them above the lips ifklicts the most powerful pain and the most profiound satisfaction regardless that it can lead to a good bleeding xDxDxD
i pull my hair out but i aint bald... yet, my cousin did and she stopped once she saw she had a bald spot and my aunt on my other side of the family allegedly did too and i don't know what's up with her
it all started 5 years ago when i noticed an eyelash was out of place.. then it got worse. i used to have beautiful eyes. now it is swollen and big and i must wear heavy eyelinger to try to hide it but its so hard and i hate it. i wish i could have no eyelashes and then i wouldnt feel so tense but then i would feel so ugly
i have had this for the past five years. its not easy. i tried making threats to myself and cursing something bad is going to happen my mother( who i love dearly) if i dont stop and it still didnt work. i used to have nice thick long eyelashes and now its gone. its like when i look in the mirrow if an eyelash doesnt look in place i must pull it out till i am satisfied and breathe a sigh of relief. and then i feel like crap again
Nail biting is more of a habit, I don't believe it is related to hair pulling and skin picking at all. I say this because I'm a 'Trichster' for 11 years who easily stopped nail biting habit within a few weeks, I still suffer with trich every waking moment, and sometimes in my sleep.
this reporter is stupid and is obviously not taking this issue seriously by just comparin this to nail biting. Trich is a mild form of self mutiliation. IDK why we do it, but I've noticed from other trichsters that we are just a habitual group. Stress has a lot to do with it but even the smallest event can trigger something. My Grandmother pulled, and I pull...... is it genetic, quite possibly.
I have trichotillomania. I had it since I was born. No, I'm not lying. I will be 19 this September. When I was little, half my hair was gone. It stopped for a while and now it came back. I pull out so much that it makes hairballs on the floor and it gets annoying especially if your parent don't like it. My friends don't even know I have it. I don't know if I do it because of biological or psychological, but I wish this was talked about more so everybody knows about it.
I was suffering with this same thing. I only felt confident when I had my eyelashes, but I found out how to stop myself!. Check out my blog for how to stop it, go on my channel and look at my website
I've had this since I was 2 and I'm 13 now and Hhhhhhh it's so complicated and no one understands . I told my parents and they think it's no big deal. They just tell me to 'stop'. That's one thing u shud nvr say to someone who suffers from this bcuz it's NOT THAT F-ING EASY! god damn
So 5 percent are screwed by genetics and the other 95 percent are screwed because they have no idea what the cause is. And she's excited about this? Am I the only one who wants to punch her?
i was diagnosed wit trich wen i was 7 yrs old, i am now going on 20... i hav learned that my trich is triggered by my stress levels. i mainly pull from my head. i call my pull spots "hot spots" cuz of how frequently i pull from certain areas. everyday is a struggle especially since i pull unconsiously. but i am trying an hav come 2 learn various signs that tell that i hav or am abt to pull... best advice is to monitor how often u pull an c if it is linked 2 ur mood/ stress
@nfgsum41 if these people who think medicine and behavior therapy are good ways to 'fix it'. like there's something wrong with the person that has it. we're not sick. in a way it's not a behavior problem. we don't have bad behavior. it's not like having an anger issue. what we need is support and understanding. not people who say things like 'i understand what they're going through even though i don't have it and i've found a way to fix it.'
@secretme127 if anything, i'd compare it to compulsive zit picking. it's like the same thing but with skin instead of hair. these people really don't get it. compulsive shopping or gambling is a compulsive behavior that includes involvement from things outside a person's physical body, usually money. trich is just the body. it's doing it to yourself, not your wallet.
dislike dislike dislike! I have this... its not biological, if it were, I would have started it a lot sooner... I started when I was 14 and bullied at school... next they'll be saying victims of bullying have a "genetic disorder" which makes us targets... its a habit, a compulsion... that starts with anxiety... i wish they would stop looking for causes and find me a fucking cure!
@zannuk8 I have it, too, and I'm 19 now, but I've had it since 13. I've read up on the internet, and they said that you can have it when you're young but it may not affect you until you are around the age of 9-14. So it's possible it is biological. As for a cure - psychiatrists, therapists, there are some medications.
I to have trich... I am far to nervous to admit it in person. I barely have any eyebrows & eyelashes and I dont know what/ how to tell people... What do they think of me?
@utuberocksist I dn't no if this helps/not? I find that when I watch tv with my parents I pull alot(my hair)+my mum on frequent occasion has spotted me+told me to stop doing it.I get anxious when she does this and4a year she stoped pointing it out2me but I didn't stop pulling. I recently approached her of my own accord as I hav increased my pulling lately and together we have devised a way for me to temporarily stop... by wearing gloves or a hat. Talking about it 2 a parent goes a long way :) x
I've had on and off trich since I was 10 and it's got a bit better. My recommendation is to wear a hat at times when you would do the most pulling. I hope this helps. :)
Aye... after pulling i feel ashamed and nervous and i feel bad... it's addictive.. I cant stop i had this since I was like 12, It goes off and on, makes me feel insecure about myself makes me feel worthless. ...
I have this disorder. When I was 12 I pulled my hair out so much I had a bald spot. It happened when I was 5 too in kindergarten. But I don't do it at much anymore. I like to tweeze my eyebrows a lot though. It's not really a bother to me.
and remember it CANNOT be cured with self control, ive tried this as well, i swear that thanks to this i know how it is to have an addiction with drugs, i think it is almost as hard as being cured from trich, but still, it CAN be cured, remember SHAVE HEAD WAS MY CURE
my personal experience with trich is that i started pullying my hair out when i was about ten, i remember that everytime i felt nervous i involuntarely pulled my hair out, my cure when the scalps started showing was having a full shaved head, this was my cure, i really recomend this as i have had a personal experience, keep your head shaven for about a year and you will stop soing this, well not completely, im 16 now and i have been completely cured due to this progess and i know how hard it is
something very stressful, way out of our control, occurs in our life and while upset the hair pulling occurs. the person becomes aware that the hair pulling doesnt hurt but relieves stress. when stress occurs again, the brain tells the person to pull to deal with stress but not when to stop.. does this sound about right to those reading this that have trich?
i was 5yo, mom left and lashes didnt hurt when they came out while rubbing eyes crying.
Not a psychiatric disorder! Not all those who suffer have bald spots. I have done this (captured in home videos) since I was 3 years old. The way in which I "feel" for specific hairs or the method in which I play with or pull has evolved over the years and has gotten markedly worse. I am almost 24 years old and an otherwise "normal" person, yet I CANNOT stop.
I think its for the pleasure too. even if u wanted to stop because its making your personal appearance not as good if you have done for too long your probably just kinda addicted. you will do what feels good some times over what is right especially if you don't know right from wrong because if you don't wrong isnt wrong, or they took to long to figure out right. try getting an oxi addiction similar i find
I have this condition, it started when I was young and my parents would always yell at me about pulling my hair and that wold make me stress more and would end up with bald spots on my scalp. I really hope I can get help for it.
@purpleteen06 oh my god me too.....it startged when i was about 4and it has gone on for the past few yrs. now. im 10 yrs. old rite now and i still havent gotten over it and my brother makes fun of me cuz of it and my dad yells at me to stop it.....:(
@boonaga911 unfortunately, it's gonna be a tough thing to deal with. however, as you get older, you'll find ways to deal with it. i'm 18. i started around 1st or 2nd grade. i tried wearing gloves, but those are impractical because they get in the way of other things like doing school work. (it's hot in the summer) i found that it's best to occupy my hands with some other activity that doesn't get in the way of everything else. for me, it's finger weaving. message me if you want to talk more. :)
God nobody understands this, not even professionals. We DO want to do it, it feels amazingly good and pleasurable. if we didn't want to do it more than we didn't want to do it, we would not be pulling out our hair. This makes me feel like there's no hope... "trichilotillomania?" idiots.
I am 18 and i have had this since i was 13. It involved my eyelashes and eyebrows. I was always scared of people finding out. But i am glad to say that i just conquered it and i feel fucking great. what i did was wear a hat over my brows so that i wouldnt touch em and it worked.
@mondor91 good job they say stress trigers it and as soon as i get stressed booyaahh to my face i grow ior dont grow kiddin but its not funny i went thru school no eyelashes fake ones lossin em at friends nightovers well one emabrrassing i had growed my eyebrows out 1 day ago boom one eyebrow they say it kills tghe growth and it must be true cause i cant seem to grow many back:O(good luck to all this isa kickass deaises sp
I don't see how this is such a big deal unless of course it is severely effecting your self confidence, I.E. you are pulling out your eyelashes or scalp hair compulsively. More importantly, it probably is an indicator of some other emotional disturbance such as an anxiety disorder, OCD, or perhaps depression.
Yes obviously it is triggered by Ocd, Depression, and anxiety. Which is something that all people with trich have. But many people with those disorders do not have trich at all. I personally believe it may be linked to post traumatic stress. It is a huge deal and obviously you've never known anyone with this disorder or you wouldn't make a comment like that. This disease destroys peoples lives.
I very easily qualify for diagnosis of this 'disease' and I have plenty of professionally diagnosed mental illness labels, including PTSD, as well.
Having JUST discovered this label of this particular behavior, my intention is not to criticize the validity of the disorder, only to emphasize the cause/effect relationship of a particular kind of behavior that is probably indicative of a mental illness or severe emotional distress of some kind.
Additionally, I do not agree that all people with trich have OCD, depression, or anxiety (or any mental illness, necessarily). These diagnosis are just postively correlated with trich. There are many other potential factors that could lead to trich.
Compulsive pulling or twisting of the hair until it breaks off can certainly destroy lives, given that someone would judge their entire lives "destroyed" by having patches of, or all of their hair removed by this compulsion.
However, someone *who suffers from no mental illness* but who concedes their lives "destroyed" by the physical results of compulsive hair pulling simply has some growing up to do. People get limbs blown off or amputated and don't allow it to 'destroy their lives'; I'm sitting next to one of these people right now actually. This brings me back to my original point: it is in fact the correlating mental illnesses associated with trich which validly "destroy lives" not just pulling our hair out.
OK. I have known a few people with this disease and all of them have either had depression, anxiety, OCD, or all of these disorders. And the thing that makes Trich difficult to deal with is the feeling that if you just didn't pull your hair you would be fine however you are compelled to do so. A person with a missing limb can reconcile themselves to that and accept it knowing that there is really nothing they can do about it. I am not saying that having trich is worse but.....
I am hoping that you can understand how something like this can damage you mentally. Its like someone is holding your "normalcy" in front of you, right in your reach, but when you try to grab for it, it's pulled away from you as if you were Tantalus from Dante's inferno.
Yes, considering that I have this compulsion myself I can certainly understand.
However you are generalizing as if a certain set of distressing emotions automatically comes along with this disorder. The fact remains that trich by itself is a benign behavior with no defined emotional context.
Some quick evidence that you are generalizing: I have spots of hair missing all over my body thanks to Trich but frankly I don't give a crap. Its simply fun to pull out my hair, case closed (in my mindset). I am however, having major body image issues (and accompanying intensified depression) associated with losing my hair from male pattern baldness.
Once again, I do not point this out about Trich to invalidate the general negative emotions, body image issues etc. that often *correlate* with the disorder. I state it to help anyone seeking treatment for Trich to realize, if they haven't, that this is a disorder which is rooted in psychology and is therefore treated as such through means like therapy, medication, CBT etc.
You're mean and you are also obtuse. Someone having limbs blown off is a completely different scenario. That's NOT what they are talking about here. Trich IS devastating and it DOES destroy a persons life in many ways. Tichsters are more likely to be raped, more likely to be alone, more likely to want to kill themselves...by the way, because of people like you.
You just accused someone with trichotillomania and plenty of diagnosed mental illnesses of being a reason why people with Trich want to kill themselves. Not only that but you addressed this to a person who just made a statement emphasizing the ideal way to get to the root of the issues surrounding Trich for the benefit of its sufferers who may be confused or unaware of its root causes. I'm afraid that 'obtuse' is the ideal word for the mindset you had to be in to make a post like that.
Okay Kurt, what i was referring to was your comparison of people with their limbs blown off, thereby minimizing the effets of Trich. It pissed me off. I've suffered with Trich since I was 8, manifested by molestation. I'm pull free for 3 1/2 years now. It took a lot to get here and the lingering damage lives on. The ridicule, the lonliness, the pain. When Trich came to me, there was no help, no one knew what it was so I was beaten and made fun of. Sorry, I just didn't like your comparison.
That analogy wasn't intended to demean, devalue or minimize the often very negative and traumatic emotions/behaviors which commonly correlate with trich. It meant to emphasize that trich (as defined) in itself is an emotionally benign behavior. You misinterpreted this as petty semantics trying to devalue the disorder when in fact I was just trying to clarify that the roots of the disorder are fairly well researched and treatment is available beyond treating gene defects.
Sincerity is hard to judge across the internet through text, but I have also experienced extensive trauma from emotions which closely correlate with Trich.
I originally commented after not watching the whole video because the video title made it look like they were going to say that correcting this gene defect would be the only way to treat Trich. Upon watching the vid I saw the woman covered its available treatments and psychological roots rather well.
@awesomemaddy Because it kills self esteem and your ability to stand up for yourself. It leaves you wide open to a plethera of abuses UNLESS you get proper help for it. I kept it hidden since my trich was isolated mainly to the eyelashes. I learned not to allow people to view me from a profile, applied eyeliner and it did it well, allowed my hair to flow over the sides of my face. Unfortunately, all of that did nothing for my self esteem, ultimately I did get hurt and wouldn't have if I had S.E
I understand about the self esteem issue. I have had trich since I was 11. However, I disagree about the rape. Due to low self esteem, it does open up opportunities to be hurt, and I have been hurt, multiple times. But it's not like us girls are walking around going "it's okay to rape me! I have low self esteem!" I feel we are more likely to be abused than raped. Rape is an attack, abuse is something we have the ability to tolerate because of low self esteem.
@KurtG85 I get your point, but as a recovered trich I can say that this mental illness can be really tough on people's lives. Because people who have amputated limbs don't have the feeling of guilt "I did this to myself"; trich makes you feel terrible, because you know you're hurting yourself but you simply can't stop... It's an endless circle which CAN hinder people's lives.
Oh my god, that guy could'nt even pronouce the word! And if it's in your geans, and theres medication for "Trich", it will only slow down the prosses, but realy, you will still pull your hair.
I started to pluck my eyebrows and eyelashes during 7th grade. I am 18 right now and am still affected, but am fighting it. After 2 years, i actually was able to grow them back and stop. But 2 months after that, i started back up. Sometimes i get the urge and succumb. But now everytime i get the urge, i get really angry and punch the wall. It seems to be working
I do not suffer from trichotillomania but I do suffer from sever OCD and the behavioral therapy center I go to for treatment specializes in treating this disorder with amazing success. Its in the D.C area and if anyone is interested on more info, contact me through my youtube site.
Still don't know what to do about the problem. In my case it seems to relieve tension. After doing this ridiculous thing, I seem to feel calmer...headaches and neck tension are relieved.
I've been pulling my eyelashes and eyebrows for 11 years, almost 12. It's very hard to feel comfortable with my own body knowing that others can see something is different about me. I've always known there was others like me but I don't personally know anyone. My birthday is in two months and my goal is to grow my eyelashes and eyebrows as a present for myself. I deserve it for my 18th B-day. Wish me good luck!
secondly, i hate her voice. and to get to the topic, it was recently said to be a physical thing, more like tourettes, than a psyciatric thing. and its not meant to be genetic. wow. two different arguements. as if i wasn't already confuzed by the whole thing.
first i heard it wasn't like nail biting, and that its not genetics but a physical thing. now i hear it is like nail biting and is a mental thing!
I'm 15 and I've had Trich since the 4th grade. It started a couple weeks after my dad died. Sometimes I can stop for weeks, or even months, at a time, but eventually I start again when I'm nervous or bored. I just wish it would stop.
im 15 and ive had it since i was 10. i pull out my eyelashes, and i cant stop it either. its embarrasing, especially going through high school where if someone finds out, it can ruin everything. i wish it would stop too.
hi, i 19 and Im just like u. but mine started for 3-4 years ago when I was 15-16 years old. I saw a friend doing it. Suddenly I found my self doing it in moments when im Sad or angry or smiliar feelings. And when im nervous i think I can pull out so many hair that it makes my cry thinkig that I have pulled so many and im scared to get bold:S I have long hair and it makes me sad.
I have been pulling for 4 years... I am 27 now. I see a therapist and take an SSRI. My pulling seems to be decreasing, slowly. I pull mostly when I am reading, watching TV, or when I am bored. I think trich could be genetic... my cousin suffers from trich, too!!
I had this condition since I was 5 years old and I still have it. I can't seem to stop, it's like you tell yourself your only gonna pull one hair and thats it, but then you pull more and more...
I didnt know that what I have been doing for the past 11 years, im 19 now, actually had a name for it...I thought I was the only one with the condition...
I have trich hard core to the max and i know for a fact that my behavior was not learned bc i never heard of the disorder when i started when i was 9 and did not learn about it for years after i began. I am utterly ruined by my disorder and can not lead a normal life bc of it. the depression caused by trich is too much to bare
I am not trying to invalidate the disorder or your suffering but surely you are not depressed or anxious because you have trich, you have trich because you are depressed or anxious, yes? I have sufferred with severe depression, OCD and anxiety my whole life. I just came across this 'trich' term and the disorder it describes. I easily fit this 'diagnosis'. Frankly it seems to be a bit of a joke compared to depression/anx./OCD which common sense would suggest are the real root issues here.
This woman is creepy...she needs help. and I completely disagree that hair pulling is not a anxiety disorder there are other factors..such as boredom.. and the brain needing stimulation.. i can be happy throughout the day and then when im bored is when i pull.
I pulled my hair since I was 7 years for about 30 years, then I stoped till now, i' m 45 years and this is driving me crazy, ít's very sad for me, when i look at me in the mirror i just want to pull it all away. it's so painfull for me but I can't stop...
i started pullin when i was in the 7'th grade, now im going to 10th grade, i have the same problem that u have, i have a slightly curled hair, and there r short hairs , they r the ones who grew back, they r very curly and it very obvious that therez something wrong with my hair, i wish i can make it grow faster and get it slikier :/
....compulsive and impulsive are different...they need to figure out which one it is & stick with it instead of saying impulsive sometimes and compulsive other times...?
How are they different? I suffer from dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking) and I don't know whether it counts as OCD or not... but then I've also heard it called an impulse control disorder so I'm a bit confused! So what is the difference between impulsive and compulsive and could I be both of those things?
You guys have to try hypnosis it really works. I had this problem and I haven't pulled for months. I first heard of it of a person who had tried it due to the same reason and it worked for him. Everyone that has tried hypnosis please leave a comment in order for others to try it. Good luck for all
I have this condition too. It only occurs when I'm under a great amount of stress. I have no desire to pull my hair out when I'm not stressed. The only reason why I think about it is because of the damage after it's done. I only do it to my eyebrows and eyelashes. Fucking pills would not solve this problem, lol. Depression was never considered a condition a few decades ago. It's an emotion some people feel for good reason. They aren't happy. You can't just deaden an emotion and become normal.
No one believe this shit. You fight your problems yourself. Don't fucking look for medications because you developed a stress relieving impulse. Why the hell is this bullshit 5 stars? Parrots pull their feathers out because they become lonely. People pull their hair out because they become stressed. This is just bullshit to make you wanna buy pills so that they can leech off of you. Every god damn thing that's wrong with you shouldn't be deadened with pills that do more harm than good.
Thanks for having the courage to make this statement. I browse trich sites a couple times a year (wishfully thinking someone has discovered a cause). I think every trickster needs to hear that ultimately they will need to rely on themselves (rather than medication or therapy) to overcome their compulsions.
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It's classified as a compulsive disorder just like chronic nail biting and skin picking. I wouldn't be surprised if most people with Trichotillomania also suffer from those problems. I know I do.
paNICKdisorder 3 weeks ago
is she high?
1357Animallover 2 months ago
she's on crack.
nicolamitton 2 months ago
That's another GREAT question...
TheSparklyRainbow 2 months ago
Tricholotillomania? TRICHOLLO?!?!?!
TheSparklyRainbow 2 months ago 2
i rip my um..... u-kno-what areas hair out. It doesnt even hurt... ive gotten so used to it now that it just comes right out...and when it does hurt I kinda like it...O_o
savethelephantnow 2 months ago
@savethelephantnow I know!Actually it feels/hurts very good.AND each hair is like a little trophy.AND,I always perceived it as a kind of very satisfying cleansing process.With time,you might achieve the control to just pluck the SIDES though.This might be sufficient to satisfy the urge.The seduction to pluck the rest can be reduced by regular trimming at approx 12 millimeters of length.Taken together this provides an optimum optical result,which might prevent you from further plucking"the bulk"
kleenex3000 2 months ago
@kleenex3000
My suggestion is NOT RELATED to gender - I mean SEX. I put it publicly as a suggestion for males and females.
kleenex3000 2 months ago
@kleenex3000 ikr?! for some reason, its very satisfying....lol i will ttry that ^^
savethelephantnow 2 months ago
@savethelephantnow "Satisfying"I know.I know actually VERY WELL.As a Gardener,I was always inclined to liken it to plucking weed WITH THE ROOTS which leaves a CLEAN SURFACE. I am one of the rare MALES that did that excessively during my youth. The most epic form is plucking the beard, bcz the respective hairs are the very thickest. Plucking them above the lips ifklicts the most powerful pain and the most profiound satisfaction regardless that it can lead to a good bleeding xDxDxD
What is "ikr"
kleenex3000 2 months ago
@kleenex3000 ikr is "i know right"?
lovehimforever954 1 month ago
@lovehimforever954 Thank you! This makes sense. Salut from Germany.
kleenex3000 1 month ago
i pull my hair out but i aint bald... yet, my cousin did and she stopped once she saw she had a bald spot and my aunt on my other side of the family allegedly did too and i don't know what's up with her
ehomefry17 3 months ago
it all started 5 years ago when i noticed an eyelash was out of place.. then it got worse. i used to have beautiful eyes. now it is swollen and big and i must wear heavy eyelinger to try to hide it but its so hard and i hate it. i wish i could have no eyelashes and then i wouldnt feel so tense but then i would feel so ugly
farah2619 4 months ago
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i have had this for the past five years. its not easy. i tried making threats to myself and cursing something bad is going to happen my mother( who i love dearly) if i dont stop and it still didnt work. i used to have nice thick long eyelashes and now its gone. its like when i look in the mirrow if an eyelash doesnt look in place i must pull it out till i am satisfied and breathe a sigh of relief. and then i feel like crap again
farah2619 4 months ago
man that chick was nervous... she talked in circles for a few minutes lol.
Trichsterr 4 months ago
"nail is skin...and hair is ....skin and everything" ?????? oookay :|
Rahima5star 4 months ago
Nail biting is more of a habit, I don't believe it is related to hair pulling and skin picking at all. I say this because I'm a 'Trichster' for 11 years who easily stopped nail biting habit within a few weeks, I still suffer with trich every waking moment, and sometimes in my sleep.
HeroFlame 5 months ago
Thanks for posting...very informative!
snoop5118 6 months ago
this reporter is stupid and is obviously not taking this issue seriously by just comparin this to nail biting. Trich is a mild form of self mutiliation. IDK why we do it, but I've noticed from other trichsters that we are just a habitual group. Stress has a lot to do with it but even the smallest event can trigger something. My Grandmother pulled, and I pull...... is it genetic, quite possibly.
Sonialei77 6 months ago
I have trichotillomania. I had it since I was born. No, I'm not lying. I will be 19 this September. When I was little, half my hair was gone. It stopped for a while and now it came back. I pull out so much that it makes hairballs on the floor and it gets annoying especially if your parent don't like it. My friends don't even know I have it. I don't know if I do it because of biological or psychological, but I wish this was talked about more so everybody knows about it.
iwannabfamous1 7 months ago
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I was suffering with this same thing. I only felt confident when I had my eyelashes, but I found out how to stop myself!. Check out my blog for how to stop it, go on my channel and look at my website
kmdunklin10 7 months ago
I've had this since I was 2 and I'm 13 now and Hhhhhhh it's so complicated and no one understands . I told my parents and they think it's no big deal. They just tell me to 'stop'. That's one thing u shud nvr say to someone who suffers from this bcuz it's NOT THAT F-ING EASY! god damn
acidbunny247 7 months ago
Her voice make me want to pull ...
ScreamingInTheCalle 7 months ago 3
@ScreamingInTheCalle, LOL
kmail22222 5 months ago
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@ScreamingInTheCalle, LOL
kmail22222 5 months ago
@ScreamingInTheCalle HAHA
LilSoul118 5 months ago
her voice!!!!!!!
thyckwifey 8 months ago 2
So 5 percent are screwed by genetics and the other 95 percent are screwed because they have no idea what the cause is. And she's excited about this? Am I the only one who wants to punch her?
TheFeather1979 9 months ago
i was diagnosed wit trich wen i was 7 yrs old, i am now going on 20... i hav learned that my trich is triggered by my stress levels. i mainly pull from my head. i call my pull spots "hot spots" cuz of how frequently i pull from certain areas. everyday is a struggle especially since i pull unconsiously. but i am trying an hav come 2 learn various signs that tell that i hav or am abt to pull... best advice is to monitor how often u pull an c if it is linked 2 ur mood/ stress
Ktyson0625 9 months ago
most of this stuff is wrong........ and nail bighting has nothing to do with it duke pisses me off to much
robvandamrocks 10 months ago
please! It pisses me off that they compare trich to compulsive SHOPPING or gambling. SERIOUSLY?
secretme127 10 months ago 13
@secretme127 i know...its pathetic when people who have never experienced it try and push it off as no big deal
nfgsum41 10 months ago
@nfgsum41 if these people who think medicine and behavior therapy are good ways to 'fix it'. like there's something wrong with the person that has it. we're not sick. in a way it's not a behavior problem. we don't have bad behavior. it's not like having an anger issue. what we need is support and understanding. not people who say things like 'i understand what they're going through even though i don't have it and i've found a way to fix it.'
ubergoofball 10 months ago
@secretme127 if anything, i'd compare it to compulsive zit picking. it's like the same thing but with skin instead of hair. these people really don't get it. compulsive shopping or gambling is a compulsive behavior that includes involvement from things outside a person's physical body, usually money. trich is just the body. it's doing it to yourself, not your wallet.
ubergoofball 10 months ago
@ubergoofball exactly.
secretme127 10 months ago
He said it wrong.
secretme127 10 months ago
dislike dislike dislike! I have this... its not biological, if it were, I would have started it a lot sooner... I started when I was 14 and bullied at school... next they'll be saying victims of bullying have a "genetic disorder" which makes us targets... its a habit, a compulsion... that starts with anxiety... i wish they would stop looking for causes and find me a fucking cure!
zannuk8 11 months ago
@zannuk8 I have it, too, and I'm 19 now, but I've had it since 13. I've read up on the internet, and they said that you can have it when you're young but it may not affect you until you are around the age of 9-14. So it's possible it is biological. As for a cure - psychiatrists, therapists, there are some medications.
sunshine4848 11 months ago
I have trich, but instead of my brows and lashes I looove to yank from my scalp :((
ChocoFrappuccino 11 months ago
@ChocoFrappuccino me too. i pull from my scalp and my legs.
ubergoofball 10 months ago
@ubergoofball it's god awful, I vacuum SO much so no one sees piles in the corners of my room and freaks out
ChocoFrappuccino 10 months ago
I to have trich... I am far to nervous to admit it in person. I barely have any eyebrows & eyelashes and I dont know what/ how to tell people... What do they think of me?
utuberocksist 11 months ago
@utuberocksist I dn't no if this helps/not? I find that when I watch tv with my parents I pull alot(my hair)+my mum on frequent occasion has spotted me+told me to stop doing it.I get anxious when she does this and4a year she stoped pointing it out2me but I didn't stop pulling. I recently approached her of my own accord as I hav increased my pulling lately and together we have devised a way for me to temporarily stop... by wearing gloves or a hat. Talking about it 2 a parent goes a long way :) x
zannuk8 11 months ago
he mispronounced it. that pissed me off, haha.
polyesterwindow 11 months ago
@polyesterwindow I mispronouced it at first :P
sexiskatergirl2 11 months ago
@sexiskatergirl2 haha yeah but i'm easily annoyed :3
polyesterwindow 11 months ago
I've had on and off trich since I was 10 and it's got a bit better. My recommendation is to wear a hat at times when you would do the most pulling. I hope this helps. :)
manatees611 1 year ago
Aye... after pulling i feel ashamed and nervous and i feel bad... it's addictive.. I cant stop i had this since I was like 12, It goes off and on, makes me feel insecure about myself makes me feel worthless. ...
MissDinika 1 year ago
@MissDinika I've had it since 7 now i am 17 almost 8 don't give up darling I stopped pulling my brows
sexiskatergirl2 11 months ago
I have this disorder. When I was 12 I pulled my hair out so much I had a bald spot. It happened when I was 5 too in kindergarten. But I don't do it at much anymore. I like to tweeze my eyebrows a lot though. It's not really a bother to me.
RetroNun 1 year ago
and remember it CANNOT be cured with self control, ive tried this as well, i swear that thanks to this i know how it is to have an addiction with drugs, i think it is almost as hard as being cured from trich, but still, it CAN be cured, remember SHAVE HEAD WAS MY CURE
iKnoXiuM 1 year ago
my personal experience with trich is that i started pullying my hair out when i was about ten, i remember that everytime i felt nervous i involuntarely pulled my hair out, my cure when the scalps started showing was having a full shaved head, this was my cure, i really recomend this as i have had a personal experience, keep your head shaven for about a year and you will stop soing this, well not completely, im 16 now and i have been completely cured due to this progess and i know how hard it is
iKnoXiuM 1 year ago
THIS VIDEO IS A JOKE! its not in our genes.
something very stressful, way out of our control, occurs in our life and while upset the hair pulling occurs. the person becomes aware that the hair pulling doesnt hurt but relieves stress. when stress occurs again, the brain tells the person to pull to deal with stress but not when to stop.. does this sound about right to those reading this that have trich?
i was 5yo, mom left and lashes didnt hurt when they came out while rubbing eyes crying.
WildBlossom225 1 year ago 3
@WildBlossom225 it does make sense but this vid says only a small percentage have it in the genes i think, i duno
thakey69 1 year ago
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WildBlossom225 1 year ago
its like when a rat eats his tail cuz hes locked up
oiyabastard 1 year ago
Not a psychiatric disorder! Not all those who suffer have bald spots. I have done this (captured in home videos) since I was 3 years old. The way in which I "feel" for specific hairs or the method in which I play with or pull has evolved over the years and has gotten markedly worse. I am almost 24 years old and an otherwise "normal" person, yet I CANNOT stop.
drem320 1 year ago
how to cure or help ?
PinkangelNo99 1 year ago
I think its for the pleasure too. even if u wanted to stop because its making your personal appearance not as good if you have done for too long your probably just kinda addicted. you will do what feels good some times over what is right especially if you don't know right from wrong because if you don't wrong isnt wrong, or they took to long to figure out right. try getting an oxi addiction similar i find
Satonator 1 year ago
He said "tricho-LO-tillomania" at the beginning FAIL xD
spazzy12663 1 year ago
she sounds like the pink and blue unicorns from charlie the unicorn..
YourfriendHannnah 1 year ago 10
@YourfriendHannnah IKR lmfao!
ladygagaga24 1 year ago
she snickered
charmed722 1 year ago
Of course it's not learned! I've had this since I was an infant!
guyfawkes6 1 year ago
I have this condition, it started when I was young and my parents would always yell at me about pulling my hair and that wold make me stress more and would end up with bald spots on my scalp. I really hope I can get help for it.
purpleteen06 1 year ago
@purpleteen06 Get a weave if you're pulling out your scalp hair.
Sin355 1 year ago
@purpleteen06 oh my god me too.....it startged when i was about 4and it has gone on for the past few yrs. now. im 10 yrs. old rite now and i still havent gotten over it and my brother makes fun of me cuz of it and my dad yells at me to stop it.....:(
boonaga911 1 year ago
@boonaga911 unfortunately, it's gonna be a tough thing to deal with. however, as you get older, you'll find ways to deal with it. i'm 18. i started around 1st or 2nd grade. i tried wearing gloves, but those are impractical because they get in the way of other things like doing school work. (it's hot in the summer) i found that it's best to occupy my hands with some other activity that doesn't get in the way of everything else. for me, it's finger weaving. message me if you want to talk more. :)
ubergoofball 10 months ago
God nobody understands this, not even professionals. We DO want to do it, it feels amazingly good and pleasurable. if we didn't want to do it more than we didn't want to do it, we would not be pulling out our hair. This makes me feel like there's no hope... "trichilotillomania?" idiots.
hollybee43 1 year ago
@hollybee43 It may feel good, but that doesn't mean I want to do it. I really, really don't.
omgstupid123 1 year ago
Did I hear this right? 5% have this mutation? This report is nonsense.
R83145 1 year ago
@saratamers i agree
shaynaokane 1 year ago
Trichilotillomania.... xDD
Calimariyum 1 year ago
this condition is horrible im a guy with long hair and ive been teased for years cause i have bald patches all over my head i cant stop...
yallsaythat 1 year ago
Intolerant idiots abound, especially on YouTube, who have nothing better to do than to crack jokes at serious medical conditions.
WHO Seriously GAS about the Dr.s voice? Simply people acting like fools for their own self esteem boost.
dizzyvinyl 2 years ago
Everyone has a cross to bear and a peanut gallery to criticize it!
BellyFireDancer 2 years ago 6
roflmao!!! her voice is funny....but annoying
oscorell 2 years ago
her voice is soooooooooo annoying!!!!! omigosh!!!!
limegreenbubbles00 2 years ago
So she snickers when the guy says "I hope people don't snicker when they hear that some people pull their hair out"...stupid bitch!
katchkittie 2 years ago 3
I bet Dr. Allison Ashley-Koch pulled her hair out after that interview. :>
nighthawk006phoenix 2 years ago
She was probably super nervous.
UnderTheAttic 2 years ago 4
That lady just shouldnt talk.
jennnayKO 2 years ago
Does she have Voicecrackomania?
youlosez 2 years ago
I am 18 and i have had this since i was 13. It involved my eyelashes and eyebrows. I was always scared of people finding out. But i am glad to say that i just conquered it and i feel fucking great. what i did was wear a hat over my brows so that i wouldnt touch em and it worked.
mondor91 2 years ago 26
@mondor91 things like that never work for me, i would just push the hat out of the way, or in my case take it off, because i pull from my head
shaynaokane 1 year ago
@mondor91 good job they say stress trigers it and as soon as i get stressed booyaahh to my face i grow ior dont grow kiddin but its not funny i went thru school no eyelashes fake ones lossin em at friends nightovers well one emabrrassing i had growed my eyebrows out 1 day ago boom one eyebrow they say it kills tghe growth and it must be true cause i cant seem to grow many back:O(good luck to all this isa kickass deaises sp
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EinsteinCollegeofMed 2 years ago
I don't see how this is such a big deal unless of course it is severely effecting your self confidence, I.E. you are pulling out your eyelashes or scalp hair compulsively. More importantly, it probably is an indicator of some other emotional disturbance such as an anxiety disorder, OCD, or perhaps depression.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Yes obviously it is triggered by Ocd, Depression, and anxiety. Which is something that all people with trich have. But many people with those disorders do not have trich at all. I personally believe it may be linked to post traumatic stress. It is a huge deal and obviously you've never known anyone with this disorder or you wouldn't make a comment like that. This disease destroys peoples lives.
bassbaby82 2 years ago
I very easily qualify for diagnosis of this 'disease' and I have plenty of professionally diagnosed mental illness labels, including PTSD, as well.
Having JUST discovered this label of this particular behavior, my intention is not to criticize the validity of the disorder, only to emphasize the cause/effect relationship of a particular kind of behavior that is probably indicative of a mental illness or severe emotional distress of some kind.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Additionally, I do not agree that all people with trich have OCD, depression, or anxiety (or any mental illness, necessarily). These diagnosis are just postively correlated with trich. There are many other potential factors that could lead to trich.
Compulsive pulling or twisting of the hair until it breaks off can certainly destroy lives, given that someone would judge their entire lives "destroyed" by having patches of, or all of their hair removed by this compulsion.
KurtG85 2 years ago
However, someone *who suffers from no mental illness* but who concedes their lives "destroyed" by the physical results of compulsive hair pulling simply has some growing up to do. People get limbs blown off or amputated and don't allow it to 'destroy their lives'; I'm sitting next to one of these people right now actually. This brings me back to my original point: it is in fact the correlating mental illnesses associated with trich which validly "destroy lives" not just pulling our hair out.
KurtG85 2 years ago
OK. I have known a few people with this disease and all of them have either had depression, anxiety, OCD, or all of these disorders. And the thing that makes Trich difficult to deal with is the feeling that if you just didn't pull your hair you would be fine however you are compelled to do so. A person with a missing limb can reconcile themselves to that and accept it knowing that there is really nothing they can do about it. I am not saying that having trich is worse but.....
bassbaby82 2 years ago
I am hoping that you can understand how something like this can damage you mentally. Its like someone is holding your "normalcy" in front of you, right in your reach, but when you try to grab for it, it's pulled away from you as if you were Tantalus from Dante's inferno.
bassbaby82 2 years ago
Yes, considering that I have this compulsion myself I can certainly understand.
However you are generalizing as if a certain set of distressing emotions automatically comes along with this disorder. The fact remains that trich by itself is a benign behavior with no defined emotional context.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Some quick evidence that you are generalizing: I have spots of hair missing all over my body thanks to Trich but frankly I don't give a crap. Its simply fun to pull out my hair, case closed (in my mindset). I am however, having major body image issues (and accompanying intensified depression) associated with losing my hair from male pattern baldness.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Once again, I do not point this out about Trich to invalidate the general negative emotions, body image issues etc. that often *correlate* with the disorder. I state it to help anyone seeking treatment for Trich to realize, if they haven't, that this is a disorder which is rooted in psychology and is therefore treated as such through means like therapy, medication, CBT etc.
KurtG85 2 years ago
You're mean and you are also obtuse. Someone having limbs blown off is a completely different scenario. That's NOT what they are talking about here. Trich IS devastating and it DOES destroy a persons life in many ways. Tichsters are more likely to be raped, more likely to be alone, more likely to want to kill themselves...by the way, because of people like you.
Typsydust 2 years ago
You just accused someone with trichotillomania and plenty of diagnosed mental illnesses of being a reason why people with Trich want to kill themselves. Not only that but you addressed this to a person who just made a statement emphasizing the ideal way to get to the root of the issues surrounding Trich for the benefit of its sufferers who may be confused or unaware of its root causes. I'm afraid that 'obtuse' is the ideal word for the mindset you had to be in to make a post like that.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Okay Kurt, what i was referring to was your comparison of people with their limbs blown off, thereby minimizing the effets of Trich. It pissed me off. I've suffered with Trich since I was 8, manifested by molestation. I'm pull free for 3 1/2 years now. It took a lot to get here and the lingering damage lives on. The ridicule, the lonliness, the pain. When Trich came to me, there was no help, no one knew what it was so I was beaten and made fun of. Sorry, I just didn't like your comparison.
Typsydust 2 years ago
I understand.
That analogy wasn't intended to demean, devalue or minimize the often very negative and traumatic emotions/behaviors which commonly correlate with trich. It meant to emphasize that trich (as defined) in itself is an emotionally benign behavior. You misinterpreted this as petty semantics trying to devalue the disorder when in fact I was just trying to clarify that the roots of the disorder are fairly well researched and treatment is available beyond treating gene defects.
KurtG85 2 years ago
Sincerity is hard to judge across the internet through text, but I have also experienced extensive trauma from emotions which closely correlate with Trich.
I originally commented after not watching the whole video because the video title made it look like they were going to say that correcting this gene defect would be the only way to treat Trich. Upon watching the vid I saw the woman covered its available treatments and psychological roots rather well.
KurtG85 2 years ago
How does having trich increase the risk of being raped???!!! I don't think so.
awesomemaddy 2 years ago
@awesomemaddy Because it kills self esteem and your ability to stand up for yourself. It leaves you wide open to a plethera of abuses UNLESS you get proper help for it. I kept it hidden since my trich was isolated mainly to the eyelashes. I learned not to allow people to view me from a profile, applied eyeliner and it did it well, allowed my hair to flow over the sides of my face. Unfortunately, all of that did nothing for my self esteem, ultimately I did get hurt and wouldn't have if I had S.E
Typsydust 2 years ago
I understand about the self esteem issue. I have had trich since I was 11. However, I disagree about the rape. Due to low self esteem, it does open up opportunities to be hurt, and I have been hurt, multiple times. But it's not like us girls are walking around going "it's okay to rape me! I have low self esteem!" I feel we are more likely to be abused than raped. Rape is an attack, abuse is something we have the ability to tolerate because of low self esteem.
awesomemaddy 2 years ago
@KurtG85 I get your point, but as a recovered trich I can say that this mental illness can be really tough on people's lives. Because people who have amputated limbs don't have the feeling of guilt "I did this to myself"; trich makes you feel terrible, because you know you're hurting yourself but you simply can't stop... It's an endless circle which CAN hinder people's lives.
groar86 1 year ago
@groar86 I totally agree.
KurtG85 1 year ago
Oh my god, that guy could'nt even pronouce the word! And if it's in your geans, and theres medication for "Trich", it will only slow down the prosses, but realy, you will still pull your hair.
forevor13 2 years ago
the gurl sounds like shes gonnna cry :S
butterfly908 2 years ago 2
great. it's in my DNA. how am I supposed to get rid of that?!
theXotherXjunkies 2 years ago 2
I have also found that avoiding mirrors helps alot. It helped me because I pluck in front of the mirror the most.
mondor91 2 years ago
this ladies voice is a disease
TheToughCrowd 2 years ago 2
HAHAHAHHAHAH! She might have the most annoying voice I've ever heard. It made me wanna pull out my hair. LOL!
JeffBlazer74 2 years ago
You're not funny.
0oTheWayToDawno0 2 years ago
It's ok. I'm in therapy for it.
JeffBlazer74 2 years ago
I think something must've happened to her larynx.
icaleod 2 years ago 21
@icaleod she could also have hearing aids..... i worked with someone w/ hearing aids who talked like that.
hollybee43 1 year ago
I dont want to be treated by a shrink or any other bull. I will defeat it with will power.
mondor91 2 years ago
I started to pluck my eyebrows and eyelashes during 7th grade. I am 18 right now and am still affected, but am fighting it. After 2 years, i actually was able to grow them back and stop. But 2 months after that, i started back up. Sometimes i get the urge and succumb. But now everytime i get the urge, i get really angry and punch the wall. It seems to be working
mondor91 2 years ago
I do not suffer from trichotillomania but I do suffer from sever OCD and the behavioral therapy center I go to for treatment specializes in treating this disorder with amazing success. Its in the D.C area and if anyone is interested on more info, contact me through my youtube site.
jpeopolis 2 years ago
For some reason this makes me angry.
All I want is to make it stop :(
fwerno 2 years ago
:C me too.
saimali0 2 years ago
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fwerno 2 years ago
fuck can't watch this...
might never end...
TheZines 2 years ago
...the dude totally pronounced it wrong. But I'm glad this is making news so people know about it.
elizabethcellist 2 years ago 2
I know right, 'trich-oh-lo-tillomania
fwerno 2 years ago
There is a little girl in my neighborhood that does this. It is so sad. I hope she gets better.
KatrinaKOT 2 years ago
psychiatric condition? what will they think of next
andresblazeit420 2 years ago
Still don't know what to do about the problem. In my case it seems to relieve tension. After doing this ridiculous thing, I seem to feel calmer...headaches and neck tension are relieved.
vrove37 2 years ago
I've been pulling my eyelashes and eyebrows for 11 years, almost 12. It's very hard to feel comfortable with my own body knowing that others can see something is different about me. I've always known there was others like me but I don't personally know anyone. My birthday is in two months and my goal is to grow my eyelashes and eyebrows as a present for myself. I deserve it for my 18th B-day. Wish me good luck!
jussmei 2 years ago
firstly, the guy said it wrong at the start.
secondly, i hate her voice. and to get to the topic, it was recently said to be a physical thing, more like tourettes, than a psyciatric thing. and its not meant to be genetic. wow. two different arguements. as if i wasn't already confuzed by the whole thing.
first i heard it wasn't like nail biting, and that its not genetics but a physical thing. now i hear it is like nail biting and is a mental thing!
i just wish i could stop pulling my eyelashes
heyysimone 2 years ago 2
I've had it as long as i can remember
homidog11 2 years ago
I'm 15 and I've had Trich since the 4th grade. It started a couple weeks after my dad died. Sometimes I can stop for weeks, or even months, at a time, but eventually I start again when I'm nervous or bored. I just wish it would stop.
suprnatrlluvr10 2 years ago 2
im 15 and ive had it since i was 10. i pull out my eyelashes, and i cant stop it either. its embarrasing, especially going through high school where if someone finds out, it can ruin everything. i wish it would stop too.
heyysimone 2 years ago
Exactly. When someone asks about it, I don't know what to say ... and it's really hard to talk about for me without starting to sob.
suprnatrlluvr10 2 years ago 2
hi, i 19 and Im just like u. but mine started for 3-4 years ago when I was 15-16 years old. I saw a friend doing it. Suddenly I found my self doing it in moments when im Sad or angry or smiliar feelings. And when im nervous i think I can pull out so many hair that it makes my cry thinkig that I have pulled so many and im scared to get bold:S I have long hair and it makes me sad.
Choquitaa 2 years ago
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fihunter2 2 years ago
I have been pulling for 4 years... I am 27 now. I see a therapist and take an SSRI. My pulling seems to be decreasing, slowly. I pull mostly when I am reading, watching TV, or when I am bored. I think trich could be genetic... my cousin suffers from trich, too!!
fihunter2 2 years ago 2
I had this condition since I was 5 years old and I still have it. I can't seem to stop, it's like you tell yourself your only gonna pull one hair and thats it, but then you pull more and more...
XxUtadaHikaruxX 2 years ago 2
I didnt know that what I have been doing for the past 11 years, im 19 now, actually had a name for it...I thought I was the only one with the condition...
Christiannemarie 2 years ago 3
WTF? THEY THINK THIS IS A GENE DEFECT?! i have trich and ive had it for about 2 years now
Kinoichi12896 2 years ago
I have trich hard core to the max and i know for a fact that my behavior was not learned bc i never heard of the disorder when i started when i was 9 and did not learn about it for years after i began. I am utterly ruined by my disorder and can not lead a normal life bc of it. the depression caused by trich is too much to bare
bassbaby82 2 years ago
I am not trying to invalidate the disorder or your suffering but surely you are not depressed or anxious because you have trich, you have trich because you are depressed or anxious, yes? I have sufferred with severe depression, OCD and anxiety my whole life. I just came across this 'trich' term and the disorder it describes. I easily fit this 'diagnosis'. Frankly it seems to be a bit of a joke compared to depression/anx./OCD which common sense would suggest are the real root issues here.
KurtG85 2 years ago
This woman is creepy...she needs help. and I completely disagree that hair pulling is not a anxiety disorder there are other factors..such as boredom.. and the brain needing stimulation.. i can be happy throughout the day and then when im bored is when i pull.
endlessliberta 2 years ago
You may be on to something. I'll try it.
MochaDeLoache 2 years ago
I have this...Its killing me...We can...no....
ShukakuzGuurl 2 years ago
I pulled my hair since I was 7 years for about 30 years, then I stoped till now, i' m 45 years and this is driving me crazy, ít's very sad for me, when i look at me in the mirror i just want to pull it all away. it's so painfull for me but I can't stop...
esyl264933 2 years ago
I started on my first day of 5th grade and for the life of me i cannot stop! :( im now goin in to 11th grade! help me!
I used to have straight sliky hair now it's grown back thick and frizzy! how can i make my hair back to normal?!
phillyhippie 2 years ago 2
i started pullin when i was in the 7'th grade, now im going to 10th grade, i have the same problem that u have, i have a slightly curled hair, and there r short hairs , they r the ones who grew back, they r very curly and it very obvious that therez something wrong with my hair, i wish i can make it grow faster and get it slikier :/
nanazohzoh 2 years ago
i wish at least there was a way to make the hair grow faster! or to grow back normal! :C
phillyhippie 2 years ago
I was keeping a running total of how many times she said "That's another great question."
TheGaiaTheory 2 years ago
lol ur right this woman is so weird !!!^^
decherysworld 2 years ago 2
....compulsive and impulsive are different...they need to figure out which one it is & stick with it instead of saying impulsive sometimes and compulsive other times...?
isohearthim427 2 years ago
How are they different? I suffer from dermatillomania (compulsive skin picking) and I don't know whether it counts as OCD or not... but then I've also heard it called an impulse control disorder so I'm a bit confused! So what is the difference between impulsive and compulsive and could I be both of those things?
ovid4corinna 2 years ago
i have this and i had to wear a beanie to school from october to late march... i hated it soooooooo i hope they find a cure for this
Truthseeker95 2 years ago
No diseases have cures.. I'm stuck with this !
GrAiing3 2 years ago
That guy reporter is a moron... Trichotillomania isn't a disease. He should have known that, presenting it on air..
P3PTALK 2 years ago
You guys have to try hypnosis it really works. I had this problem and I haven't pulled for months. I first heard of it of a person who had tried it due to the same reason and it worked for him. Everyone that has tried hypnosis please leave a comment in order for others to try it. Good luck for all
wendyromero77 2 years ago
How long did you have to go thru hypnosis?
fihunter2 2 years ago
I have this condition too. It only occurs when I'm under a great amount of stress. I have no desire to pull my hair out when I'm not stressed. The only reason why I think about it is because of the damage after it's done. I only do it to my eyebrows and eyelashes. Fucking pills would not solve this problem, lol. Depression was never considered a condition a few decades ago. It's an emotion some people feel for good reason. They aren't happy. You can't just deaden an emotion and become normal.
MilleMarteaux 3 years ago 2
No one believe this shit. You fight your problems yourself. Don't fucking look for medications because you developed a stress relieving impulse. Why the hell is this bullshit 5 stars? Parrots pull their feathers out because they become lonely. People pull their hair out because they become stressed. This is just bullshit to make you wanna buy pills so that they can leech off of you. Every god damn thing that's wrong with you shouldn't be deadened with pills that do more harm than good.
MilleMarteaux 3 years ago
Thanks for having the courage to make this statement. I browse trich sites a couple times a year (wishfully thinking someone has discovered a cause). I think every trickster needs to hear that ultimately they will need to rely on themselves (rather than medication or therapy) to overcome their compulsions.
wwkud 2 years ago
and um.. do u have this disorder?
kristen2342 2 years ago
i also bite my nails and stab my gums with the bitten finger nail, i rub my gums raw with my nails, and have SAD im one neurotic nutjob
sickiedickie1280 3 years ago
i kinda do this too i take my nails and rub layers off my gums lol im a nut job 2
angelbaby233 2 years ago
yeah what the fuck?
its an impulse.
I dont pull my hair much ( i shaved it into a mohawk) but i do the same stuff.
I thought i was the only one. I think its an impulse problem but i kind of like the pain.
sickiedickie1280 2 years ago