anyone with trichotillomania (hair pulling)?
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I’m new to this group and I suffer from trich. I ignored it for a long time, but now the time has come to deal with it. Just thought I’d let you know I was among them on this board. Sara – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Christine wrote: > I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. > I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
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In article <385BB152.1…@borg.nospam.com>, cny…@borg.nospam.com wrote: >x-no-archive: yes >Hi Jennifer, > I just posted some links for Sara, same thread as this. You might >want to check out support groups and the info about practicioners who >specialize in trich. > I guess that one of the obvious things that comes to mind is stress. >College the Crohn’s flare-ups are probably very stressful and provoke >alot of anxiety for you. It would make sense that the picking and >pulling get worse during these times. > Meds and/or behavioral therapy can be helpful…I hope things get >better for you. Best, Scott
I’d like to do that. And stress definitely makes my skin picking worse, but I’m not sure why it escalated into trich too a few times. Trich for me is sort of like skin picking anyway, and it’s part of the whole skin picking thing. I hope to see someone soon. Thanks. Jennifer
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I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
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i havent heard of it happening, but i havent heard of it NOT happening. check out http://www.fairlite.com/trich/board/ really good supportive group there. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Allison wrote: > Can trichotillomania be a temporary thing, say, lasting about 6 years > and then seemingly disappearing without any medication, help, etc.? > On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:20:37 -0600, Christine <lh_0…@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. > >I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
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Can trichotillomania be a temporary thing, say, lasting about 6 years and then seemingly disappearing without any medication, help, etc.? On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:20:37 -0600, Christine <lh_0…@hotmail.com> wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. >I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
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I just thought you might want to check out this website about trich: http://www.fairlite.com/trich/ — Lars delete .rat-pie to reply by e-mail ________________________ Moderated OCD-newsgroup: alt.support.ocd.moderated website: http://stump.algebra.com/~asom Allison skrev i meddelelsen <38582b81.3202…@news.mindspring.com>… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Can trichotillomania be a temporary thing, say, lasting about 6 years >and then seemingly disappearing without any medication, help, etc.? >On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 21:20:37 -0600, Christine <lh_0…@hotmail.com> >wrote: >>I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. >>I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
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In article <38582b81.3202…@news.mindspring.com>, meno…@mindspring.com (Allison) wrote: >Can trichotillomania be a temporary thing, say, lasting about 6 years >and then seemingly disappearing without any medication, help, etc.?
I had that happen to me. I haven’t been on any meds or had any therapy for trich, but I don’t do it anymore. It was really bad at a few points in my life, then it would go away for awhile or shift to another part of my body. Of course, the skin picking is still there. My obsessive behaviors sort of mutate every few years, from skin picking to nail biting to hair plucking. Jennifer
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In article <38595E5D….@borg.nospam.com>, cny…@borg.nospam.com wrote: >x-no-archive: yes >Jennifer, > I had a similar experience myself, showing very definite symptoms of >trich after moving and changing schools in the 8th grade…this >essentially ceased after about 6 months. My gf also did some rather >serious skin-picking and other OCD-related behaviors when she was >younger and her OCD most certainly goes through cycles of severity and >changes quite a bit. Best, Scott
Thanks for writing Scott. I’ve never been able to pin-point WHY my OCD behaviors change. I know one time when my Crohn’s disease was really bad and wasn’t diagnosed yet, I was skin picking and hair pulling for hours everyday, so I can pin-point when it gets worse. And I have no idea why I suddenly get the urge to try some new behavior. I wish I could go to therapy and figure out what’s going on and maybe stop this. The skin picking hasn’t been as bad in the past year or so, but my Crohn’s has also been in remission and I’m not in college at the moment. Jennifer
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Where are these support groups for trich? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Christine wrote: > I just want to get the word out that there ARE support groups out there. > I have suffered from trich for 17 years, am now 274 days pull free.
