TRICHOTILLOMANIA SUPPORT

before i start i just wanted to say that recently i have been trying .5 mg of resperidone for my trich and it has been helping me an incredible amount. if you want more info on resperidone email me.

When i was eleven i went through some trauma that i have yet to release as public information. because of that trauma and the stress of being a sort of "social outcast" at my school, i began to pull out my hair. it started with my head hair. i didn't know why i did it, i didn't question it. my mom would cry and try to cover the spots, i began wearing bandannas. my dad called me a benedictine monk (his way of handling it) and they would both routinely search my head. when i turned twelve i met a girl, let's call her Wendy. i can't remember how the subject came up, maybe she saw me pulling my hair, but she came up and asked me if i had trichotillomania. i looked at her questioningly and said that i didn't know what that was. she told me that she too pulled her hair, her eyebrows, eyelashes. she showed me a newsletter from TLC (trichotillomania learning center) that had an article written by her in it. she sent me tons of information, for once in my life i did not feel as alone. i had been going to a phsychatrist for a while for depression and suicidal ideation/self-mutilation, but she never told me that i wasn't the only one who pulled my hair. i began reading books and finding out things about myself that i'd only dreamed of finding. then, in eigth grad i got up infront of my whole middle school and gave a speech on trich. i got a lot of shit then from people, kids pretending to pull their hair and then eat it. that was hard, but it taught me alot. i then found out that a friend that i had known for my whole life (lets call her Rachel) had trich too. she was 3 yrs older than me and had alot of advice to give. thank you so much "Rachel" you know who you are, you've helped me more than you know. hi, my name is ariel. i'm 15 yrs old and am living with trichotillomania. i pull all of my hair, search for the hairs with the see-thru/white endings and scrape them off w/ my nails. i have large bald spots right now, haven't had eyebrows for over a year.i was in the hospital this past year for depression, and have learned that for me, that is not the place to solve anything. i want to give a voice to any of you who have trich and are willing to share your experiences, poetry, artwork, shortstories and feelings with us. millions of americans suffer from trich everyday and few of them know that there is anyone else who has it. let us spread the word that we are humans as well, and that we have feelings, that we are more that just faces in the crowd wearing hats, without eyebrows or lashes. please, at least write me, tell me that there is one more out there, and i'll tell you of all the rest. we must support each other, we're all we've got. rettahdam@apexmail.com yours, with love, ariel. This Bodies Under Siege site is owned by ariel ariel.

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