I have Trichotillomania (I had to shave my head) 

i’m crying so much watching this, i’ve had this problem for 7 years now and i’m really thinking about shaving my head tmrw

Just shaved mine the other day for the same reason. Proud of you 💕 You look gorgeous. The part about not choosing to do it is exactly how I feel.

Proud of you! ❤️

I have trich too and resonated so much with every word you said. I don’t know you but you are loved! And I struggle with the same insecurities in relationships. These videos being shared gives me such hope in a way and also that I’m not alone. We are not weird, and shouldn’t feel shame for something we can’t control. Much love to the other ladies living with trich❤️

i have trich too and i struggled with this since i was 5 years old...it was so hard but last summer i shaved my head and now honestly i don t pull my hair or play with it like i did and my hair strands are pretty long (and now i kinda grew to love and take care of my hair more than ever) and i can pull but i don t feel the need anymore. its all about programing your brain in a way that benefits you and its such a relieve that my trich kinda disapeared with time ☺️ i still had my reflex to pull my hair but when i didn t have any i just sit along with myself and let myself feel my emotions. i truly recomend shaving your head if you strugle with this and if you still do it shave until you don t but you also need to stop coping and let yourself feel all of your emotions and manifest them!!!

thank you for making this video, im trying to decide if i should shave my head because i’ve been pulling for about 8 years, i’ve debated doing it because it’s so uncommon to see women with short hair. but now half the hair on my head is either gone or only a few inches long.

This broke my heart but also made me feel less alone. I’ve had this disorder for 15 years. These past 3 years have been the worst it’s ever been. I’m debating whether it’s time to finally shave my head as it’s getting harder and harder to cover up my giant bald spots. No one knows about this except my husband and I still feel ashamed to let him see the extent of the damage. My hair was my everything growing up. I was known for having thick and long beautiful brown hair. I loved styling it. Now I keep having to cut it shorter and shorter to try to kick the urge. I hate how my face looks. I worry that by shaving my head, all of my flaws will be exposed. I worry that my husband will find me less attractive even though he’s been my supportive rock for almost half my life. This disorder sucks. I’m so lost.

Praying for you and thank you for sharing, it’s helped me a lot

I also have trich and I'm so proud of you

You're so SO brave!! May I repost this shave?

I don’t pull but I cut, for 28 years, it’s painful and definitely understand the pain learning to love and embrace who I am flaws and all

a year ago I shaved my head for the same reason. I have had trichotillomania since I was 13 and now I'm 24. The day I shaved it was horrible because for me it was something personal that had to be done by myself in intimacy... but my family turned everything into a show and they were laughing and making jokes about it saying that I was crazy for doing that. They didn't even let me shave it by myself; my dad took the shaving machine and did it. My sister's boyfriend was in front of me and he wouldn't stop calling me a boy. I felt awful and I had to pretend that it was a choice and that it was fun, when it wasn't. I used to have pretty long and thick hair and I loved to style it and color it. Having to get rid of it was the most painful decision I ever made and I wasn't even able to grieve about it. I absolutely understand how you feel/felt, because is not something you do for fun, it's something you HAD to do for medical reasons and that really sucks.

I am thinking of shaving my head too. I’ve suffered from Trichotillomania since I was 9, I am now going to be 34 this year.

I had a strength to not to pull my hair for month and later it become much worse. I had really thick beautiful hair and didn’t appreciate it. I was watching at strangers with bad hair or who losing it and was like “gross” and had a thought “I don’t appreciate my hair, it’s such a base and maybe one day I will”. And now I know what I lose. Hope it’ll grow back…

I actually just made a clip of my own thinning hair (also involuntary). One of the first things I mentioned was hair loss being a subject not discussed by an epidemic proportion of women going through it. Granted this is a little different. But I digress: there is a medication called Luvox for obsessive thoughts and behaviors that’s supposed to be a game changer for some. The average antidepressant has been useless in my experience. Something to consider possibly. Of course in the end I say good luck to us all. I actually blame all sorts of new fun disorders on the state of the world and where it’s headed. I sincerely hope things get better. Best we can do is focus on ourselves and live by example. Making vids can be a healthy expression. Anyway, I’ll shut up. Take care stranger ❤️

Beautiful!!!

I’ve been struggling for over ten years and thinking of shaving the front part as that’s where I pull the most, but idk if that will help and how will it look, like a reverse undercut I guess, you’re beautiful and brave btw❤️

I felt course different color hair and said “it’s just a one” and didn’t expect to end up like that

I have had trich for about 6 years now and I had gotten better for 7 months and my hair grew back, it too a lot of strength to not pull but I did it and then about a month ago, I pulled again, I felt like a failure and now I have bald spots again so I am debating whether or not to shave my head because I just hate the way I look right now and my anxiety is getting worse when I go in public

Zoloft was a trigger for my hair pulling, so never taking that medication again. I am on Prozac though, but I don’t think it’s helping anymore….. I so hate Trichotillomania…..I wish there was a cure for it.

I have trich too

We have the same names and trouble… I’m about to do this

I have dermatillomania... sadly i can’t shave off my scalp😭😭 Even after getting a short haircut like I wanted( because part of the reason was that I didn’t care about it) it still came back because of stressful life Do you have any tips??

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