my mother shames me everytime she looks at my bald spots or thinks it is choice, she often asks me why do I pull out my hair? she doesn't understand how badly I already shame myself
mich2014 Parents make it so much harder when they don't understand or refuse to learn. Humiliation and shame is all they know when that happens. Please don't let that get to you - there is an entire community of people who do understand what you're going through and through them you will find support. Don't give up!
Don't let it get to you. You are beautiful and perfect in every way. Trich is just a small part of your life. I think I'm finally realizing that after having it since 5th grade. (3 years)
mich2014 my mom used to do that too but it's cause they don't understand. Once she started to understand she stoped doing it she feels really bad about it now
When and how did you find out im a male 13 who has growned out my hair for a couple years and then I started pulling out the front of my hair but it's not like I can do anything
Poisemn i was diagnosed when i was 11 maybe?? i gave myself bald spots around my head. there are therapists who specialize in treating it, it’s really hard to try and treat alone.
My worst stage was when I was in the 5th grade. I had patches of missing hair on my head. I did it without thinking, only now 15yrs later that my mom told me it was a disorder. I looked it up, and turns out many ppl have it too. Im 20 now and its not had bad as it was back then but I still pull my hair out. From my arms, legs, and head. Feels good for some reason.
I am 16 and i do that 2 .it started at 14 year olds specially when am standing or iam nervous and my mother always tell me to not do that but i cant control myself
I found this so relatable to my life i burst into tears within the first few minutes. No one seems to understand how embarrassing having to cover up inches of bald spots can be...
Trust me, I understand. Sometimes I take pictures of the progress of how much hair I’ve grown, and within days it’s gone. I hate myself for it. But you’re not alone. ❤️
Wish more people would talk about it. I had never heard about it until about a year ago. I went more than 15 years without knowing I actually had trich, kind of crazy if you ask me.
Cathrine Lundqvist Crazy indeed. I was very ashamed of it &figured I was the only person in the world who pulled her hair out, wondering why on earth did I do it. that presumption persisted for roughly 10 years my case.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I was moved to tears because I felt exactly how you felt. Afraid to look in the mirror, afraid to see how much hair Ive pulled out. Afraid to tell anyone, afraid that people would call me crazy. Afraid to get into a swimming pool because I cant get my hair wet in public cos the bald patches would look more obvious. Afraid to get too close to anyone because at some point, they will ask me about my hair and expect me to tell them the truth, eventhough I am not ready to talk about it with anyone. I never believed that I was beautiful. In fact, I cringed when people came up to me to tell me that I look good/beautiful. Any compliments about my looks made me cringe and shy far away from the person. I did not believe them because Im wearing a wig. I never see myself as beautiful. Im 34yrs old and it started when i was 12yrs old. Thanks for being such an inspiration. ❤
Crystel G what you speak is my life, I’m 35 been doing it since 14. We can do this.... I sometimes feel this is some kind of punishment for being too vain in a past life LOL just a theory.
I have overcome it. I have my eyebrows back. There are occasional moments when I put hands next to my eyebrows and touch them (e.g. during touch study sessions), but I don't pull them anymore. I don't wake up with unconsciously pulling my hair out, nor do I go to sleep only after I had my ritual. To all people out there who suffer with this: you can do this. I like being in control and I usually can control enough things in my life so it hit me really hard when I had to accept that I could not control my own hands. That being going on for years. It seemed like it passed and then it would come back, bringing this OCD satisfaction with it. My mother would call me a psycho and tell me to "just stop", but we all know how it works (it doesn't.) My best piece of advice: take it slow. I tried billion times to tell myself "ok, as of now, no more!". No. It doesn't work and then you end up feeling bad about failing yourself. I started step-by-step: 1. Try to notice when you do it - it got so bad that I wouldn't even notice immediately. I would wake up and pull my hair out being barely awake. 2. Noticed after some minutes? Great. Now put your hand down. You can't? Okay, take a few more out and then put them down and focus on something else for now (Rubik's cube, typing, walking, driving, anything that keeps your hands busy and makes it inconvenient to pull your hair). 3. Recognize the urge. It's hard to get to this step. But you will. Not necessarily resist in this step. Just recognize it before you do it (in step 1 we recognized what's happening after we were already doing it). 4. Pull less hair during your rituals (that you learnt to recognize) and keep yourself busy. 5. Try to resist as many urges as you can. The best way is not actively resisting it, it's keeping yourself busy. Eventually you will slowly progress to more and more hair present on your spots and less severe urges. And eventually even if you get the urge, it's becoming tiring to follow the compulsive procedure and easier to switch to something else and go about your life. I have not shared my story but I don't feel ashamed to do so if it helps at least someone, which I hope it does.
I started having this since I was in kindergarten and my grandma realized the balding. She told my mom and dad about how weird I was. As I grew up into a teenager, my mom kept questioning and used to yell at me "what's wrong with you?! are you having mental illness or something?" and sounded so ashamed and disgusted of what I had done to my hair (and later eyelashes). That was the time when I felt like I did a completely terrible thing but I didn't even know how to 'fix' myself, and I had to cover it up. I found out several years ago. I wish I could stop lol. It makes me so depressed that I can't even be myself around my family, have to hide this from them (they never try to find out that I'm suffering from trich), and have literally no one to share this with. But watching this video makes me realize that I'm not alone. It feels like breathing fresh air. Thank you for sharing, you're beautiful.
I miss going to the salon to have a hair cut and my hair professionally dyed. I am so ashamed of my hair/bald patches. The last time I went to get my hair done at a salon was 5 years ago, and the hairdresser parted my hair, took the small short patches at the back of my head and asked me what happened? I lied and told her I burnt my hair off with a hair curler... since then I never went back to get my hair done.. I cut the ends of my hair myself and I dye my hair at home... But I'm getting tired of doing that, I miss the luxury of having it being done for me, professionally. I'm just too ashamed.
Tanya, don't let trich stop You from what makes You feel beautiful and comfortable. Find a hairdresser, contact him/her before visiting and explain that You have this hair pulling problem. Ask if it's possible to come at time when there are no customers or less than normally. I know it takes guts and effort, but trust me - it's worth it! I suffer from trich since I was 13 and now I'm 24. At least once a year I visit professional hair salon and with each time it really gets easier
you should fid a hairdresser you feel comfortable with. I have had the same lady for 13 years, and she is invaluable to me. she lets me know when it looks better and worse than othe rtimes too. She asks me if I've been stressed, we talk, it's wonderful. She makesthe hair I still have looks it's best.
Bless you I feel the same , you can find a caring hairdresser, I did , but I m still ashamed and do it myself too. It hurts me deep inside, I feel yr pain xxxxx
@@dorota8454 if you were to give advice to an eleven year old girl (my sister) about how to love yourself and feel beautiful even if you have trichotillomania, what might you say?
I was 5 years old when I first pulled. I took every eyelash off my eyelids. My mother screamed. It is so nice to be able to resonate with others about this. And in general that this has a name. This ted talk is so accurate and beautifully done.
Wow, I did this at age five too. I only learned that trich was a thing this year, and it's really moving to hear all of these accounts and know that there are others like me.
I'm not longer scared to offend people visually. I repeat that to myself every day before leaving my house for work. But later find myself painting my scalp with crayon for fear to be ashamed. I've suffered from Trichotilomania for the past 12 years and I'm desperate. I've gotten to the point where I don't get up from my seat at my office for 8 hrs because of Fear of people seeing my clear scalp. I wish people could just shut up and ignore me. Thank you God for this speech there are times when I feel so alone. This helped me a lot.
i think it’s really important that she emphasized her compulsion is not a moral failure. I really needed to hear this because I often see my mental/physical health mistakes as reasons to label myself as a bad person, undeserving and incapable. Trich really does a number on your self-esteem, especially in a culture that equates female beauty with cleanliness and goodness. Its assuring but also enlightening to hear someone deconstruct that- thank you
She's right about trich. It isn't something you can just get over with the snap of your fingers. I've had to wear a hat for my trich since the fifth grade. I actually started developing trichotillomania and dermatillomania around the second grade. (They are sister disorders and often show up together.) I'm actually close to entering college and I still haven't gotten over it. I have so many scars from my constant picking and pulling. I've actually been asked on many occasions if I had cancer because it was so bad. I've managed to reduce the hair puling, but it is never gone. I wish the best of luck to everyone else who has to deal with it. You are so amazing to show any confidence in yourself when you have this. I've always hidden in my hat and jacket even when it was 100+ degrees outside.
Poke-talia I knew about trich for a while now, and i was able to stop pulling, however i moved on to pulling my skin, and i never knew what that was, and im pretty sure i have dermatillomania. thank you for making me aware of this
Ive been suffering from this since I was in 5th grade. I often wore my hair up and hats to hide it. I stopped when I got into seventh grade and a year later, I starting again. The only people that have noticed is my best friend and several teachers. I know that people think it's gross and I should stop, but I can't. I need help but people just think I'm doing it for attention. I just can't help it and people don't understand.
You sound sad and I feel for you. It is an unforgiving thing- I have it too. But, in my lifetime I've stopped & started many times. I currently have pulled most of my hair out which is a first but perhaps it's because I wear a wig? It gives me respite from feeling humiliated! Wishing peace to you💛
I cried watching this video, it feels good to know that you're not alone.. I've been suffering from this for now 4 years, and when it stopped for some time, quarantine arrived lol,and it made trich come back, I wish I'll be able to overcome this,I'll work hard to do it, good luck for all of you guys who struggle from this,just know you're not alone ❤
This was so great to listen to. everyone with Trichotilomania thinks they are alone when in reality, it is so incredibly common. I can relate to a lot of the feelings she was expressing. I pulled my hair (mostly split ends) for 5 years. I feel like it's a coping mechanism to help with anxiety however, whenever I would catch myself touching my hair I would just get more anxious and upset with myself. A week ago, I went to a hypnotherapist that was recommended to me. I know, this sounds crazy but I have tried literally everything I could think of in the hopes of quitting. NOTHING worked! I found myself feeling desperate. I am so happy to say that I haven't even felt the urge to touch my hair in an entire week!! I never ever thought this was possible as it used to be almost impossible for me to go an hour without touching my hair. It brings me to tears to think about. My hair can finally grow past my shoulders again! I can't wait. If any of you have the means and the resources, I highly recommend giving it a try. I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulder.
i started crying during this. ive been doing it since i was 4 years old. it started with my eyebrows and moved to my legs and ive been doing it ever since. in 6th grade i got bangs to cover my face and have had them ever since. my senior year of high school i started drawing them in. I am almost 19 years old now and i honestly dont know how to deal with it anymore. To be honest, i dont have any eyebrow hair anymore and i pluck whatever grows in. I've done swim team since i was seven and i really dont know how i've made it this far. People used to ask me in elementary why i didn't have eyebrows and i couldn't answer them, be it too embarrassed or too ashamed to tell the truth. I've told maybe 5 people the real reason. lowkey tho im dating someone right now and dont know how to tell him lmaoooo guys
I want to share something with you guys, I know it's not a solution for what is happening inside of us that makes us do the things we do, but at least it helped with my hair. I wore a wig the whole time but I kept pulling anyway, pushing it with my fingers, but then I figured that at the wig store in which there were hairdressers, I could actually braid the wig into the the hair i have left, or even stick it with glue that was safe to use on the scalp. I kept it that way for almost 6 months and was going to the hairdresser everytime to wash it and then stick it again and my hair was healthy and growing through out that time and i was happy with the progress everytime i went. and now i took off the wig, my hair is full and healthy, a long pixie, i wont say that im not pulling anymore, but the urges are not as powerfull and i can stop more easily with pulling and i have no bald patches anymore. im still struggling but im definitely more confident. just wanted to share.
If there is anyone currently dealing with this it would be great to get in contact with you. I’ve been pulling my hair for 13 years. I’ll be 25 this year. It’s embarrassing and shameful but it’s not an act I can just stop. Even when I pull I think to myself, ‘I need to stop’ but continue to pull anyway. Even when I have a friend tell me to stop or do something else with my hands, it just makes me angry and embarrassed. Not because of them but because my action is being noticed and called out. So any support would be great.
Angela Murray Well! I’m sending courage your way! 💖💖💖 Let me know how Hypnotherapy goes. I recently started counseling. It’s only been two sessions but it’s a start. We all have to start somewhere.
I know this was years ago-but you are amazing and brave and wonderful and beautiful. I have a person very close to me with Trich and I get it, most of it is society-we all need to see a person as a valuable person regardless of the exteriors. ❤ I hope you are having a fabulous and full life with people who love you:)
My hair was always the one thing people would compliment me on and now I have little bald patches and short bits of hair sticking up everywhere, who knew it would be so hard to stop pulling out your own hair
Thank you for this Ted Talks.. Thank you for this Elizabeth... Thank you for making me feel less alone in this world.. thank you for speaking what I couldnt.. what I still cannot talk about..you put all my feelings in the last 5 years into your speech and this made me feel so much better.. maybe the world will never change the way they look at us.. But I sure will change the way I look at myself...
Wow ..this is a world phenomenon..ha ha ha I thought I was the special one..I must give credit to my hair, it grows back every time...best wishes every one ...keep fighting
It is so good for my soul to read all this comments. In my life, since trich has started when I was a child, I've always felt so abandoned in this condition. Realizing that many others in the world felt the same way as me is fking absurd, at the same time so important to me.
I've been doing this since 14, I'm 66 now it causes me physical harm I landed in the hospital cause it caused so MUCH stress, very, very depressing to me
عمري 28 سنه اعاني من هذه الحاله منذ كان عمري 13 سنه لم افهم بعض كلامك لكني شعرت بماتقولين انه شي خانق ومؤلم ان امر وكثير بهذه الحاله انتي شجاعه سعيده بما حصل لك ادعو لك بكل خير انه شعور صعب ان تستغرق في نتف شعر الراس ساعات طويله دون ان اشعر ثم انظف مكاني ابكي كثيرا بداخلي ..
I really hate that people seem to forget that trichotillomania isn’t just pulling from your head... it’s hair from your head, eyelashes, eyebrows, and other places. I’ve been pulling for 8 years from my eyelashes and my eyelashes only.
Lisa Doan hey just wanted to let you know there are great support groups on. Facebook that are private and have over 13k members so we can help each other dealing with this
The other day I got told that I was an attention whore because of my trich, by someone I though I could trust, that I loved, it broke me, but I'm gonna fight through
I have Trichotillomania and as I was watching this I was taking off my fake eyelashes I use to cover up the huge gaps on my eyelid, so thanks for reminding me that there are plenty of other people suffering from trich with me and not to be ashamed
Janae Brooks, if you were to give advice to an eleven year old girl (my sister) about how to love yourself and feel beautiful even if you have trichotillomania, what might you say?
My family always supports me .. but people around you is always laugh and dig at you.. i feel your pain.. but now i am trich free after 24 years.. i wish you will also forget this habit as soon as possible ☺
i´m so scared after 27 years of pulling and being completely bald , not having the urge to pull anymore my hair will never grow back. i am wearing wigs and only hope it will grow back. i am so tired of searching, paying, wearing wigs. but so scared i did too much damage over 27 years of pulling. 16 years after pulling my hair grew back completely. but now it hasn´t grown for a long time.. . stopping is one thing. but if it is not growing back, its the worst feeling you could ever imagine.
I tell my foster mum that I'm not pulling my hair, eyebrows and eyelashes everyday just to make her happy. I've never told a doctor and had a diagnoses but I know I have it. It's come to the point where I only have a few eyelashes (or none at all) and patches in my eyebrows and my hair as well. I gladly hide the patches in my eyebrows and eyelashes with makeup and putting my hair in a certain hairstyle everyday, but it comes to a point where I get bored of the same hairstyle everyday and sometimes I dont want to wear makeup everyday to school cause I dont have the time and energy. I just wish people can except that this does exist and people won't judge you for it. Im glad this video up on a big platform like because more people need to understand the effects it has on the person doing the pulling and how people can cope with it.
rose dawson that makes me sad/angry! I was too..wearing a beany to school when it's 100 degrees is no fun. Kids are cruel. I hope you have some good, loving family/friends support!!
I was bullied too... getting called out for having extremely thin hair and bald patches when everyone has very thick hair, and getting yelled at by my best friend telling me to “just stop”. It’s... harder than I thought and there’s no one to help me.
There is a hypnosis video on RU-vid for trich, it’s by a channel called free hypnosis sessions I think? It helps me stop for long periods of time I think you all should give it a shot
I used to think I have alopecia, until my psychiatrist pointed out to me it's actually Tricho. I've been shaving my hair and beard weekly for years now. I'm trying to change this by trying a shock-watch called Pavlok. I really hope it works well, because it's been affected me emotionally and self-esteem wise. This video resonated with me so much. If anyone with Trich got experience to share with me, please do. I want all the useful information/tips/experience you can share. Thank you :D
It's very hard to stop. I started pulling out my lashes when I was around 15. I'm now 50+ years. I still struggle. I have to remain conscious of this at all times and re-direct my anxiety. I hide behind liquid eyeliner and glasses. I push myself, daily, not to pull. This is my first time admitting to ANYONE that I struggle with Trichotillomania. ☺
Craig Clery, if you were to give advice to an eleven year old girl (my sister) about how to love yourself and feel good about yourself even if you have trichotillomania, what might you say?
@@morgan2960Hi there, I'm glad to say since I wrote that last comment that this year has been a lot better, I still have it, but it has been more controlled and less prevalent around my eyes. My advice for her would to be ahead of it, in that it is not her will that is forcing her to pull but a sickness of spirit. My worst fears were people noticing it. I would strongly reccomend a professional psychologist and hypnotherapy.
"I used to cover my patch with dark eyeshadow'. - Me too, 43 yrs of pulling. Today I realised that it's not my fault - it's somehow within me. There are more of us than we know as we don't tend to talk about it so openly for fear of shame. It's been a long 43 yrs
Annie E, if you were to give advice to an eleven year old girl (my sister) about how to love yourself and feel beautiful even if you have trichotillomania, what might you say?
hi. i'm johanna, and i have trich. it started when i was in third grade, and ive had it for a couple of years. i pluck every day and i hate it. im trying so hard to stop, it's so obvious that i have no hair, but i just cant. it's like an addiction.
I actually just got diagnosed with this at frist almost for like 2 years i hid it from everyone even from my mom whom i told everything yesterday i decided to finnaly resarch about it and got to know this but now i feel more better cause i told my mom my dad and they are helping me get though this which im really grateful about and one last msg for alll of u before i go WE ARE NOT ALONE IM THERE WITH U U ARE THERE WITH ME WE WILL FOGHT THIS TOGHTER ! WE CAN DO THIS a lil tip:- (which i started to followw yesterday) get a hairband and put it on and tie ur hair in a bun so its harder to reach ur hair and if u feel oike doing so fold ur hands or call somebody u love nad tell them or just do something else Or COME TO MY COMMENT AND COMMENT SOMETHING 🙂 ONCE AGIN REMEMBER WE ARE NOT ALONE WE CAN DO THIS AND FIGHT THIS TOGHTER ❤
This hit me so hard. I've been going through trich for years and it got worse when I was attending university. It just became a way for me to relieve stress and most of the time I just find my hands running through my hair and feeling every strand, looking for a thick one with rough texture and then pulling them out. My hair's gone thin and I have tiny bald spots that putting my hair up or down is hard. I'm scared to touch my hair and washing is really hard because I'm afraid they'll fall off. I'm afraid I have ruined my scalp and that my hair will stop growing, that I will have to live with these tiny bald spots growing until I have no hair left on my head. I wish it's a choice but I just can't stop. I do it unconsciously. I'm terrified people will notice, I have social anxiety issues too so I can't handle the emotions of being scared that I will be embarrassed for having trich. I don't even know how I'll explain it if ever someone will notice. So far no one has made a comment about it but a nagging part of me keeps telling me that some already have but they're just laughing behind my back. I want to stop but unlike my skin picking behavior (I used to pick the skin on my lips), trich is harder to control. I can't explain how much better I felt knowing now that there are other people like me. I'm scared of being judged. Especially that I have a degree and license on the psychology field. My parents can't even accept the fact that I can be stressed and have social anxiety because they think the years of studying about mental health should make me immuned. I hope more people will understand that trichotillomania is real and it's not something we can escape from overnight
i don’t know who sees this but please reach out to me. i have suffered through this in waves. some very worse than others. Let me help you, i want to help you. we can get through this. i promise you.
I am 12 and have trichotillomania i started when i was 9. I pulled out a few eyelashes and i got hooked by the middle of 6th grade i had huge gaps in my lashes. My parents of coure were angry they would say they would take my phone and tablet away if they caught me plucking the start of 7th grade i stopped......but i started pulling my hair i have a bald spot on my scalp. When i noticed it i broke down in tears how could i do this to myself. I am trying to stop
no ne .. your parents should be supporting you...helping you, not punishing you. Trich is not something we choose ! I feel for you sweetie 💗..I have a niece your age and this is the advice I would give her. Talk to your mom please. I'm sure she's just as scared as you. She doesn't understand what's happening to her daughter ( I'm assuming). I hope to God she listens I really do. My mom if I remember ( it's been SO many years) took me to therapy while my dad called me names ( weird, what's wrong with her, etc)...all the while I was wearing hats to school. You know that the more stressed out you are, the more you pull. It's hard to confide in friends without fear of being judged, laughed at or called a freak. WE know it's beyond our control, they don't know that. Jeez back when I was in middle school, even the TEACHERS were allowed to be rude lol! Pls find someone that you can confide in, to help you. Trust me...this is a terrible disorder to carry on your small shoulders all alone. 💗
No ne.. I can feel you my dear. Don't worry and be strong to fight it and know deep inside you are beautiful no matter what. Keep having confidence in your self. I'm 36 years old now and I do have this problem too since I was 8 years old. When I was at your age my parents used to beat me to stop doing what I was doing. I love my parents and I do understand how they felt back then, and It was beyond their ability to hold their sadness and anger as they were seeing their child is disturbing his own image, and I really forgive them for what they did. I advice you my young friend to talk to your parents about your problem. They will sure listen to you and provide ever possible help you need because they love you unconditionally. Stay strong and never ever care about any bully and stand strong in front of them and own your respect. Keep your self busy with the things you love to do. Do sports, go for swimming, learn some martial arts. These will boost your confidence, break any stress you have, and more, will keep you busy from these urges. Remember stress is the fuel of trichotillomania. Once you cut off the fuel, they fire will stop. Stay strong my friend 💪😊
My daughter is 11 and started pulling her eye lashes out a few weeksago. Slowly she lost clumps of lashes and now there are big bare spots. She is afraid to go to school tomorrow because she realized tonight just how noticeable it is. I reassured her that it's not her fault and that shes still beautiful and so are you. It's not your fault. .
trichotillomania is wearing headbands or hats at all times to cover the huge bald spot on your head. i’m so over it. i am ready to stop for good. i want my life and confidence back.
Electro-Shock Blues, if you were to give advice to an eleven year old girl (my sister) about how to love yourself and feel beautiful even if you have trichotillomania, what might you say?
@@morgan2960first of all you’re an AMAZING sister!! i’m 14 and i do it too. even though you commented this 3 years ago i can guess that your sister still pulls. i would say hair does NOT define beauty! i had a friend who had cancer and i thought she was so pretty even though she was bald. it does get tough but never give up! you are not alone! self love is something everyone should have weather you pull your hair or not. once your learn to love yourself you won’t have to worry about what others will say about your bald spots. tell her that even though i don’t know her i lover her and care for her❤
I'm still struggling with this problem. No one understands that it's not a choice. I tear up when i look at my hair in the mirror. The more i try to stop, the more damage i in cure on my hair and self image. I really wish there was some pill to cure me. It i very depressing. Every single thing she said is the truth. People feel disgusted and conclude you are abnormal or crazy and for the very few i opened up to, they look at me in great disbelief and levity. Probably thinking i'm just purely insane.
Its hard when people just dont understand. Do people really think that we like to do the things we do? When we dont even want to do that to ourselves and still be ashamed but that dont count that does not matter. We just love to pull or pick and bit etc. No people we dont want to do that we want to get better. And have help and get strong and be better. Dont talk unless you understand thats how i feel. but i over come the majority still lacking in certain areas but i trust in God.
I have had trichotillomania since last year but since I wear hijab I can hide it, but at home or whenever I’m with my friends, I get really self conscious. I try to hide it by tying my hair up into a huge bun but even then, I get a lot of questions and concerns. It’s a whole cycle of it improving and getting worse again. So I bought a hair fibre and it sort of changed my life, I just tap it onto my bald spots and it somewhat disappear despite it being the size of my palm. I haven’t gone to the saloon in years but I do wish one day I could go there and do my hair :( I don’t blame people around me for not understanding since it’s not too common, so only in the bathroom will I see the true me.
This makes me cry choke up and want to stop . 24 yrs of it . I'm a cosmetologist and 30 year veteran. No drugs help m will my hair grow back to where it used to be ? I'm at a loss. Help
I'm suffering from trich since last 8 years ...now I'm 15 and I cannot stop plucking my hair out. Someone please help me out it's makes me feel like I'm killing myself day by day💔 How can I stop plucking my hair ?
I have SEVERE trich, most of the back of my head is shredded up. Idk if there's varying degrees, but I was dealt a royal flush. I've been doing it since I was a 14 year old. I'm 32 now and I have bald patches that will NEVER grow back. I'm doomed to wear a beanie forever. My mom used to color in the patches with a sharpie. People don't understand why you do it. Honestly neither do I. But this is how things are. I've just had to deal with it. From what I've come to understand, it's not common in males, so I'm an outlier.I just wish every day that I didn't suffer from this. I had BEAUTIFUL hair. Hair like that dude from Stranger Things. The big perfect 80's male hair poof! That's not the case anymore. When I'm asked to take my beanie or hat off, I fall into full panic mode. I wish more people knew about this. When random strangers ask I just kinda laugh and tell them It's Mange. They usually just shut up and walk off....
Why not learn to meditate? Youll develop a strong connection and awareness between your mind and body and somehow youll find what it is in you or what part of you getting the pleasure of it and maybe youll control it in time when you are much aware of it. I also wonder in this very modern world when we can send people to outer space or other planet but no one can still find a cure for it. Maybe beacause we humas are good in controlling something outside of us but not something within us.
I’m 12. Started when I was around 8, not knowing until a year ago. It’s not my head, just my eyebrows which I am very great full for. It’s soooo hard to go out, looking like an alien (which I get called) since I have no eyebrows.
My mom had trich and she went bald when she was 16, she says that she stopped because she was embarrassed and was busy....now I have trich.... 3 bald spots, pony tails are my only way to hide it. I am thinking of shaving my head but I am kind of scared
