Hi Lola,
I think my advice would be not to read too much about trich. It does sound as though you have it and it sounds as though you can relate it to your episodes of cutting and OCD. At one level they are all strategies for coping with stress and anxiety (which we all experience). I've had trich so long, and it has made a really big impact on my life so I am fully aware that it can be much more complex than that.
But in some ways I wish I had never read all the other accounts of other people's struggles with trich because it has made me focus on it far, far too much and I believe that has made it worse, not better.
If it is not a major problem for you then maybe try and let it be, something that may come and go but doesn't have to become a major preoccupation.
Concentrate on the things you can do to take care of yourself rather than dwelling on the negative, is my current approach. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Lola00
I haven't done much research on this but I believe I have a mild form of it--I pluck hair as a ritual at night to relax I guess, I always have but I am far to vain to do it anywhere you can see it--I used to think it was just that--vanity--my eyebrows could not be out of place, I could not have a stray facial hair, but the older I get I realize I get antsy if I can't do it, because I physically like the way it feels--I am an incest survivor, but feel very well adjusted, I have no self loathing about it. Yet I have also had bouts of cutting, and very mild OCD behavior. But overall I feel good about myself, am I in denial, should I explore this more?
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