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Originally Posted by Spike99
I was doing good, and the hair was growing again, but last night was stressful for me, (Emetophobia), and then my AP Exam is next week.
Last school year, I took my first AP Exam and I failed it, but this year I have tried harder and I understand History better.
Emetophobia has made me more paranoid, which increased OCD. I notice the more stressed I am, the more I want to pull my hair.
Does an urge have a ''tickle'' or weird feeling in your scalp when you think about it?
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It kind of does, but for me it was more of an odd compulsion to pull. Stress was huge factor for me also, but over the past two years I have been doing very well with not pulling my hair due to relaxation techniques I used, like taking deep breaths when I felt the urge or if I was just sitting and doing nothing and I felt the urge to pull, I would doodle or distract myself in another way. I know this sounds really silly, but if you are alone and in a situation where you might want to pull wear a hat and tuck your hair into the hat after putting it into a ponytail, or use band aids On your fingers so the hair slips through them.
I hope this helps, as I know how hard it is to talk to non-trich people about having trich; they just don't understand the compulsions to rip your hair out.(when I put it that way it sounds bad doesn't it
) Honestly, I don't either sometimes. I guess it just comes over us?
Lots of good wishes and prayers,
A Friend
