[always_em]

My name is Em and I have been struggling with trichotillomania since I was fourteen. Over the past 8 years it has gotten worse and worse. I used to just pull out hair from my scalp, but since that has gotten noticeable I learned to pull in other areas so no one would really notice. I now pull out hair literally everywhere that hair grows on my body. I have yet to meet or talk to anyone who has the same thing going on as me and was hoping to meet others out there so I don't feel so alone in this.

[Rio_]

Hi Em - I've had trichotillomania since I was about 12 or 13, can't remember exactly when I started. I don't know anyone in real life who has it either, this place has been a lot of help as somewhere to talk about it.

Are you in therapy for your trich? I've had therapy a few times for it - after the first time I managed to quit for a year, which I never thought I'd manage! Unfortunately I haven't been able to repeat that since, but at least now I know it's possible. I've managed not to do it for the past week, which is a start...

[Kacey2]

Em and Rio-
I too have trich and it is impossible to stop. I have had it since adolescence which has been over 2/3's of my life. I am in therapy right now for many things and the one thing that frusterates my therapist the most is that I can not find another coping mechanism. It is such a shameful thing for me and I too have never found anyone that had this problem. Keep writing I would love to keep this post going or else maybe even pm me. We could talk privately, it is so uncomfortable to discuss with people that don't get it.

[sane1logic1]

I'm there too. I even do it with scissors (and try to be artistic).

I have sat at the back of a bus and had the bus full of people twiddling their hair several times