[MeganeNeko]

Most people don't know what having trichotillomania ("trich") is like. So I'm going to share my past and present struggle with it. I'm in my second, almost third, year of high school and I've had trich since I was in my fifth year of elementary school/first year of middle school. That's about 3-4 years. Trich is a very difficult thing to live with, mostly because it can lead to extreme self-consciousness. You know that pulling out your hair (for me it's from my scalp) is painful and can damage your skin, yet you can't stop yourself. For me, I already have depression and social anxiety, so pulling out my hair "brings me back to reality" and "makes me feel in control" . I put that in quotes because that's what I tell myself to make myself feel better. But when I'm hanging out with friends and someone points out a bald spot on my head, I feel so ashamed that I've ripped hair from my scalp so often that my hair is thin and grown unevenly that I just wear a beanie as often as possible to lower the risk of someone seeing my insecurity. There is no cure for trich, but I've found that doing something that makes you happy lessens the desire to pull out hair (but the desire is definitely still there).

[Bill3]

Have you looked into treatment resources and/or therapy? Someone I know used this book and stopped pulling her hair out:

http://www.amazon.com/Hair-Pulling-P...ustomerReviews

There are many other books on amazon as well and I trust therapists in your area. Have you seen/Would you be able to see a therapist?