My life has very much become focused on my hair, there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about it, or pull my hair. For the past 3 years, I don't think I've ever gone a day without pulling my hair.
This thing, it's not given much attention, I didn't even know what it was until I did an Internet search, and through that, not only did I find out that I wasn't alone, but I also found Rebecca Brown. So as I sat there, in tears watching a video which I found incredibly relatable, I guess I tried to deal with it on my own.
Like many, I'm the only person I know (excluding the Internet) who pulls their hair out, I don't know of any others, so it can be incredibly isolating. I kept it a secret for three years.
Late May, I actually informed a teacher of my situation, and managed to confide in her and my drama teacher of what was going on. I'm now currently waiting for cognitive behavioural therapy, later in July.
My hair looks okay, ish. The top of my head, is an ever so small patch where I have pulled a ridiculous amount from, the left side f my hair is choppy, in length it's okay, but later wise, the top of my left side is short, it gets thinner as you go down. Due to this, it flicks (I hate the flicks) then the right side of my hair, I would clarify this as my goal side, I don't pull there, so it looks mostly okay. Split ends are a whole different story, it's horrible but I don't have the courage to get a hair cut, and thankfully my parents laid off hair cuts after learning of my situation (which we are on agreed terms not to speak about)
Here's hoping for nice hair, and a pull free future.
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Trichotillomania - Pulling Through
Non-FictionTrichotillomania, is an OCD categorised mental health issue, which involves compulsive hair pulling. I myself, suffer with this. This is simply me ranting, and writing my experiences about this.
