Snow Day

We have a snow day today so I don’t have to go to work.  I’m very thankful that I can go back to bed and get some extra sleep.  However, I can already tell from being up the last 30 minutes, that attempting not to pull (any more) today is going to be a MAJOR [...]

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OMG!! Stop it!

I forgot how much it itches to have new hair growing in.  I am trying SO hard not to just yank everything around it out, but my head itches like I had poison ivy or chicken pox.  I wish I knew of something I could put on it to make it stop, without making my [...]

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Are you serious?

I experienced a new first yesterday at the mall.  I stopped by the Clinique counter to see about a new color scheme for my eyes.  She did a quick application for me and then asked if I used mascara.  I said that I do, but only when I have all my eye lashes.  She replied [...]

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Good & Bad

So the good news is that I went the whole weekend without pulling.  I don’t know how, because I wasn’t actively resisting.  I just didn’t have the temptation really.  So I want to know how to make those days happen more often!!  I just can not figure out why some days it is so easy, [...]

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A day at home

I was planning to work today. Really I was. But the teachers at school didn’t reply to my notes or emails about whether or not they would be in their rooms for make up sessions today (because we had a snow day on Tuesday). So, instead of doing all of that extra [...]

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Weird Day

Today was sort of backwards. Normally I don’t pull during the drive in the morning because I’m eating breakfast or drinking coffee, or it’s colder so I’m more likely to have glove & hat on. This morning, I couldn’t keep myself from pulling for some reason, but then on the way home didn’t [...]

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Jan 23: rough day

Today is a struggle for me. I’m back at work for the first time since last Thursday. So that’s almost a week. I wasn’t feeling so great during the days I wasn’t here, so I did a lot of reading & sleeping. I had my nice fuzzy hats on all weekend. [...]

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The things that help

Sadly, I don’t have much to put in this post. I’ve found very little that helps me to not pull, especially long term. Driving is a constant struggle for me. I wore a wig for 6 years and so when I had that on, it wasn’t as big of an issue. [...]

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Triggers

Those of you who have Trich, or have a similar disorder like OCD, or addictions, probably have heard about triggers.  Triggers are precipitating behaviors or situations where you tend to fall into your disorder more.  For me, reading, computer time, and driving are my biggest triggers.  This made being a commuter student in college really [...]

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Is Trich Genetic?

There’s always been a debate about how much brain chemistry/wiring and environmental factors figure into a person developing trich. I just recently found this article from a couple of years ago (it’s also over in the links section) that talks about it as a possible gene mutation. Is it strange that if that [...]

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