I'm a long time sufferer of Trichotillomania and involve to stop?
I died my hair a few weeks ago as its so short and disguises the shaved patches when it's blonde, and I be ok very thoroughly mild pulling for a week or two and now I merely can't seem to stop pulling it again.
:( it's really getting me down. I've see countless psycholigists and doctors but nothing have worked. I have so much will power but I don't stop myself until after it's out of my principal. I feel so oblivious to this item that is so transparent.
Any suggestions on how to stop?
I'm a girl shaving my head would be quality of a no.
Answers: I wasn't sure what your condition is, so I did a quick search out for it, which I'm sure you've done. My thought was to first find out more, is it resembling OCD, or more habitual, things similar to that. Anyway, I came upon this website:
http://www.trich.org/about_ttm/success_s...
I read this first page, which you already know adjectives about this condition, but I found the nouns stories interesting and thought you might too. The one "It Can Happen" gave me the opinion of like a total awareness and weaning yourself program. This creature began to sense and become aware of her hand when they were on and around her obverse, picking or just touching it. She realize that it was from her hand being on her obverse, they would move up towards her head and afterwards the pulling would start. As she became aware of her hand on her face and the consequences that would take place after they moved, she reminded herself, thus stopping that behavior BEFORE her hands get to her head. She is also on a latest medication. Reading other's success stories help, support groups really help, even if they are online.
There are so plentiful cognitive behavioral therapies. Like ABC = antecedent, behavior, consequence (antecedent, consequence the before deed - your hands -becoming aware of what their doing up to that time the behavior of pulling hair. This is the hardest division, so you would think. Actually, it can be drastically easy. The trick is to, overtime, become aware. So, respectively time you pull, ponder back to what you be doing with your hand before they get to your head. It may embezzle time. Write it down. First you may remember nothing. It's ok. Next time, you may remember singular pulling, write it down. It's better than first time. 3rd time, you'll probably remember scratching your commander before pulling, write it down. Keep writing. The knob to awareness is repetitveness, observing, sort of looking at yourself from the outside. Also, not of late observing yourself, but everything around you. Omg, other inhabitants too! Wow, watching other people make you really realize how normal you are! Ok....so work on awareness alot, eventually you'll perceive your hands moving toward your director to pull, climax the antecedent mode.
This moves into the behavior mode. Behavior obviously is different contained by everything you are facing. Your behavior is pulling your hair. There are two things I will mention in the order of behavior here. 1. Behavior causes consequences, well brought-up and bad; yours mortal a bad consequence, cause bald patch, bad emotional state, etc. 2. The good entry is that behaviors can be changed. How do we change behaviors? Go vertebrae to the antecedent (the thing going on before the behavior) and work on it until you own become strongly convinced you are aware and the behavior begins to correction itself. NOW THIS BEHAVIOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WITH A GOOD BEHAVIOR. Even as you are becoming aware and weaning, think of something appropriate for yourself and healthy you savour to do that can replace the pulling. It seems as though it would entail to be with your hand. I'm a picker myself, so I eat popcorn..lol...and WAY too much! But I love to crochet. Maybe needlepoint, any craft, reading, manicure your nail, be creative! Just don't make it anything next to your hair or frontage. So, become aware, journal, and renovate the behavior by replacing it.
Okay, now we are to the consequence, which is the second of the ABC, antecedent, behavior, consequence. We know what the consequence is, it's you not being comfortable, feeling oblivious, loss of control, and increased impulsivity. To adjust the consequence (happening (in order) from awareness and then pulling), you own to start at the beginning next to the awareness, the antecedent, then the pulling slowly stops, replacing it near a good behavior. As awareness increases and fitting behaviors occur, devout feelings come rear legs, a sense of self-control increases, impuslivity decrease and you will no longer feel oblivious because you own worked so hard to be more aware. Your self esteem will sky rocket! I know this sounds lengthly, but it's capably worth it. Maybe you've tried it in psychiatric therapy. I wrote to you because I've been contained by therapy for years and years beside many change in psychologist and psychiatrists. It's so frustrating and I know how you touch. Feel free to look me up through my blog, my website is on there and guestbook, thereby giving email info.
You can do this, it is concrete, and you need to know YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Wish you sooo much righteous luck. Please go to that website and read nouns stories and find a support group. www.trich.org
*a trick I use when I replace my picking with another behavior, (com'on I can't other think of something....my mind is within zoneland when I'm pickin...hehe..we know that, right?)..so I just consider of it as "my secret time" sometimes I still pick, but NOW I'M AWARE...I stop myself, and realize it's my covert time, screw crocheting, healthy stuff, blah blah....I can zone if I want, I see tv, really it's going on in environment, I'm not paying a bit of attention. I do soduko, jot resume goin on in cranium, eat popcorn, agree on phone. It's these zillion of things going on that we are escaping from. Just be AWARE and REPLACE.
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