Category: Trich or Trust
Information about trichotillomania – symptoms, triggers, facts and figures.
Half Bald or Half Hairy?
Yesterday my youngest daughter and I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, the closest “big” city, to shop and for me to sit for the first session of my next tattoo. It was an incredible day with us stumbling upon two unbelievable sales at JC Penney and Ann Taylor Loft. We came away with 13 items for … read more
And then there was JOY
So many wonderful things have happened since I last sat down to write. Its been forever and a day, I know, but its only because I’ve been so busy and, I suppose, content. The 18 month anniversary of the great head-shaving incident is upon us, and amazingly, I am still not pulling out my hair. … read more
The Gallery Reception
It took two doses of Klonopin to get me through that gallery reception. The only thing more terrifying than having my head shaved was standing in the middle of a room surrounded by giant photographs of me having my head shaved The images are beautiful, and if there was another face in those pictures, I’d … read more
Just Breathe
On December 13, six months after shaving my head, I wrote about the meditation practice I use to get past the urge to pull out my hair. Step One: Close my eyes Step Two: Breathe Deeply… Little did I know that just one month later this would become a virtually impossible task. My workplace is … read more
183 Days
Close eyes Breathe deeply Relax your neck, shoulders, arms, legs… Ask the question: Why do I want to pull out that hair? Its been six months since I shaved my head, and I find myself becoming more and more aware of the physical need to pull my hair out. When I go too long between … read more
The Cost of Materialism
In my attempt to overcome trichotillomania, I have been seeking to identify stressors in my life and eliminate them. For the past two-plus years I have worked a job that could most succinctly be described as grueling. (There are a lot of other words to describe it, but I’ll keep this P.G.) My coworkers and … read more
Moonshine May Have Been Involved
After two years of planning, preparing, and procrastinating, the day had arrived to follow through with my terrifying intentions. As always, my trusted friend and artist extraordinaire, Marsha Foster, was at my side, snapping away, asking the hard questions and recording my emotional responses. To a certain extent, it felt as though I was behind … read more
It’s My Prerogative to Change My Mind!
In very simple terms, because I need as many one syllable words as possible to understand science-y stuff, here’s how the brain forms neural pathways. (I borrowed all of this information from the link below, because they did such an amazing job of putting this in terms even my non-math/science brain was able to understand.) … read more
It’s a Jungle In There
I’d all but given up hope on ever overcoming trichotillomania, but as I listened to that man talk about neural pathways and porn, I knew I’d discovered a piece of the puzzle. Rick and I were mentors in a premarital counseling group. We, along with other long-time married folks, were paired up with soon-to-be wed … read more