how does trichotillomania affect your daily life?
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Tricholtillomania- i need to write that down anyway i have it. For me i have a constant bald spot on the top of my head i can cover with clippies or scrunchie my hair is almost always up. I pluck my armpit hairs, and if it is a really bad day with stress i do it alot more and if i am alone i will pull pubic hair. I am a wife and a mother and other than my mom and my immediate family no one knows i have it. Mine came when i was in 5th grad and i pulled almost ever hair out of my head... kids thought i had cancer and i lied and told them no i had an elergic reaction to a perm. (thats what my mom thought it was and took me to a dermatologist) i never pulled my hair in front of her. Now i dont even feel it, and sometimes i dont even realize i am doing it. my husband yells at me to stop when he notices but during pleasant non stressful times i can go a long time without doing it. Right now we are buying our first house and our closing is coming with moving and being 6 months pregnant i pull often.
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This is a genuine medical condition known as trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is an Impulse Control Disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one's own hair or eyelashes and eyebrows. It can be treated and there are a number of on line help/support groups. See your family doctor for referral to a psychologist if you don't have any luck with a web search - it sounds like you have tried your best on your own and to avoid permanent hair loss it would be useful to seek professional help.
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Nail biting is a common problem that is largely dismissed as a minor nuisance.  It can be anything from a bad habit to a sign of an emotional disorder.\n\nThe research does not agree on an exact cause for nail biting.  It suggests that nail biting can be the result of stress, anxiety, emotional disorders, learned behaviors, or just plain habit. \n\nThe website I've attached gives quite a bit of information on the subject.  I hope this helps.
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I've been there.  I have not been diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder yet, but I do have trichtotillamania.  Trichtotillamania is very similar to OCD because the thoughts are repetitive.  Whenever I get stressed out, I HAVE TO pluck my hairs.  I am very obsessive about germs and counting, avoiding different things, eating an even number of M&M's or chips....making the table look perfectly even...doing things over and over.  I SHOULD be diagnosed, but it is not so much of a problem since it does not interfere with work or school.  Here's what I would recommend....since most people don't understand how the disorder works....\nObviously, try not to think about things, and if you do start thinking about doing something compulsive then you should focus on that and ONLY that, and do it.  It sounds like you aren't suffering from it as much as others that suffer from our problem.  Your treatment should take care of it, and, yes, it is normal for your therapist to be taking her time.\nAs far as depression goes, I was also diagnosed with manic depression.  My birthmother has bipolar disorder.  I'm not going into the differences.  However, I can tell you that Effexor XR helped me.  It may not help you because it depends on the meds they do put you on.  I had to counter the nervous effects of the antidepressant Effexor, with the anti-seizure medicine Neurontin.  So....let your psychiatrist decide what is best for you.  Do not stop taking your pills and tell your therapist if you feel any different.  Keeping a journal will help you keep track.  I hope this helps.  Good luck!
721934
Lots of people have but it made my hair fall out in chunks. I later found out I had hypothyroidism, an under active thyroid gland and when I got it taken care of no more mental problems at all.
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It is just a subconscious action. It is just to see if their hair or nose or something on their face is alright or to fix it, just to reassure themselves there is no problem with their hair or something on their face or nose. If they twirl their hair they can be nervous, shy, or just bored, or it is just something they do automatically when you have nothing to use your hands for, the same way people twist things or drum with their fingers, and in some cases it is just a habit to twirl their hair. It is something to occupy the hands with.
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LOL! I love this question. I have my own theory, and it is partly backed up by a conversation I had with a professor when I was in college.\n\nI think that some people devote most of their energy and time to thinking about the stuff that's going on inside their heads. When you are living a life "of the mind" there probably isn't a lot of time or energy left over for material concerns, including grooming. I read once that Einstein liked tennis shoes because they are comfortable, but that he seldom bothered to tie them because that was just a waste of time to him; he was busy thinking about other things.\n\nI had an art professor in college who is really an expert in his field. He always had a big bushy beard and his hair, while clean, was seldom combed. He would wear jeans with holes in them, and button down shirts that were wrinkled and, more often than not, buttoned incorrectly. More than once, he lectured on stage in shoes that didn't match. One day, we arrived at the lecture hall to find a notice saying that class was cancelled for the week, and that we should all go to the univerity's museum and write about our emotional response to the artwork of our choice. Class would resume the following Monday.\n\nThe following Monday, he showed up in nice dress slacks, dress shirt and tie. His beard had been trimmed and nicely shaped, and his hair had been cut and was neatly combed. We all discussed it and thought it was probably due to an important meeting or something. But he continued to be dressed and groomed that way. At the end of the term, I had an appointment with him to discuss a paper I was working on, and because we had a pretty good relationship, I finally came right out and asked him about the change in his appearance. \n\nHe laughed for a very long time before he gave me an answer. It turns out that he had been named both director of the entire Fine Arts Department and Chairman of the Museum Board. He had to go to meetings with all sorts of important people, including representatives from big museums who lent out artworks for the university's museum. His wife pointed out to him that he might be taken a bit more seriously if he looked a bit more professional. She got him to get a haircut, and he agreed to let her set out his clothing for the next day each night before they went to bed. They had to negotiate on the facial hair. She voted for a clean face, but he said shaving every day takes up too much time, so he agreed to keeping it groomed, and allowing her to trim it and shape it once a week. He told me that he believes strongly in focusing all his energy on one thing. When he is with his kids and wife, he is actively engaged in spending time with them and enjoying their company. When he is writing an article about an artwork, he said he takes pictures of it and posts them all around his house and office space, and keeps a notepad handy so he can jot down ideas as they come to him, and he spends every waking moment thinking about it. He then laughed again and said, "You see, grooming just isn't that important or interesting to me. I bathe regularly, and I wear clean clothes, but other than that, it's just a waste of energy. Luckily, my wife is interested in it and is there to take up the slack and help me out." So now, when I see an unkepmt professor, I just assume he or she is thinking about marvelous, deep things, and not about how they look to the rest of us.
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Memory problems, time management problems,  inability to concentate. Losing things,  bad housekeeping, chronic tardiness often due to having to go back and retrieve forgotten items and then having to search for them.  Trouble sleeping.  Trouble waking up.  Anxiety.  The good news is people with ADHD are usually very creative, original thinkers and people like them in spite of the chaos that surrounds them.  And by them, of course I mean us because I have it big time.
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don't know about that, but I know it can affect your mood and how well you react the next day.  You actually need proper amount of rest.
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how it affect Yor life curly hared brunette.
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ok,... from what i understand from that, is when u want something or when you're studying, you remove your hair from impatience or lack of concentration. You shouldn't do that, because it makes you look like a freak if u pull more hair out.. simply try to concentrate on the task at hand, and if you can't, do something else for the time being, and when you have enough concentration, go back to your initial task...
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Depends on what you're talking about. If you suffer from depression or a mood disorder, prescribed medication will change your life completely for the better. Help you cope, even out mood swings, help you enjoy life. \n\nIf your mind-altering drug use is strictly recreational, it can also change you life, but negatively.
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no but I twirl it when I get bored and pluck my eyebrows. Thier is a condition where people pull thier hair out on purpose. They will also try to pull thier eyelashes out too.
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Yes, if you're constantly worried about other areas of your life, you won't have time to look after the other areas.  If you're too uptight about other things, your libido can suffer as can your ability to relate to other people.
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haha good question. i hav one for each mood. when im stressed like nervous or angry i break my nails off which is annooying cause it takes me ages to get them nice. when im impatient i shake my foot, every1 knowas this which is quite funny, they go "ohoh shes shakin the foot!" haha. a couple of gross habits 4 ya: i eat the krusty bits off the top of ketchup and toothpaste, i love the feelin of it in my mouth! hhhmmm wot else?? ill get back 2 ya if i can think of more! lol
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Research into treatments for trichotillomania has grown steadily over the past decade. Although no one treatment has been found to be effective for everyone, a number of treatment options have shown promise for some people with TTM. TLC will make referrals to practitioners of any of the following therapies, at no charge. \nCognitive-Behavior Therapy\nCognitive-Behavioral Therapy is a form of therapy that seeks to alter behavior by identifying the precise factors that trigger hair pulling and learning skills to interrupt and redirect responses to those triggers. Cognitive-behavioral should be performed by a psychologist trained in this method and well versed in trichotillomania-something that may be easier said than done, as there is not an abundance of psychologists with this specialty. The therapist will encourage hair pullers to develop an increased awareness of the times of day, emotional states, and other factors that promote hair pulling, as an important precursor to being able to control the behavior. Some hair pullers have had success with simple behavioral devices such as putting bandages on their fingers to interfere with pulling, keeping records of their hair pulling, or changing environmental cues that can trigger pulling. \nPharmaceutical Therapy\nA number of medications have shown promise in reducing the severity of TTM symptoms. Most of these fall under the category of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the most commonly known of which is Prozac. The effectiveness of these drugs for hair pulling ranges considerably. A small percentage of people find these drugs to stop their hair pulling completely, while others feel no effect at all. Still other people have found the urges to pull their hair reduced somewhat, for varying periods of time. Researchers are studying the possible benefits of combining drugs with cognitive-behavioral therapy. \nSupport Groups & Sharing\nMany hair pullers have discovered that the shame of being alone and hiding the condition can make it even harder to focus on strategies to reduce pulling. Joining a support group can go a long way toward erasing the shame and making people with TTM feel "normal" again. TLC maintains a database of support groups around the country for people with TTM, and referrals are free. TLC will also assist with the formation of new support groups. Some support groups are entirely peer-run; others are run by a mental health professional. Many groups feature a "check-in" time-a time for members to report on their progress-which can help reduce pulling. \nAlternative Therapies\nThere are anecdotal reports that several alternative therapies, including hypnosis, biofeedback, dietary changes, and exercise, among others, have been found helpful by many people.
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i myself have trichotillmanaia,but not as severely as yours,not quit sure if this article may help you but im willing to try.