by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 7, 2013 | People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I just got off the phone with a young woman (13 years old) and her mother. The young woman, let’s call her Angie, has been suffering from trich for a couple years but seeing great improvements with amino acid therapy. In the course of our conversation, I found out...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 31, 2013 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
We’ve been working with people with trichotillomania from all over the world for many years now and have shared numerous stories of their journeys, successes and setbacks in this blog. I’d like to know more about you – the thousands of people that read this blog every...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 24, 2013 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
The holidays were supposed to be a time of good cheer, good friends and for many, a time to reaffirm our faith in a higher-power and to give thanks for all we have. It is also a time of high stress, expectation, disappointment, sweets, erratic sleep schedules, final...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 17, 2013 | People with trichotillomania, Support for trichotillomania
Trichotillomania affects a lot of kids; conservative estimates place it between 0.6% and 2.5% of children, although the actual number is probably much higher. More important than the prevalence of trichotillomania in our children is the impact that trichotillomania...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Jan 10, 2013 | People with trichotillomania
Children with trichotillomania are fighting an uphill battle. They often experience overwhelming urges to pull their hair out no matter how badly they don’t want to. Friends and family members start to shun or ridicule them. Parents tell them to “just stop”. They may...
