by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Mar 1, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
You have the urge to pull. You can resist the urge, but it can take a lot of effort to do so. If you give in, you may or may not like what you feel after you pull (exhilaration, pleasure), but you probably don’t like how you feel (guilt, shame, despair) or the end...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 23, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People we helped stop pulling hair out, People with trichotillomania
I recently had an initial consultation with a woman – let’s call her Mary – that had been suffering from trichotillomania for 34 years. Mary had tried “everything” to get her urges to pull under control, including many different medications, various forms...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 16, 2012 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania
“I started following my program and I’m pulling MORE – what’s going on?!” The urge to pull that is so prevalent in trichotillomania is caused (in most people) by an imbalance in neurotransmitter function. To correct this imbalance, we have found a...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 9, 2012 | Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
We have covered a number of ways that different environmental and genetic factors could adversely affect trichotillomania in this blog. This post will focus on another common biological cause for neurotransmitter imbalance that can exacerbate or cause...
by Stop Pulling Hair Out | Feb 2, 2012 | How to stop hair pulling, Managing Trichotillomania, People with trichotillomania, Trichotillomania causes
As you read through the numerous articles and research on this blog you will quickly see that we have found that imbalances with certain neurotransmitters (which are brain chemicals that control most of the body’s functions) can lead to a great many disorders,...
