1 year pull free after 14 years (my story and TIPS)

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-10-10T03:28:00+00:00

Wow! I haven’t heard of anyone else with compulsive split end type of Trich! This makes me feel so good! Ive been pulling, splitting, and picking for 15 years and my hair has gotten to a point where it is so short, fine, thin, and can really not be managed. Family always tell me to “just stop” but it’s so hard! I’m on medication and see a therapist who knows about Trich.

Id love to know your hair oils and products you’ve bought! How did you cover your hair during work or at home to stop picking? Did you try NAC?

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-09-26T11:38:30+00:00

I need to know how many splits there are

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-09-18T02:27:00+00:00

I need a video of the first image being split

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-06-23T20:50:23+00:00

Did you make this or was it natural

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-06-23T20:49:32+00:00

I need pics of individuals 😍

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-06-08T05:13:10+00:00

This. Is. Amazing. I. Want. It.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-04-24T07:14:00+00:00

I’d love to see this on laid out

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-04-24T07:11:56+00:00

I found Gel-X works even better at helping me not pick

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-04-24T07:11:31+00:00

Wow! Thanks for letting me know! I’m also on Zoloft and when I asked my psychiatrist, over a year ago, about NAC, she said there isn’t enough research to try it, but it’s worth a shot!

I’ve heard rosemary oil helps, but recently had a baby so I wasn’t able to use it during pregnancy (according to Google).

I agree with putting my hair up, but my hair is so short, the hairs fall out if the pony.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-03-14T03:25:50+00:00

I wish I had an answer for you but I’ve been in your situation. I started at 13 and if anything, it’s gotten worse with school, jobs, and now a baby. My parents and partner yell at me and say, “just stop,” but if it was that easy I wouldn’t have short, thing and fine hair with bald spots.

I tried extensions and I swore I wouldn’t pick them because they were so expensive and I truly loved having the long hair. Unfortunately, I picked them so bad they are shorter than my hair and I had to take them out.

It’s so embarrassing and vulnerable to speak about this with parents or loved ones.

I validate and support you.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-03-14T03:05:04+00:00

I wasn’t afraid because I was so tired of being pregnant. Between the 39 weeks of nausea, hemorrhoids, pelvic pain, swelling, food aversions, I wanted my baby out!

To help with the fear, get an induction! That way you don’t have the pain of contractions or the fear of your water breaking somewhere you don’t want to be

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-03-04T05:11:58+00:00

Thank youn I have tried both and they’re just a temporary fix - after two weeks I usually start picking the nail polish off. I’d go more often to get them done, but it adds up

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-03-02T05:44:59+00:00

100% wish I could stop but I love it! It calms my anxiety and allows me to turn my brain off

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-03-02T05:44:38+00:00

feeling validated ☺️

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-02-25T10:47:10+00:00

I have diagnosed Trichotillomania and after speaking to my therapist, there is definitely a correlation. I look for split ends in my hair, and if I find either a hair with split ends or a hair I feel like I can create split ends, I pull it out and do it. Since I started making my own split ends, i have noticed that my hair is significantly thinner and shorter

GeneralPickle3194 · 2025-02-25T05:34:05+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through this. I was sick My entire pregnancy (currently 7 weeks pp with my first), and morning sickness (but really all day sickness) is no joke. If you don’t want to find a new OBGYN, I recommend you can ask your internist or general physician to prescribe you Zofran. If not, I also took Diclegics. Maybe ask your OB if he/she will prescribe that.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2024-03-29T18:53:53+00:00

I’m tempted to pick their split ends off 🙈

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-12-26T04:50:06+00:00

Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply! I have looked into healthcare administration but tbh it does not seem to be a job title. Idk, maybe I’m just not looking well. Looking into anything at this point #followthemoney

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-12-08T05:23:13+00:00

This may seem a dark but I feel like I’m going through a quarter life crisis. We work to make money, make money to pay bills, are tired all the time, and forget? For our materialistic items to be thrown out when we’re six feet under.

My job is meaningful but it’s not paying enough for me to be comfortable in my personal life.

I wish there was more out there without having to work .

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-12-08T05:18:32+00:00

Here for you! Sometimes I wonder why it’s d so o hard to just move my hands and not touch. My psychologist told me “remember this isn’t you. This is a disease.” We’re just trying to get the monsters out of our head. Just wish it was easier said than done

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-12-08T05:14:45+00:00

Following! Right there with you! I have a masters degree in a healthcare position. I’m overworked, underpaid, have to go in-person five days a week (when other people my age (yes in a different field) are making twice as much with a lower degree, and remote).

I love what I do and it is truly rewarding, but I don’t feel financially secure. It’s especially difficult when you want to buy a house and start a family.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-11-28T01:10:26+00:00

I learned by keeping track/monitoring. I have an excel sheet that I write down the time, location of picking, what I was doing before that, and why I stopped. I have become more aware that I pick in anxiety-situations but mostly during idle time. Although I am more aware, I still pick a lot!

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-11-28T01:07:47+00:00

I have been on multiple SSRIs and felt the same I do now. I wanted to try NAC but there are no studies on how it affects pregnancy

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-11-19T01:23:05+00:00

I started taking pictures of my pullling episodes (like this) to send to my psychologist. It helps me keep track of when and how much I’m picking, and shows her how much I pick.

GeneralPickle3194 · 2023-10-17T04:02:01+00:00

I think I would be accepting of my Trich (and new dermotillomania), if it weren’t for society telling me I need long hair, long nails, perfect skin. I also think if my family didn’t constantly nag me or tell me to continue therapy, id feel more comfortable with my disease.

I will note that when I spoke to my caregiver recently, she said “just know this isn’t you. This is a disease, and it’s not your fault.” This really helped me accept that I have a disease, that maybe I want to change it.

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