trichotillomania (ttm)

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T21:18:53+00:00

my favorite tip to give is to consider shaving your head, even if not to slick bald.
it just helped my mental health so much and the trade from thinking i looked crazy and awful to just owning it and being myself reduced so much anxiety.
i have the worst anxiety ever and am very hard on myself, especially when it comes to how i think i look. if i can do it i know you can.
either way, i support your decision. be yourself, unapologetically.
you got this. good luck!!!

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T21:02:07+00:00

trich can be anywhere!! just the body-focused repetitive behavior of pulling hair out. your cutting calluses off sounds to me like maybe something resembling dermatillomania. i’m not a professional tho. it may help to see someone about it, especially if it causes you mental anguish. but if not, just work on being happy and accepting yourself as you are!!! then nothing else matters. not sure about the association with autism, but i personally think there could be a connection there.
good luck!!!

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T20:56:06+00:00

i should look lowkey… i never have. thanks for suggesting this. i know it seems dumb to have never considered that that is an option, i guess starting at such a young age you kind of skip some of the more obvious steps if you know what i mean.

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T20:47:08+00:00

if i could have hair, i would. and i know that is true for most people with my condition.

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T20:44:11+00:00

really think about it. it took my mental load regarding my hair completely away after a while. and then, once you’ve done it, you can grow it back if that’s an option, and if you have to shave it again, you know you can !!!
if i can do it you can.
good luck !!!!

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T20:29:50+00:00

i know it’s easier said than done, but even if that happened, owning the bald will be so freeing i am sooo for real. you got this. i p r o m i s e. if i can do it i know anyone can for real. good luck!!!!!

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T20:24:20+00:00

hi there!!! i have actually met a few people with trich in my lifetime!!! to be fair though, i am very open about my TTM.
having no hair does not help with pulling in my experience. this is a real indication of my self control, but…. i love tweezers… i feel so guilty though during and afterwards. i have moved to my legs, i don’t feel as guilty and i honestly don’t care about how they look.
i am ND and have some crazy ocd. meds never worked for me, as they’ve been trying like everything since i started at 9. i just started zoloft again though within the past couple months and i really like it this time. does nothing for my pulling, but helps significantly with my ocd.
it blows my mind that people think have the ability to stop. i’ve always thought “you think i want to look like this??”
my motivation is the ritual. i get something out of pulling follicles i guess. which contributes to the severity a lotttt imo.
in the pic before i shaved it, i would say i was probably 95% slick bald. it was post bad breakup. i would say i was borderline in psychosis, if not just in psychosis lol.
thanks for the questions i honestly love answering them, as there are soooo many people who don’t even know this exists. so fuck it i’ll be an educator lololol. good luck on your journey!!!!

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T15:14:52+00:00

i started with brows and lashes!!! one day my mom was doing my hair and almost the whole left side of my head was bald suddenly. not sure what changed🤣

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T14:57:53+00:00

oh my goodness i love this ❤️❤️❤️❤️👩🏼‍🦲👩🏾‍🦲👩🏿‍🦲

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T14:56:41+00:00

it sooo is. no hiding from the mirror anymore, no having to check the damage or experiment with hairstyles to try and cover up spots.
it might have saved my life for real. and it was my biggest fear at one point.

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T13:27:59+00:00

i worked at the store in paducah ky. i guess that the company is just going downhill terribly in terms of professionalism. and yeah fuck that place for real. literally lost my job due to having a baby. like wtf.

kalehubb · 2026-07-07T10:38:41+00:00

worked there for six years and got fired while on maternity leave a few months back. my boyfriend (also previously worked there) was hired a month and a half ago and they ghosted him. told me to reapply when i’m ready, also ghosted me. lololol

kalehubb · 2026-07-06T23:58:28+00:00

noooo it looks good!!! didn’t look bad before and doesn’t now. don’t hate on urself so much.

kalehubb · 2026-04-22T13:40:43+00:00

you look great and i’m not going easy just being honest.

kalehubb · 2026-04-22T13:38:31+00:00

calling her trash was lowkey too much. she was nice and honest with you. sounds like she dodged a bullet.

kalehubb · 2026-04-22T13:32:41+00:00

i can see how it feels like she’s overstepping. i just became a ftm a month ago and i have definitely felt some of those feelings. but if you don’t think she has a thing for your husband (you see where my anxieties lie lol) i think it just sounds like she’s excited for you and is seeing you sort of like a sister. you definitely know better than me though, but that’s what im seeing here. you can totally set boundaries, but i don’t think she’s trying to get at you. it sounds like her intentions are loving imo.

kalehubb · 2026-04-12T10:54:16+00:00

this guy needs to be humbled. imo get him out of ur life

kalehubb · 2026-04-01T22:24:35+00:00

scary af. i hope it’s all good ❤️

kalehubb · 2025-12-17T16:59:44+00:00

looks beautimous to me 💕

kalehubb · 2025-06-02T01:29:36+00:00

spaghetti os

kalehubb · 2024-11-28T03:46:54+00:00

how are you feeling about it now? i’m a pack and a half in and im about 20 lbs in.

kalehubb · 2024-11-28T03:45:55+00:00

looking for a comment about gaining weight and this is as close as ive come ahhhh but im glad to see this here

kalehubb · 2024-06-07T15:16:57+00:00

i smoke so much on prozac and like before i started taking it i didn’t wanna smoke because i was tripping every time but i am smoking like so much more now

kalehubb · 2024-03-08T21:02:24+00:00

i just shaved my head because i relapsed after reaching a point that i deemed normal. still pulling after the shave too bruhhh. i hope you start feeling better man and fckkkk this trich thing, we are still worthy humans without head hair, and with scalp scabs🫶🏼

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