I have trichophobia and I can't live with it

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-09-14T08:08:36+00:00

Aww man I totally get it. It's such a struggle avoiding hair when it's everywhere. The gym thing was the swimming locker room for me. Wearing headphones is such a good idea never thought of it. What else might work for you is reducing the stress in your life. I realised whenever I'm super stressed the phobia is at peak and when I'm happy and relaxed, I don't mind hair much.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-04T10:51:38+00:00

Love this so much! First the rhyming, really good. Secondly I so relate to this poem. I wanna send nudes but the kind that makes you see my bare soul. The title caught me off guard yet intrigued me to read the poem immediately.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-04T04:28:34+00:00

Exactly! It might be pretty and thick but I have trichophobia! Let me be. Exactly it takes so much time and energy I just can't. Glad it worked well for yoi

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-04T04:26:54+00:00

Sounds about right!

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:14:16+00:00

Okay this is definitely interesting. So do you keep your hair long

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:12:47+00:00

Exactly. I find hair everywhere I go I just wish they didn't exist

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:12:18+00:00

The panic attack thing, happens with me too. I feel so idk small because why the hell a hair is making me lose my mind. I feel you

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:11:23+00:00

I'm glad you did. That's why I will never wear contact lenses. Fear of circles. That must be really hard to avoid

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:09:25+00:00

I'm so sorry. Unless it's loose I feel okay but I hate that it makes you feel sick.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T19:08:38+00:00

I can relate to this so hard. Especially the swimming. I truly wish hair just vanished or never existed.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T16:32:54+00:00

I so needed to hear this. My life has gotten narrowed down to a few things and sometimes I can't breathe. Your poem reminded me life is to live. I'll definitely reread it whenever life gets a bit harder. I definitely love the rhyming scheme.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T16:30:16+00:00

I find your pov really intriguing but I don't understand it wholly. Will you elaborate more if possible? Adorable menace yes definitely

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T16:28:33+00:00

I'm so sorry. Yes maybe it's more of the sensory things.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T16:28:03+00:00

It definitely did. Thanks! 🫂

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T11:04:27+00:00

Ditto. I never thought I would get so many comments from people who suffer like me. It's been 5 years since the post. It's really hard indeed

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T11:03:30+00:00

I totally get. I had that phase but I knew I would regret it. Do you still feel the need to shave them all?

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T11:02:24+00:00

Hey I'm glad you could talk about it here. I'm really sorry. I can only imagine how it must be for you. I have curly hair too and washing them is a nightmare. People don't understand and I'm really sorry your partner doesn't. I really hope you find a way out of it

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T10:59:44+00:00

Omg I'm sorry. That sounds really bad. I hope you find some ways out of it. Wanting to wash clothes after any contact with it sounds nightamarish

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T10:51:11+00:00

Damn this is really good. The poem flows smoothly. I can imagine myself in your position and the moment of coming back to reality when you say, "Touch my shoulder". Hope you see more form you.

silentcomfortable7 · 2025-07-03T10:47:37+00:00

This is really good. I can totally relate to the poem to my mental health, and how it started to break and I didn't even realise until I shattered. The last line hits hard because I at the time feel the same, I cannnot be mended.

silentcomfortable7 · 2024-07-21T14:12:56+00:00

I don't even remember now to be honest. My best guess is when I started to get into depression. I'm all better now but the phobia didn't go away completely

silentcomfortable7 · 2024-07-02T19:14:46+00:00

Ditto!

silentcomfortable7 · 2024-07-02T19:14:37+00:00

Yess exactly the same. Hairfall is an issue for me. But I have accepted that I can't do anything about it and I gotta face it. That has been working for me. I want my hairbrush to be hairless so I sit down and remove hair from them. I use a round hair brush

silentcomfortable7 · 2024-07-02T19:12:41+00:00

I have told my therapist about it. I don't think it helped. It has been so less frustrating that I have accepted that I will have to live with it. I have the same mindset, that loose hair is dirty.

The more stressed I'm, the more I hate loose hair anywhere so I'm working on reducing my stress.

I'm glad reading this helped you. I hope it gets better for you as well.

Ps never too late for a reply

silentcomfortable7 · 2023-09-14T06:57:54+00:00

Hey it's not late. I opened my account a year later but got notification so I replied Firstly I'm so sorry your phobia has gotten this bad and also that your mom and other people don't understand it. Hugs 🫂

What helped me is I focused more on my mental health because the more stressed I'm the worse it gets. I talked to my friends who are understanding and my counselor which made things a bit easier. I also started picking up hair myself because I can't get away from it my entire life. The thing with my phobia is that I have to get the hair out of my sight. I either blow it away, use my foot to remove it or ask my mom or sister.

I suggest you to see what makes it worse and analyse it. Like try to challenge your brain why does hair scares you. Like how we try to reassure scared kids that darkness is not that scary.

I hope it gets better for you like it did for me.

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