You would think since I have a blog and I talk to complete strangers about personal things that finding a hairdresser should be no problem for me. I mean, after all, I tell the world I have trichotillomania, why not a hairdresser? The thing about me is I have terrible social anxiety when it comes […]
Healing From A Freak Accident
I really wanted to get back to you guys sooner than 6 weeks or whatever it’s been since the last blog post but I had a freak accident about 3 weeks ago. I was out walking my dog and all I remember is going down and hitting the pavement and coming too. I’m not really […]
The Menstraul Monster
My period is back. It actually came back at 4 months postpartum (I’m 9 months PP now) and I am still exclusively breastfeeding my baby. I have no idea why it came back so early, usually, I get at least a year after having a baby? With my period came so many triggers for my […]
New Year, Old Trichs
Last year, I lost a lot of loved ones and went through a very hard post-partum depression because of my husband’s job. My husband works in management in the restaurant business and that was rocked hard last year because of a lack of employees. He was working ALL THE TIME, I rarely saw him or […]
My NEW Keen2 HabitAware Bracelets Have Arrived! Here’s What I Noticed RIGHT AWAY!
I am super excited to annouce that my new Keen2 bracelets are here! Thank you HabitAware! It’s been almost three years since I purchased my first set of Keen bracelets. These bracelets are a gift to me, and a much needed blessing as I am struggling after having the baby. HabitAware put a lot of […]
Negative Body Image Issues Triggering Trichotillomania and PPD
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been very insecure about my body, since childhood. These thoughts literally consume me 24/7 during my postpartum period. If you’ve ever suffered from eating disorders and negative body image issues and then had a baby, you know what I mean. Postpartum depression is almost unavoidable when you […]
Hair-Pulling As a Coping Mechanism for Dealing with Death
In less than two months there have been four deaths in my family. All this death right after having a baby has my anxiety through the roof. I can’t even process my feeling most days and it makes it hard to manage my hair pulling and other BFRB’s. I find myself pulling at my hair […]
My Fear of Talking To People Birthed A Big Secret
I suffer from social anxiety in a big way. I avoid a lot of conversations with people that I probably SHOULD BE having. I could write a book on the things that I don’t say. If anyone can keep a BIG secret, it’s me. I hid my hair pulling for years, and in a way, […]
Falling In Love With Someone Who Has an Anxiety Disorder Like Me
This has been such a stressful and eventful year I can’t even begin to break it all down for you but I’m going to try and recap it a bit here so I can get you caught up … Last year around this time my husband and I split and a few months after that […]
Selling My Home Was Trichy
A lot has happened in my life since my divorce last year. I do mean A LOT. Way too much to catch you up in this session of my saga. I had to sell the house that I loved. When I split with my husband, we agreed that I would keep the house in exchange […]
Dealing with Divorce and Trichotillomania
I recently decided to let my marriage go and get a divorce. It’s been a while since I have been able to sit down and write because I’ve been going through a lot of changes in my life. There’s a lot of consequences attached to a choice like that. For the last 18 years, I […]
Cooling Products That Can Help Reduce Hair Pulling In People with Trichotillomania
When I was a kid, I would put an ice pack on my head to numb my scalp and help stop hair pulling. Now there are products that do the same thing. Here they are…
Trichotillomania And Stress Is Your WORST Enemy! 5 Ways To Defeat It!
When Stress Leads To Hair Pulling Stress can lead to hair pulling because people who battle trichotillomania use hair pulling as a coping mechanism for the anxiety that stress causes. When I’m under stress, one of the first things I want to do is pull my hair because it’s how I’ve dealt with it most […]
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