escaping my flesh prison

A blog of Relatable Content™ for those who have Impulsive Control Disorders (specifically trich or dermotillomania).

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reblog this if you have trichotillomania or dermotillomania or any other impulse control disorder.

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Trich Thought 8

Finding a patch off unscathed skin, ripe for the picking.

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Trich Thought 7

Finding a particularly kinky and coiled hair and immediately pulling at it.

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Trich Thought 6

Scratching at your scalp only to start picking at your hair.

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Trich Thought 5

Getting called out by your parents for picking and then picking again as soon as they look away just to get called out again.

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Trich Thought 4

Thinking that compulsive skin picking or hair pulling was self harm for years, and then learning that it’s something else entirely.

[chungle]

hey i started a blog of relatable Trich Thoughts @just-trich-thoughts !! if u could reblog this and maybe check it out for a hot sec or even submit a trich thought, that’d be super dope!!

[chungle]

oh just a quick little thing! I also plan on posting resources and coping mechanisms that i’ve found over my years of dealing w trich!! it’s really important for the tons of people that have trich to know that they aren’t alone and they’re not weird!!

if u don’t know what trichotillomania is or think u might have it: trich is an impulsive control disorder that causes urges to pull and pick at any hair u may have on your body. most often it’s picking at eyebrows/ eyelashes/ scalp, but it’s different to everyone. a similar ICD is dermotillomania, which causes skin picking.

a lot of people suffer with these things for a really long time and can feel very ashamed about them!! i for one have pretty patchy hair now and have to wear a hat at all times.

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Trich Thought 3

<p><p>The idea of Smooth Skin is unattainable. Your soft skin is only soft to you and only in comparison to your past skin textures.</p>

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Trich Thought 2

Picking at your scalp/ eyebrows/ eyelashes while watching tv. Getting up and finding hair everywhere.

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Trich Thought 1

losing hours of time because you were picking at your skin/ hair.