A Round Up of Recent Trichotillomania Writings

I thought it might be useful for me to round up trichotillomania news and blog posts every once in a while. It is always important to keep an eye on what others are writing as there is always more to learn. I will try and include a post of this nature every fortnight to highlight the best trichotillomania blogs and news stories. These are not going to be blog posts that claim to find a cure and charge a lot, but informative articles or personal stories about hair pulling.

Trichotillomania Blog Posts

See Mandy Moves for a range of trichotillomania blog posts in aid of Trichotillomania Awareness Week.

See woodscrew‘s journal for a personal post on not pulling.

Trich-y Business has many posts on trichotillomania, but has recently posted some interestinng trich related quotations.

There is a post about learning to deal with trichotillomania at The Long Hair Diaries.

Trichotillomania In the News

Oct 2 and Oct 7 - A salon owner and trich sufferer team up to help others with trichotillomania.

Oct 1-8 – Trichotillomania Awareness Week has officially passed now, but learn more about it and think about next year by checking out this link.

Last Day of National Trichotillomania Awareness Week

I hope that many trichotillomania sufferers were able to benefit from the trichotillomania awareness week, or those who don’t suffer were able to learn something new. Unfortunately I was not able to blog too much on the subject, but I recommend you check out the series of posts that were written throughout the week at ‘Many Moves‘. Trichotillomania awareness isn’t just about hair pulling, but about learning to accept all kinds of conditions and respect all kinds of people.

If you have done anything to support the week, or have learned anything about trichotillomania and related conditions, I would love to know. Thanks for reading my post!

National Trichotillomania Awareness Week

Did you know that this week (from October 1) is national Trichotillomania week? If not then you should learn about the event at the Trichotillomania Learning Center.

This week is a way to publicize a condition that few really know much about. Do you know what trichotillomania is? It is a disorder that causes people to pull their own hair compulsively from all areas of the body. It can be emotionally very hard to cope with, and a condition which causes its sufferers great pain and shame. This in turn leads to silence about the condition, but the national trichotillomania awareness week is an attempt to end this silence.

There are many ways in which you can do your part this week. If you do not know about the condition already, then simply learning a little about what trichotillomania sufferers face will help you to understand people and the struggles they go through that little bit better.

If you have trichotillomania the national trichotillomania awareness week is here to let sufferers know they are not alone, they are not strange. In fact, millions of people pull out their hair. But millions of people often try to hide the conditions even from their closest friends and family.

For more information please visit the Trichotillomania Learning Center website, or read the squidoo article on the event. Thank you for reading my post and please check back soon for more information on the condition, and links to other trichotillomania blogs.

Getting the Word Out About Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania is one of those things that people don’t understand. Because of this, it can be very hard to deal with when you realise you have the condition. You may not even realise that it is a condition, and never have heard of that scary word ‘trichotillomania’ before.

That is why it is so important to get the word out. There are some great Squidoo lenses on the subject, and I am going to create some more so that more and more people can learn about the condition:

How to Help Others With Trichotillomania

Stop pulling your hair out! Learning to deal with trichotillomania

Or you can join the Trichotillomania Squidoo group here and add your own pages. Please do your bit to get the word out if you know about the condition!

The BBC on Trichotillomania

If you have trich you might be interested to know how, if at all, it is dealt with in the media and in the news. One such example can be found on the BBC website. In fact, they have several articles about trich on their site. As with most sites dealing with trich, they don’t offer any answers, though they do comment on a possible genetic link between those that suffer with trich. For more information see the BBC site here.