Sufferer New Here. Ptsd With Ocd & Trichotillomania.anyone Else?

[I'll make tea]

Welcome to the forum. Tricho...whatever is pulling your hair, isn't it? My husband does this as a way to cope with stress, he also sometimes acts very OCD'ish.

Can we do anything to help you?

 

[Shan-Nav01]

Hey @natalya I'm almost the same but opposite... Trichotillomania which was a contributing factor into my PTSD, and I think I have slight OCD (enough to be frustrating, not enough to feel like I need to do anything about it) had the TTM for maybe 14years or so now, but I struggle to remember my childhood so that's a bit of a guess!

Welcome to the forum :)

 

[Tormented Parts]

Hello. I suffer from trichotillomania caused by pts I can I am 53 don't know how old you are but I can urge you to seek help. I have suffered for over 35 years with trichotillomania. It can have underlying unresolved childhood issues. Deal with it now. Don't suffer for years trying to grow your hair or hide the shame.

 

[maxpayne]

Hi

I had Trichotillomania from 12 to 34 years old before I finally went to therapy for depression and anxiety only to have flashbacks of my childhood at the time more pulling started. I remembered I was also having flashbacks then when I was 12 which was tough. I haven't pulled for 6 months now as I know the cause of my Trichs and to be honest I've had it long enough and didn't know why.

I personally don't want you to suffer with this condition any longer than you have too and hope you find the courage inside to hold back.

There is no going back for me now I know the route cause and I think If you can transfer the urge to pull and relate its desires to the effects of your PTSD, only then you can separate your current self from the one that pulls. Please note that whilst pulling in a trance like state it is just another form of dissociation.

The likely hood is that the urges are emotionally related to the trauma so when you pull you are in a way detached from the present and re experiencing emotional responses.

This is how I look at it now. As a coping mechanism that is not a part of who I really am and one that causes considerable stresses in the long run. Please try your best to understand what I am saying as if you can detach that part of you from the real you and keep it up for say 2 weeks and then notice the difference.

Please please try. I know that triggers for Trichotillomania vary for person to person but for those that have it from PTSD this is the way I cured my life long struggle. All the best

 

[natalya]

Wow guys thanks so much for the outpour of support.I knew I can come here for a bit of understanding. My condition stems from when I was a teen with the he death of my grandfather that happened unexpectedly.one night he went to sleep and never woke up..... At least I think thats where it stems from....then I started college..got married hastly...and had kids and moved to another state with noone of family. So for a 18 yr old I think thats alot pressure with in a few years. So thats just a briefing.I see times where I would pull out if boredom and nibble on the follicle(gross I know). I feel awful when I look in the mirror and that starts my depression.so its a new r ending cycle...what are some of the doctos I can go to?