Littles With Trichotillomania

[daddysfuckhole]

I just wanted to see if us littles with trich can talk to one another for support.

 

I feel like it can completely disrupt little space and can destroy my confidence. Not only that, Daddy is SOO upset when I pull. It makes me feel disgusting and Daddy and I have fought over it; He gets frustrated and scared and doesn't know how to react. I try to cope without it, but when it gets too overwhelming, I grab my hair and can sometimes go on a pull streak.

 

Also, Daddies/Mommies/Caregivers, share your experiences with littles and trich. How do you feel when they pull? Do you understand it? What does trich mean to you?

[daddysfuckhole]

Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania fall into the same category despite not being the same disorder. I finally feel less alone. It is so traumatizing and because of my Borderline, I can become intensely sensitive and explode with my Daddy when He's just trying to help me.

[daddysfuckhole]

Diana, the best way to reduce it is sensory toys. My favourites would be a tangle and silly putty. Distractions are the best and deciding your sick of it can help.

 

I had a large bald spot last year in April. I cut all of my hair off (I know its diff with derma. but still). I was sick of the feeling, of the baldness, of the ugliness... I decided to try and change. I wore bandanas (prior to the haircut), had my silly putty everywhere, ect. It won't stop and it won't go away, but if you want it to, you can stop yourself. People do work differently so, do what works best for you. And, tbh, I still pull, but I don't have bald patches (except my eyebrows). I have found a reduction technique (the same concept of snapping a rubber band on your wrist to recover from cutting); I pull a chunk when I get stressed, as hard as I need to, then I let it go. You try to created you own reduction technique, and I will be here to help you.

 

Remi, you do belong here and are allowed to express yourself. I am happy and appreciative that you have opened up.

[DaddyJsPrincess]

Daddy and I both have derma. He has it much worse than I do. His skin is very much prone to blackheads and his derma compels him to squeeze every last one of them, which have scarred his face. I do the same, but I'm more prone to picking at flaws on my skin. I've never really explored ways of trying to combat it. I'm interested to try some fidget toys though. They sound like they'd help a number of my problems lol

[Baby_Bows_]

*raises hand* me! Thanks for starting this blog

[Nymphette~]

Ahhhh, I never expected to find a post about this, but yaaaayy! I am a picker and a puller, I struggle with both, but dermatillomania even more so than trich.

[Nymphette~]

Dermatillomania and Trichotillomania fall into the same category despite not being the same disorder. I finally feel less alone. It is so traumatizing and because of my Borderline, I can become intensely sensitive and explode with my Daddy when He's just trying to help me.

Sorry to pry, but you also have Borderline Personality Disorder? That would make two of us, I believe... I have not been officially diagnosed, but it's becoming pretty clear that I suffer from BPD.

[Guest Ghost]

oh dear lord this topic. such a home-hitting thing.
i personally suffer from pretty severe trich- i don't have eyebrows due to it, actually, and the hairs on my legs are all completely gone. 
that, along with derma, which is probably even larger to me than trich is. there isn't a clear spot on my skin, i pick and pull and squeeze at like, any point in time.

mine personally is linked to the neurodivergent symptoms i already face; depression, anxiety, bpd, hpd, dpd- all things i've been diagnosed with.

life is hard for the mentally unstable. q-q

[Guest curious-babydoll]

I have never been diagnosed with Dermatillomania but I Constantly pull/pick my skin and all my doctors just contribute it to my BDP and OCD tendencies so I never really asked. I always get yelled at for picking at my hands and used to always pull skin off my face and neck (still compulsively pick at my face if i have a pimple or bug bite than even more at the scabs). It was a million times worse when I was self harming... My sister 

 has trich and has been dealing with it since she was 8 or 9. She isn't in the community but thats how I know what it is.

[Kat]

I have Trichotillomania  though it's not officially diagnosed or anything. For me it's something I do when I'm stressed or anxious (I have anxiety among other things), and kind of comes and goes. I've dealt with it for about the last ten years. 

[Guest ittybittylove]

I think I might have derma but I'm not sure (my family never believed in psychiatrists so who knows what I have). I pick mostly on my legs and arms and scalp. It's gotten to the point where I try to get blackheads off my mom or brother. and I do weird stuff like there is this one toenail I rip off whenever it grows in because I don't like the way it looks. I don't know is this dermatillomania?

[Guest Penny]

I don't have trich but I do have dermatilamania. I pick at myself all the time and I have pretty Nasty scars because of it. I also bite my nails uncontrollably and I chew the inside of my mouth.

 

Lord help me if I get a zit I will pick at it until its way worse and turns into a scar. I've tried to stop but I have OCD and its part of my compulsion.

[Guest Penny]

I think I might have derma but I'm not sure (my family never believed in psychiatrists so who knows what I have). I pick mostly on my legs and arms and scalp. It's gotten to the point where I try to get blackheads off my mom or brother. and I do weird stuff like there is this one toenail I rip off whenever it grows in because I don't like the way it looks. I don't know is this dermatillomania?

You are not alone. I almost don't have toenails because I pick them so much. Usually it's just because one grows in weird and then when I pick it and rip it off the others don't look even anymore and I get antsy if I don't pick at them.

 

It is dermatilamania and it's also a mild form of OCD, skin and nail picking is.

[Exuri]

Welp not a little, but I have trich (never met another male with it.) Have had it since middle school, it was much worse then. I mostly pull when falling to sleep, other than that I don't really know I'm doing it until someone points it out and tells me to stop. No bald spots just shorter hair in some areas, I've trained myself not to pull hair out only knot it and rip off the knot :/.

Anyone completely beat it? What did you do to stop it?

[Guest Ginger-Kit]

Um.. I hope it's alright that I post here.

 

I haven't seen a doctor or anything, but I do have a really bad tendency to pick at my face. My mom used to yell at me a lot about it when I was a teenager and now my boyfriend is doing it. I have a few scars due to it, but I can't just.. leave the spots alone. It's really annoying to me if I do and drives me nuts if I'm doing nothing and I know it's there. I never really thought anything of it, I just thought it was something people did?

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I've delt with trich since '97. It comes and goes in waves for me. I have a nervous twitch that look is like I'm nodding my head "hello". The more I think of controlling it, the more I want to twitch. It all ties into a personality disorder, which differs with everyone.

 

I'm diagnosed with multiple personality disorder , no I don't hear voices, no I don't go off the wall crazy. In fact I've never had more than a parking ticket, not speeding.

 

It's common with actors, I'm far from one though. I tend to take on whom ever I feel like being. I'll dress different, sometimes I smoke cigarettes. Sometimes I'm a fitness freak. I feel different on. The inside some days, I wonder if anyone else experiencing this?

[papa'skitten]

i have Dermatophagia when is considered the "SISTER" disorder to trichotillomina

[littlelili]

I bite my nails a lot, specially when I'm anxious. 

To the point I have made my fingers bleed  T^T

I feel bad for doing it, and I feel my hands look terrible and not girly at all.

I have stopped for long periods of time, but it comes and goes. Any advice would be nice.

[MrFox's Princess]

I definitely didn't expect to see this post here. But I have tich though not medically diagnosed. I've always had it I guess but only became aware of it around my teens. Everyone hates it and yells at me. Daddy swats my hands but I usually get nippy at him because I get upset when people point it out. My brother's made fun of me that I'm going bald and I feel ashamed doing it. I will also pull my eyebrows and eyelashes and sometimes more places but not as much as the crown of my head. If I don't do it, it makes me physically uneasy. Like an addiction, I need to do it or I just won't feel right. I do it when I'm bored or anxious. I'll sometimes pick my skin anywhere but mostly if my heels crack or I have any kind of blemish. I hate that I do any of it.... But it's kinda nice to know I'm not the only one. I thought it was just a word thing I did for forever....

[Guest annemarie]

i have both trichotillomania and dermatillomania and i've had them both since i was about 8 or 9. i am better at controlling both than i used to be, but i still sometimes just randomly pull out all my eyelashes or cut my nails until they bleed, so yeah. i am still struggling :/ it's really a hard thing to overcome.