Update:
My recovery has now reached the one week mark. I’m very happy :)
My recovery has now reached the one week mark. I’m very happy :)
My brother just sent me a link to this Reddit post:
http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1d27hi/for_the_first_time_in_twelve_years_i_have/
It’s a really awesome read, and the first comment from the dad drew me to tears.
If you have a Reddit, or are familiar with the layout, there’s a subreddit called Trichsters that I’ve linked here: http://www.reddit.com/r/Trichsters
Hearing other people’s stories is always amazing and inspirational to me! It’s a huge comfort knowing that I’m not alone.
Hope this helps!
Yesterday was the first complete day of my second recovery streak.
One day, pull-free.
Here we go :)
Seriously, in this break of my streak, they’re the main thing I’m pulling. And it’s SO. FRUSTRATING.
She is one of the wisest people I’ve had the privilege to know, and I want to share with y’all some encouragement that she gave me last night.
“I know how hard it is to want to beat something so bad. And you do really well for a while. And then all of a sudden, you give in. And then you beat yourself up for it for a while until you feel like you can move on or pretend it didn’t happen. But you know what the best part about the whole thing is? JESUS. STILL. LOVES YOU.”
“You can overcome it. One day at a time. So you had a bad day. Guess what, tomorrow’s a new one. A new chance. The slate is clean.”
“Yes, it’s hard. But it’s not impossible. You were designed to be an overcomer. Jesus overcame the hardest thing of all. We are to be like Him. You are going to have good days and you’re going to have bad days. But God is pleased with your heart. And He’s not holding a “guilty” sign over your head. You are. Let it go.”
“Too often we focus on the face that we aren’t perfect. We dwell on our stumblings. But that’s nothing more than the efforts of the enemy to keep up distracted and frustrated, beating ourselves up, devastated that we didn’t make it. But God has already washed us of it. Shame and guilt are not ours to hold. Don’t accept them. Reject them. They aren’t yours.”
Isn’t she incredible? <3
The fact that trichotillomania is not even recognized as a word on my phone or ipod is pretty upsetting. There should be more awareness for trich. I feel like the only people who know what it is are the people who actually have it.
If others in your society choose to judge you in that way, that is because of their ignorance and insensitivity, and is in no way a reflection upon you.
This goes for anyone missing hair for ANY reason.
If anyone ever asks what happened to your eyelashes tell them that they are invisible and only people in your secret organization can see them
