Hey! I also have trich and dermatillomania. I started out young with cleaning compulsions, counting, and twirling of all things! unfortunately, the older I've gotten the worse the compulsions have gotten. My obsessions have never been too bad (mostly to do with TIME. Am I late/why are my friends late?!?! I'm a timeoholic! Constantly checking the time.) I'm on Celexa, but it isn't helping with the pulling and picking. Are you medicated, or "dealing" with it? I know how you feel about being alone. I know lots of people with anxiety and depression - which I also have - but I only know one other person who has trich, and hers is well under control. Plus we're not close. She's the wife of my husband's colleague. no one I really talk to. I do know someone who used to cut, but she did it while she was drinking, so I don't know how much she'll understand me. (Plus she used to crack good-natured jokes about my balding eyelids/brows.) Going online has helped a lot! Don't feel alone, because you're not!!!!!!! Unfortunately, there are a lot of us.
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