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NaJ 14 - Trichotillomania

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I was just going to write about my evening browsing h2g2 today, but then I realised I had pulled quite a few of my hairs out and reminded myself I was going to post about trichotillomania one day.

I can't remember how I came to learn the word, but since learning it I have always thought it is rather good - trips off the tongue quite nicely.

I can remember how I came to develop trichotillomania, though...

I think I was about 7, and someone noticed that an eyelash had fallen on to my cheek. She brushed the eyelash on to her finger and told me to make a wish as I blew it away.

Wishes were useful, but the probability of getting another eyelash wish like that was too low for me - I was impatient. During the next few weeks, I decided to give nature a helping hand, and enjoyed a few more wishes.

A few weeks after that, I didn't have many eyelashes left, and it started being rather painful to get any wishes, so I realised I wasn't doing myself any good. I made the rule that eyelashes with creases in weren't good for wishing, so I had to be more gentle with myself.

It worked quite well, so my eyelashes regrew, but gently finding hairs that would slide out became addictive - I wasn't keen on having too many eyelashes after so long having so few, so I still lost some of them, and my eyebrows were thinned out as well.

Today, my eyebrows are fine, but I gently attacked my eyelashes again, which is the sign of a fairly bad day... Somehow it is a pleasureable pain. I like the sensation of rubbing a few loose hairs between my fingers too, so stroking my nascent beard hairs is a sufficient replacement on better days.

Some people bite their nails, but not me...


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