Sunday, July 12, 2009
My mantra for this week:
I have no desire to pluck or pick. I'm listening to a 6-CD lecture from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer called The Essence of Being in Balance: Creating Habits to Match Your Desires. I listened to the first CD last night, and so far, it is excellent. Basically he says that in order to make changes that work, you...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Trichster: Part Six [Not the End]
For the next couple of years, I pretty much accepted myself, my depression, my Trichotillomania. I barely spoke about it. I was Kristin, but without all the weird brain glitches and depression. That changed after graduation. I went to the doctor with a sinus infection (how convenient!), and gathered...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
A trichster's life is never boring.
Each day consists of watching myself to make sure I don't pick or pull, and honestly, on most days, I don't come out successful. It's been fourteen years now, and I hate this disorder now as much as I did when I was twelve. I mean, I'm glad I don't cut myself [or worse], but Trichotillomania is a...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Giving in another go.
Okay, so I admit yesterday was not so fruitful. I pulled. I picked. That's what happens when you're stuck behind a computer all day, waiting for stuff to print. Too much sit-down-and-pull time - ugh! But today I'm starting over and praying for a pick-free, pull-free, positive-energy day. May today...
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Monday, July 6, 2009
I am praying for...
...A pick-free, pull-free day. Please, Lord, teach me to be stronger.
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Sunday, July 5, 2009
Trichster: Part Five [to be continued]
By my sixteenth birthday, things stirred up even more. I had pulled out a lot of my eyelashes, and my mom took notice one day during a trip to the store. A fight started between us in the middle of one of the aisles. Instead of keeping it at the store and trying to resolve it ourselves, my mom...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Trichster: Part Four [to be continued]
When I finally built up enough courage to approach the dean about it, things did not work as planned. Not even close. Not only did Chris and his comrades start up again, but the dean stupidly handed him the list of witnesses I had written for her, most of which were friends with both of us. Chris...
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Trichster: Part Three [to be continued]
After I turned fourteen, I started volunteering for a private humane society. I made some new friends that were supportive and faithful to me. The experience helped me grow, but at the same time I was still pulling just about every day. Fighting with my parental units became more frequent, mostly...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Trichster: Part Two [to be continued]
Two things you should know about me: I have Trichotillomania and I love puns. So it's a trichy business to not roll your eyes at me. But don't get triched out at my trichster tendencies. Let me rewind my life back to when I was twelve years old, which was when the pulling first began. I think it...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Trichster: Part One [to be continued]
Trichotillomania. It’s a very big word, I know. So what is it? The best way to describe it is that it is an impulse control disorder, much like Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (O.C.D.), that causes its sufferers to pull out their hair. Its cause is unknown. It may be genetic, it may be some weird...
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