1. Trichotillomania Learning Center: Provides information, support, and referral resources to all who inquire about the experience and Category Health Mental Health Impulse Control trichotillomania...... we have worked closely with the world's leading researchers and treatment providersto create reliable and comprehensive information about trichotillomania. http://www.trich.org/

TLC Join TLC Today! Home About TLC Community ... Contact Us Welcome This site is a resource for compulsive hair-pullers, their families and friends, medical and mental health professionals, and others interested in learning about this often-misunderstood disorder. To navigate through this site, you'll find major categories of information listed at the left (purple) and related articles can be accessed through links in the right (green) column. We hope that you will find our site helpful in answering any questions you may have. In a world of anonymous internet information, TLC is a resource you can trust. For eleven years, we have worked closely with the world's leading researchers and treatment providers to create reliable and comprehensive information about trichotillomania. TLC is the only organization devoted to expanding knowledge about trichotillomania and related body-focused disorders. Many compulsive hair-pullers feel shame in reaching out for help. TLC offers confidential information and referrals to caring professionals and support groups. Our caring staff is available to answer questions or just listen at 831-457-1004. We urge you to support TLC's ongoing work by becoming a Member Our website is constantly growing and changing! Please visit often, and email any questions or comments to:

2. Trich - Introduction All your hair pulling questions answered. http://home.intekom.com/jly2

Amanda's Trichotillomania Guide Intro page - mailing list, guestbook, etc. - FAQ's, good links etc. solutions, help, JK diet and many more ... Write to the E-mail team Click here to see hits since Feb 2000 External links Warning: This site contains explicit references to the Lord Jesus - my Saviour and King! All the honour and glory and thanks for this site goes to God, who made it possible for me to do this. Praise His Name! This Site The Web Get your own Search Engine VIEW MY GUESTBOOK SIGN MY GUESTBOOK JOIN TLCNEWS TLC has created TLCnews, an email list, to distribute useful information to the trichotillomania community. We hope that you will find this service to be informative, but not overwhelming. As we focus on encouraging new research on trichotillomania we need a way to inform our community about this process and any results that are found. Your inbox will not be full of messages from other people on this list because this is not an email support group. You will receive announcements only. You will receive nformation on: Scientific research reports, Research studies you can participate in, Conferences, retreats, Local networking events, Media appearances, New resources, books, organizations, and products, TLC Volunteer projects. To sign up just send an email to: TLCnews-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

3. Trichotillomania trichotillomania Info and personal experiences on pulling out hair living reality for people with the impulse control disorder called trichotillomania. It can be a very upsetting ordeal, http://www.expage.com/sarahtrichotillomania

Trichotillomania Info and personal experiences on pulling out hair In our hectic, stressful everyday lifestyles we all use the term “I was literally pulling my hair out!” but this is living reality for people with the impulse control disorder called trichotillomania. It can be a very upsetting ordeal, having to deal with issues such as hair loss and bullying as a result. They may feel helpless and loose all self-confidence. People with trichotillomania can pull from anywhere such as the scalp or eyelashes, to leg and arm hairs. It is a frustrating experience for sufferers as loved ones try to help but simply do not understand, they may see it as a phase in which they should get over in time, but it can get worse instead of better. The nagging feeling in the stomach will just get worse and worse until you fell the relief and gratification of pulling the hair. I am 15, and have been pulling for 6 years now. Starting with my eyelashes it then lead onto my scalp hair. The funny stares on the bus and around town and schools are enough to drive anyone mad! I know people have it worse than me though but then I know that a lot of people haven’t been able to stop even with professional help. It scares me really that I may have it for the rest of my life but I know I will try my hardest. YOU CAN FIND HER BEHIND THE DOOR There was a little girl with eyes full of rain.

4. Tina's Trichotillomania SiteIncluding Articles And Research Pertaining To Tricho trichotillomania Gary R. Gaffney, M.D., Associate Professor University of Iowa College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry Peer Review Status Internally Peer Reviewed First Published 1995 Last Revised May 2000 Diagnostic Features http://www.trichotillomania.ab.ca/rwpeta/ttm.html

TRICHOTILLOMANIA RESOURCES This site was last updated March 02, 2003 Trichotillomania Symptoms Trich = Hair ~ till = pull ~ mania = madness (the 'o' links the word together) Recurrent pulling out of ones hair resulting in noticeable hair loss. An increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist the behavior. Pleasure, gratification, or relief when pulling out the hair. The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due to a general medical condition (e.g., a dermatological condition) . The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning Main Pages of Trichotillomania Resources A Guide to Trichotillomania Myths and Facts Trichotillomania Information Personal Stories ... AOL Chat var site="s13trich" If you would like to add an article or your trich story please go to the email contact link below.

5. Trichotillomania Resources Offers facts and support about trichotillomania, the condition in which suffers chronically pull out their own hair. trichotillomania Resources. Introduction. Enter Main Site http://www.trichotillomania.ab.ca/

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6. Trichotillomania Library FAQs and links to other TTM resources.Category Health Mental Health Impulse Control trichotillomania......trichotillomania Library. The ABCs of compulsive hair pulling. Claire's Trich poem;Claire's second Trich poem. trichotillomania in History Ancient Literature; http://www.irishlace.net/trichlibrary/

Trichotillomania Library The ABCs of compulsive hair pulling. General reference Geoff's Trichotillomania FAQ When the pulling stops - hair loss and regrowth Ten things we can do Dictionary ... Trich, Food, and Skin Care , by John R. Kender, and Michael J. Grant. Summary Related documents: Introduction Grand Summary of Things That Might Be Helpful for Pulling (aka "the JK Diet") Scalp Care Regime Some thoughts and sympathy about trying dietary measures A final note about any ... Personal Experiences Biographies Mary in WI's story An anonymous success story Suggestions for coping Betsy's alternatives Cindy L's suggestions Kristine's open letter Porcialyn's suggestions for eyelash pullers Literary expressions Claire's Trich poem Claire's second Trich poem Trichotillomania in History Ancient Literature ... Humor (or Humour, for the rest of the English-speaking world ;-) Psychiatric Hotline URL: http://www.irishlace.net/trichlibrary/index.html Changes last made on: 24 July 2002 Contact: hair irishlace net

7. Trichotillomania The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) is the countrys oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness working to improve the mental health of all Americans, especially the 54 million http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/92.cfm

Other Mental Illnesses - Trichotillomania What is Trichotillomania? It is officially classified as an impulse control disorder, along the lines of pyromania, kleptomania, and pathologic gambling. What are the Symptoms of Trichotillomania? fact sheet index An increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when resisting the behavior. Pleasure, gratification, or relief when pulling out the hair. The disturbance is not accounted for by another mental disorder and is not due to a general medical condition (i.e., dermatological condition). The disturbance causes significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. How and When Does it Start? People often start compulsive hair-pulling around the ages of 12-13; although it is not uncommon for it to start at a much younger or older age. Frequently, a stressful event can be associated with the onset, such as: change of schools, abuse, family conflict, or the death of a parent. The symptoms also may be triggered by pubertal hormonal changes. Does Trichotillomania Lead To Other Problems?

8. Hope For Hair Pullers. Support & Tips. Pull Free? Can Be! Message board, buddying system, rewards for being pull free, tips, resources, information about medicatio Category Health Mental Health trichotillomania Support Groups......You have reached trichotillomania Support, where resources are free of charge,the only exceptions being the online trichnoprogram and the Growth CD. http://www.trichotillomania.co.uk/

Online Therapy hope for your hair Home Contact Questionnaire Messages ... Inspiration You have reached Trichotillomania Support, where resources are free of charge, the only exceptions being the online trichnoprogram and the Growth CD Trichotillomania is a puzzle and each of us has a piece of the picture. Together we will solve it : the solution is already unraveling. As a community, we accept trichotillomania and celebrate our uniqueness, yet still press for change, raising awareness and understanding for the very real, terrific people who have trichotillomania. In return for the free resources, please complete our questionnaire to help us understand you better. Privacy policy at foot of page. This site is dedicated to empowerment. Your opinions are precious to us. Our lives are not this disorder, our lives are a combination of joy and fears, love and laughter, pain and passion, achievements and mistakes. We have a disorder, but we don't have to be controlled by it. This site has coaxed and helped so many people to achieve their goal of being pull free, that we can't emphasise enough the need to read EVERYTHING. Hopefully the menus on the left will assist, but if you have any problems regarding navigation

9. Drug-free Trichotillomania, Hair Pulling Treatment 5 Days trichotillomania (hair pulling) is a learned, short-term stress coping behavior that can be quickly Category Health Mental Health Impulse Control trichotillomania......Neither neurological disorder nor deficit, trichotillomania, hair pullingis a learned, shortterm stress reducing coping skill that backfires. http://www.trichotillomania.org/

free hair pulling Trichotillomania Explained Members Area Trichotillomania (TTM) is a stress reducing behavior. The relationship of hair pulling to stress is apparent in idioms in our language like "It is enough to make you pull your hair out." Hair pulling works to reduce stress because the behavior and sensations of pulling hair causes a short-term distraction from other emotional distress. This negatively reinforces Trichotillomania. paxil zoloft prozac luvox Negative Reinforcement hair pulling prozac luvox paxil zoloft The concept of negative reinforcement is commonly misunderstood and confused with idea of punishment. Let me discuss the concept of negative reinforcement. Simply, is is the pleasure/reinforcement we get when "it is so nice when it stops." An example might be laying in the sun on the beach. After while you become uncomfortably hot. To cool off you get up and run into the water. Running into the water behavior is reinforced by the cool water's termination of your uncomfortable "too hot" feeling. It is reinforcing to stop the too hot feeling. TTM works the same way. Patients may be uncomfortable from anxiety, worry, depression or the like. Pulling on their hair distracts their attention from the experience of this distress. Sure, this is only a short-term reprieve from the emotional pain, but that is really what counts in operant conditioning. Our nervous systems are wired so that short-term rewards are much more powerful than long-term ones.

10. International Trichotillomania Day International TTM day is June 22. Ways to celebrate or events happening in various locations. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Sauna/8887/

JUNE 22 International Trichotillomania Day Click Here To Enter Sign Guestbook View Guestbook For comments, suggestions, etc... send an e-mail Flags are from Flags of the World website. This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page

11. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Of Trichotillomania Article by Frederick Penzel, Ph.D. examining cognitive therapy treatments. http://www.homestead.com/westsuffolkpsych/trich_cbt.html

COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF TRICHOTILLOMANIA By Frederick Penzel, Ph.D. Of all the disorders belonging to the OCD family, trichotillomania is probably one of the least understood by both sufferers and practitioners alike. It has also been, for many years, among the most frustrating and difficult to treat for all parties concerned. The name trichotillomania (TTM) coined in 1889 by Francois Henri Hallopeau, is in itself an unfortunate and misleading one. It seems to pigeonhole the disorder with other unrelated problems such as kleptomania, pyromania, etc. In addition, it seems to imply an enjoyment and attraction on the part of sufferers to pursue their hair pulling activities. Those who have the disorder understand that this obviously is not true. The term 'mania' itself seems to suggest a serious mental illness. The gap between what the drugs can and cannot do can be bridged by behavioral therapy. Over the years, many assorted techniques for treating TTM have been tried, with little or no success. These would include psychoanalysis, biofeedback, relaxation training, aversion therapy, etc. I have heard a few isolated reports of the successful use of hypnosis, but only a few small studies are available on its effectiveness. Although more formal scientific studies of the use of behavioral therapy for TTM remain to be done, it appears that it is the most effective treatment that we possess. TTM is an extremely complex disorder with many potential inputs. It is my own hypothesis, and that of others, that TTM is the result of a dysfunction of a mechanism that regulates levels of stimulation within the central nervous system. People seem to pull when they are either overstimulated (stressed, anxious, or excited) or when understimulated (bored or inactive). Obviously, there are many things that can influence a person's stimulation levels. This is why there does not appear to be one single technique, approach, or device that can relieve the problem. TTM appears to respond best to an approach made of a number of different components.

12. Helen's Trichotillomania Web Site - A Guide To Help Available For Hair Pulling A guide to the help available for people who pull their hair out.Category Health Mental Health trichotillomania Support Groups......A guide to the help available for people who pull their hair out.Donot feel alone with trichotillomania, there is support out there! http://www.angelfire.com/mt/trichpages/

Info on trich Support Links Books ... Interesting info (articles etc) Helen's Trichotillomania pages (UK) A guide to the help available for hair pulling After six hard years of battling with the painful effects of Trichotillomania I discovered the wonders of the Internet and believe it is about time that the suffering in silence should come to an end for us all. I created this site because I believe there are many people out there with Trichotillomania, but even so it is surprising how little is understood about it. If you are a sufferer or a relative or a friend of a sufferer do not feel that you are alone. Many people have been helped just by knowing that they are not 'the only ones' with it. I was also particularly interested in creating a web site because I am British, living in North West England and finding nothing (apologies if I'm wrong) available on the Internet by Brits on this subject. This inspired me to produce some British web pages. It would be great if Trichsters living in the U.K. could contact each other and offer support. It can be a great help to contact others for encouragement. By reading on, you can learn how to get in touch with other 'Trichsters'.

13. Albany Trichotillomania Support Group A trichotillomania Support Group located in Albany to help those whopull their hair. This page is currently under construction!! http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/albanytrichsters/

This page is currently under construction!! This is a Members Only Webpage. Non members are limited to the links listed below. Information About Us Location: Albany, New York Description: Capital Region Support Group is a growing group. At this time we have no set time or place that we meet. We plan a place and a time as a group via email and then get together informally and discuss various issues. This is not set in stone so as our group grows in numbers and experience we may start having more of a formal setting. Contact: Kelly Phone: 1-877-590-6800 ext335 (this is toll free) Email: trich@ureach.com URL: http://www.ureach.com/trich Members Quotes Trich Links Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Support Our Pages We want to know who visits us! Please sign our Guestbook! View My Guestbook Sign My Guestbook This page was created by JennieWren. 2002

14. Trichotillomania trichotillomania is a term coined by a French dermatologist in 1889 to describe the compulsive or irresistible urge he saw in patients to pluck out their hair. http://www.centerforimage.com/trich.htm

Trichotillomania Trichotillomania is a term coined by a French dermatologist in 1889 to describe the compulsive or irresistible urge he saw in patients to pluck out their hair. The word trichotillomania is derived from the Greek thrix, hair, tillein, to pull, and mania, madness or frenzy. This name is somewhat of a misnomer in that people with trichotillomania are not "mad", "psychotic" or "crazy" as the name suggests. In psychiatry, trichotillomania, is classified as an Impulse Control Disorder as are conditions such as compulsive gambling, kleptomania (compulsive stealing) and pyromania (compulsive fire setting). Impulse control disorders are characterized by the inability to control or resist the temptation (or impulse) to do something harmful to oneself or someone else. A sufferer sometimes experiences a sense of increasing tension before performing the behavior and can feel a sense of relief or release of tension afterwards. Sometimes people even express a degree of pleasure after having performed the act. Features of trichotillomania that fit the description of an impulse control disorder include the inability to resist urges to pull out one's hair, mounting tension before pulling and feeling of relief afterward.

15. The Hair Pulling Habit A Trichotillomania Handbook For Teenagers, Parents And Th How to solve the trichotillomania puzzle. A book on trichotillomania support for teenagers, parents and therapists. By Dr. Ruth Golomb and Sherrie Vavrichek. http://www.hairpullinghabit.com

THE HAIR PULLING "HABIT" AND YOU How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle Revised Edition A guide for ... Parents Therapists Ruth Goldfinger Golomb Sherrie Mansfield Vavrichek Illustrations by Uri Yokel and Emily Condon-Douglas ISBN 0-9673050-2-0 This website was designed by JLY Computer Services , South Africa. For affordable, professional looking websites that work. Trichotillomania is the compulsion to pull our hair, pull you eye lashes, pull eyebrows, pull pubic hair, eat hair, hair disorder and is also called TTM or trich or hair pulling or hair pulling. Also trichotilomania. This trich or hairpulling book offers advise to teenagers, parents and therapists on how to treat hair pulling.

16. Trichotillomania Self-Help Network - Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver, BC peer support group for those suffering from trichotillomania (TTM) or compulsive hair-pulling.Category Health Mental Health trichotillomania Support Groups......The TTM SelfHelp Network is a Vancouver, BC peer support group for thosesuffering from trichotillomania (TTM) or compulsive hair-pulling. http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Sauna/8181/

Trichotillomania Self-Help Network About the TTM Self-Help Network We are a grassroots self-help network whose purpose is to provide peer support for adults in the Greater Vancouver area suffering from trichotillomania (TTM), also known as compulsive hair-pulling. Our members include people with diverse backgrounds, ages, education, and interests. Monthly meetings in Vancouver, BC give members an opportunity to come together in a safe and relaxed environment on an equal and voluntary basis. We explore common issues, share experiences, understand past failures, encourage future success, and most of all, accept and support one another. If you have ever felt alone in your struggle with trichotillomania, please consider joining us. What is Trichotillomania? Trichotillomania is the compulsion to pull out one's hair resulting in noticeable hair loss. Those with TTM may pull from the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, beard, pubic area, or other areas of the body. Tension is often experienced just before pulling or when attempts are made to resist pulling. A sense of pleasure, gratification, or relief occurs when pulling out the hair.

17. Trichotillomania Help BrenDakota's site. Articles, Books, Stories, Bulletin Board and support regarding trichotillomania. http://www.trichotillomaniahelp.com/

Last Updated What is Trichotillomania? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, 1994) defines Trichotillomania as: Recurrent pulling out of one's hair resulting in noticeable hair loss. Increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair. Pleasure, gratification, or relief when pulling out the hair. Not better accounted for by another mental disorder and not due to a general medical condition (e.g., a dermatological disorder). Results in substantial distress and/or interferes with functioning. Not all patients who pull out their hair meet these strict criteria. In fact, many do not experience a growing sense of tension before pulling. Nonetheless, they frequently have a distressing problem that might very well benefit from treatment. View Guestbook Sign Guestbook You Can Find Her Behind the Door There once was a little girl with eyes full of rain. Tears she cried, of self-made pain. Alone she hunkered in shame, behind a door. Wanting to feel this pain no more.

18. Teens With Trichotillomania Help for teens with trichotillomania.Category Health Mental Health trichotillomania Support Groups...... You Are Not Crazy!! Nor are you alone! Fact trichotillomania is described as an impulse control disorder marked by the pulling out of one's own hair. http://groups.msn.com/teenswithtrichotillomania

MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Search ... Money Groups teens with trichotillomania teenswithtrichotillomania@groups.msn.com Groups Home My Groups Language Help ... Tools SPONSORED SITES: Recommend This Group to a Friend You Are Not Crazy!! Nor are you alone! Fact: Trichotillomania is described as "an impulse control disorder marked by the pulling out of one's own hair. They came up with a name for it back in the 1800's! But even today, the medical community at large is unaware of how many people actually have this, how to treat it, or of how damaging it can be. Not just to our scalps or our faces or our bodies, but to our spirit itself, and all that stems from it. Shame, Fear, Embarrassment These are inside enemies. But that's not all. Ridicule, Punishment, Anger, Laughter These are just a very few of the outside 'enemies' many have. And worse, it is often our own family members who do the most damage. Education, support, and public awareness have started to shine a light on a problem so many have suffered from in silence, in shame, and in darkness. Come join us. Let's talk!

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20. ALITd_front Personal story and forums concerning both selfinjury and trichotillomania. Some information. http://www.geocities.com/karap333/aLITd_front.html

To a L ight I n T he dark An information and support page for those who self injure. Self Injury takes many forms. Cutting, burning, hair pulling (Trichotillomania), wound interferance, scratching, punching, biting and many others. While most Self Injurers have have tramatic experiances earlier in their lives, it does not apply to everyone. Most Self Injurers are women. Many suffer from other forms of metal illnesses as well. Such as depression, bipolar, and anxiety. In the following pages you will find many resources for Self Injury. Some personal pages, support forums and message boards, and sites for those who love a Self Injurer. When all seems lost, And lights go dark, A soul in torment, Cries out for solace. Scanning the horizon, For some sign of hope, A dim flash arises, Invoking a feeling, Of support to come. Drawing you near, And easing your pain, A lighthouse appears, Its lamp shining bright, Illuminating the shadows, And bestowing the blessing of healing. ~by MDW (Thank you!) MOST of the Graphics and borders on entire site by~ See pictures and learn about Alaska!

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