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3 Ways Concealing My Trichotillomania Prevented My Healing

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Living with trichotillomania, like many mental health conditions, can be oh so very isolating. As much as I wanted to share my experience as a child pulling out my hair at the young age of 12, I was prevented from doing so because of fear.

I feared people would think I was weird and wrong for doing this damage to myself. I feared being judged. I feared being seen as losing control.

So I kept quiet. But what I really wanted to share back then was that my dad was sick with cancer and I didn’t know how to deal with it.

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