It's trichotillomania awareness week so let's talk about. While I never got diagnosed by a professional, the symptoms and issue of trichotillomania is pretty clear-cut: it's a hair pulling compulsive disorder (comes from the family tree of OCD) and I've struggled with it for years. Before I even knew what trich was, I was MISERABLE because I just couldn't stop pulling my hair and it messed up my self-esteem. The disorder was compulsive, I physically and mentally could not control myself.
I was told by others it was gross and made my appearance worse, and at the time, I didn't know what trich was and thought there was something wrong with me. However, after learning about trich, it made me realize I am not alone and how to take care of myself.
My trich has gotten better, but it did kinda mess up the hair pattern on my scalp and still does affect my esteem sometimes. But to whoever also has trich, we got this and there' always a chance to recover <3