Two Cans & String

{ "thread_id": "3641", "posts": [ { "id": "233372", "time": "1320615089", "html": "Does anyone have this? It's a impulse disorder that causes you to pull out your hair excessively. I have it, and wonder if anyone else does.", "user": "cracksinthesurface" }, { "id": "233385", "time": "1320615680", "html": "How do you cope?", "user": "venice" }, { "id": "233412", "time": "1320616209", "html": "Is there help for this?", "user": "yolanda" }, { "id": "233415", "time": "1320616274", "html": "I'd assume it'd be like any other impulse disorder: learning healthier ways to cope.", "user": "venice" }, { "id": "233423", "time": "1320616704", "html": "My friend has that. She pulls out her eyelashes/eyebrow hairs. Now, she wears fake eyelashes and she draws her eyebrows on. <br />\nOn a sort of relevant note, I have <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)\">pica</a>. I also have really good self-control, so it's not that big of a problem when it comes to eating really weird things. I usually just eat ice nowadays.", "user": "robertdoggodesq" }, { "id": "233430", "time": "1320616888", "html": "... I used to eat paper all the time, or chew small pebbles. I now eat ice almost constantly if in front of me... _{<span style=\"font-style:italic;\">I will not self diagnose I will not self diagnose.</span>}", "user": "hunterr" }, { "id": "233431", "time": "1320616928", "html": "I always lie about that. "Are you eating that?" "Um, no, I was just playing with it." or "No, I have a toothache, so I'm holding it between the teeth." It's not even conscious most of the time. I have been diagnosed, but the doctor just wanted me to take pills and the pills made me frantic and nervous, so now I just try to stop myself when I realize I'm doing it.<br />\n<br />\nIt has led to some digestive issues before.", "user": "venice" }, { "id": "233532", "time": "1320619199", "html": "No there isn't a way to cope, and I guess it's related to eating strange things... like pebbles... I chew on plastic or metal when I'm nervous", "user": "cracksinthesurface" }, { "id": "233533", "time": "1320619268", "html": "I know a girl who has the hair-pulling problem, but I don't think she actually does anything about it. She just has to wear a wig and I noticed that she rocks sometimes, and I guess that's her way of coping. She's cool as shit, though. I love talking to her.", "user": "nicklerollshxc" }, { "id": "233566", "time": "1320620007", "html": "I constantly play with my hair, and it often ends up falling out at the sides because it's been played with and pulled which makes it brittle. I don't compulsively, intentionally pull it out because of stress or anything though. My friends often shout at me because of it, and tell me not to so I guess it is very frequent. One girl said 'Jheeze, it's like you're on the verge of a mental breakdown' ... which made no sense.. and freaked me out. It's more of an absent-minded thing, or something I do subconsciously when my thoughts go haywire, so I don't think it's the same thing, are you stressed or upset when you do it, or is it quite constant?", "user": "ju" }, { "id": "233586", "time": "1320620752", "html": "Cracksinthesurface, there is a treatment for Trichotillomania (and many other disorders as well). There is something called Habit Reversal Training. When used in conjunction with medicine, it has a rather high success rate.", "user": "magicallegume" }, { "id": "233818", "time": "1320638608", "html": "Really? I wasn't informed.", "user": "cracksinthesurface" }, { "id": "234582", "time": "1320707742", "html": "I am not sure of the widespread availability of such treatments, but they do exist. To quote one article: "Azrin and Nunn reported at least a 90% reduction in habit frequency by all subjects."<br />\n<br />\nI would recommend doing some research and talk to your doctor about treatment. <a href=\"http://www.trich.org/\">Here is a good place to start.</a>", "user": "magicallegume" }, { "id": "234741", "time": "1320724262", "html": "I actually have this. It's quite annoying.", "user": "blake" }, { "id": "234768", "time": "1320726425", "html": "You seem to have <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">everything</span>, Blake.", "user": "sya" }, { "id": "234770", "time": "1320726645", "html": "My thoughts exactly.", "user": "robertdoggodesq" }, { "id": "235123", "time": "1320778427", "html": "This one is unfortunately negative.", "user": "blake" }, { "id": "235351", "time": "1320800662", "html": "This seems to suck. I guess that it's just another way people have to cope with their stress. I hate it when people find out that somebody is like this and then they judge them. It must cause problems for social interaction. Ah well. I like things different. Different people are awesome!", "user": "myownpath" }, { "id": "235885", "time": "1320868261", "html": "I don't believe mine is stress-related. It's just my resting state if I don't consciously stop myself from doing it.", "user": "blake" }, { "id": "236325", "time": "1320898358", "html": "Same, blake. It kinda spikes at night or when I'm doing homework. I just need something to do...", "user": "cracksinthesurface" }, { "id": "236328", "time": "1320898393", "html": "I do that with my eyebrows...but I don't think it's the same thing.", "user": "nicklerollshxc" }, { "id": "236338", "time": "1320898950", "html": "I have this too. I started with my eyelashes when I was about 8, it was bad. But I don't do my eyelashes anymore, just my hair. It's not stress related, I'm pretty relaxed, but I do it constantly during tests, homework, reading, stuff like that. It's not so bad that I have patches or anything, my hair is actually really thick. And whenever I pull some out, I rub it on my top lip. I think it creeps people out, so I try to make it look like I'm just putting my hand over my mouth", "user": "becausewhynot" }, { "id": "236519", "time": "1320921323", "html": "I used to do that when I was a kid. Never realised it had a name.<br />\n<br />\nI still do it on occasion, now I think about it. It's just...dunno, not stress, just a habit for me like biting my nails or cracking my joints.", "user": "2" }, { "id": "236521", "time": "1320923220", "html": "Both my mum and my best friend do this in the form of plucking out their leg hairs one at a time with tweezers...", "user": "larana" }, { "id": "236823", "time": "1320950825", "html": "I'm no expert, but that sounds a bit different. My understanding is that Trichotillomania is unintentional. If there are tweezers involved, it doesn't sound like it's the same thing.", "user": "magicallegume" } ], "users": { "cracksinthesurface": { "name": "cracksinthesurface", "key": "cracksinthesurface", "url": "/users/cracksinthesurface", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "28" }, "venice": { "name": "Venice", "key": "venice", "url": "/users/venice", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "9382" }, "yolanda": { "name": "Yolanda", "key": "yolanda", "url": "/users/yolanda", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "59" }, "robertdoggodesq": { "name": "Robert Doggod Esq.", "key": "robertdoggodesq", "url": "/users/robertdoggodesq", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "-130" }, "hunterr": { "name": "Hunterr", "key": "hunterr", "url": "/users/hunterr", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "1264" }, "nicklerollshxc": { "name": "nicklerollshxc", "key": "nicklerollshxc", "url": "/users/nicklerollshxc", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "249" }, "ju": { "name": "Ju", "key": "ju", "url": "/users/ju", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/5771.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "2178" }, "magicallegume": { "name": "MagicalLegume", "key": "magicallegume", "url": "/users/magicallegume", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/15765.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "3457" }, "blake": { "name": "Blake", "key": "blake", "url": "/users/blake", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/16553.png", "rankClass": "webmaster", "rankText": "Webmaster", "posts": "3033" }, "sya": { "name": "Sya", "key": "sya", "url": "/users/sya", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/1902.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "4364" }, "myownpath": { "name": "MyOwnPath", "key": "myownpath", "url": "/users/myownpath", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "167" }, "becausewhynot": { "name": "becausewhynot", "key": "becausewhynot", "url": "/users/becausewhynot", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "54" }, "2": { "name": "2", "key": "2", "url": "/users/2", "avatar": "/images/white.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "323" }, "larana": { "name": "larana", "key": "larana", "url": "/users/larana", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/3041.png", "rankClass": "admin", "rankText": "Admin", "posts": "7915" } }, "page_num": 1, "locked": 0, "total_pages": 2 }

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