Trich Rituals

Probably one of the things that cause the most pain when you suffer from TTM, is the thought that you are crazy, and the only person in the world who would think of doing the things that you do. Even after I discovered that other people also pulled out their hair, I still thought that some of the things that I did were very weird, and never imagined that other people did it as well. This is one of the really strange aspects of trichotillomania - most of us suffer in isolation for years, and has never seen or known anybody that suffer from TTM. And yet, the things we do are so much the same that it is makes you realise that TTM is really a disorder, and NOT something that you have thought of yourself.

I have compiled a list of rituals that I found that other TTM sufferers also do. With most of them I was shocked to realise that other people do this as well. Obviously not every single sufferer does all of these things, but you would probably find that you do a great deal of it. Something else I also found amazing was the fact that almost everyone complained about their heads which itch so much. I thought my whole life through that it is normal for everyone to have an itchy head most of the time.

This list is not intended to shock anybody, but really to help the people who suffer from this disorder. May it help you to realize that you are not alone in what you do and certainly not crazy.

I have split the rituals page, as it became too big to read easily.  Please note that the splits that I made, was not done in any scientific matter, it is just my own way of distinquishing between them.