Friday, July 23, 2010

A Benefit of Trichotillomania

Sometimes we get lost in the negatives of hair pulling—the anxiety, the physical effects, the stigma of having a "disorder." But today I discovered a benefit that has come out of my years with trichotillomania.

I'm SO good with a tweezers. Like, for serious.

My friend and coworker came over to me this afternoon and said, "Do you have nails?"

"Do I have nails?" I repeated stupidly.

"Yeah, I have a splinter and my nails aren't long enough to pull it out," she explained.

Aha! thought I. I can do better than that! "It'd be better to use a tweezers," I responded triumphantly, "which I also have!"

She shut her eyes, muttering, "I can't look." In a single tweeze, I pulled out the splinter and saved the day. "That didn't even hurt!" she exclaimed.

"I'm good with a tweezers," I replied smugly. "You don't even KNOW."

Although she probably did know, because she knows about my hair pulling, but that's beside the point.

There aren't too many occasions where I can say this, but.... Trichotillomania to the rescue!!



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4 comments:

A Weirdo said...

This is an interesting post... I'm a Tricha, but I pull out hairs from the top of my head not from my eyelashes and brows. I don't have this benefit- I don't use tweezers to pull out my hair, just my hands. I'm glad you could find something positive... I can't.

Danielle Skye said...

I like your perspective!! :-) As a fellow trich sufferer, I also find it's healthy to laugh about it sometimes... instead of constantly feeling frustrated and down about the fight. Excellent tweezer skills could go on my resume.

Paul Hughes said...

A nice post! Thanks.

I've only just discovered this blog. Rather late.

I liked your post because when you can laugh about something which is generally seen as negative its power begins to lessen.

Best wishes

Paul

Samantha Grant said...

So funny, haha. Nice read.

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