My Trichotillomania Tribe » stop trichotillomania http://www.trichotillomaniatribe.com Reflections on Ending Trichotillomania by Abby Leora Rohrer Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Quick Trichotillomania Freedom Manifestor http://www.trichotillomaniatribe.com/tips-to-stop-hair-pulling/trichotillomania-freedom-manifestor/ http://www.trichotillomaniatribe.com/tips-to-stop-hair-pulling/trichotillomania-freedom-manifestor/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 16:40:18 +0000 Abby http://www.trichotillomaniatribe.com/?p=1705 “For each illness that doctors cure with medicine, they provoke ten in healthy people by injecting them with a virus that is a thousand times more powerful than any microbe: the idea that one is ill.” –Proust

The idea that something is an illness is a terribly contagious message of powerlessness more overwhelming than any germ. It infects one’s mind. Reflect on this as you answer the following questions:

  • How does it help to believe that trich is an illness or an incurable compulsive behavior?
  • How does this belief empower you (or your hair pulling child)?
  • How does it improve your life (or that of your hair pulling child)?
  • If you didn’t believe this, how would it change your approach to hair pulling?
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