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What Is National Trichotillomania Awareness Week?

National Trichotillomania Awareness Week runs from 1-8 October 2008 and is a way to spread the message of trichotillomania and work together to provide support for those suffering with the condition.

Trichotillomania is the impulse control disorder that causes people to compulsively pull out their own hair. This hair is pulled from all areas of the body, and can cause sufferers emotional distress. Sufferers may feel ashamed that they cannot stop themselves, they may think they are the only ones doing it, and may look at themselves as ugly when bald patches start to develop.

Trichotillomania Awareness Week is a way of getting the message out so that more people have heard of the condition, and that sufferers will never feel alone.

Trichotillomana Awareness Week Table of Contents

  1. What Happens During the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week?
  2. Trichotillomania Weblog
  3. Blog About the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week
  4. Blogs on the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week
  5. Why The Trichotillomania Awareness Week is So Important
  6. The Most Important Thing About Trichotillomania Awareness Week...
  7. The Trichotillomania Learning Center
  8. Trichotillomania Youtube Videos
  9. Helpful Trichotillomania Links
  10. Blogs About Trichotillomania
  11. Your Feedback

What Happens During the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week?

The Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC) is a non-profit trichotillomania organization putting on events across the USA. These include demonstrations of treatments, management of the condition and more. If you do not live in the USA then you can get involved in your own way. If you do not know much about the condition, now is your chance to read some more. There are loads of trichotillomania blogs and websites for information on the condition.

If you have a friend who has trichotillomania (trich), then find some ways to help them. View my lens on 'How to Help Others With Trichotillomania' for more information. Or if you have trich yourself, use this time to set some goals for yourself. Be 'pull free' for the entire week, or start participating in discussion forums to get support. Whatever you do, choose something that helps you!

See my blog links and other resources below to find information and support on the topic.

Trichotillomania Weblog

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Blog About the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week

A great way to get involved in the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week is to blog about it. You can blog about anything - what the condition is, if you have ever heard of it, how you have helped others who have the condition, or how you have dealt with the condition yourself. Blogging is a great way to spread the word, and the more people that blog about it the more people that can learn about trichotillomania. See below for some blog links, or use your own blog and you will be added to the blog feed automatically if your blog contains the 'trichotillomania awareness' keywords!

Blogs on the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week

Clearview students support their mom and raise cancer awareness with mohawks
Jane Bingham is a Mantua Township photographer best known recently for her campaign encouraging Mattel Inc. to produce a bald Barbie in support of children with cancer, alopecia or trichotillomania. Her sons are students at Clearview Regional High ...
A bald Barbie is beautiful
... a bald Barbie would help young girls who lose their hair due to cancer treatments, alopecia, trichotillomania and other illnesses. It would also help girls with mothers or other loved ones with cancer. It could raise awareness.
Facebook group campaigns for bald Barbie doll
Bingham said that the movement has brought awareness across the world that women can be beautiful without hair. "Hair does not define beauty," Bingham said. "In society, we're presented with the movie stars and the models. Nothing has changed.
Internet Addiction Disorder and Internet Dependency a Growing Concern
The non-profit website BlockMyWeb.com was launched this week to bring awareness to Internet Addiction Disorder and to help those afflicted with the disorder. In a recent study, researchers from Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in Taiwan followed ...
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Why The Trichotillomania Awareness Week is So Important

  1. It teaches people about what trichotillomania means. Educational events and more media attention to the condition hels to spread the world to people who have never heard of it.
  2. It teaches those suffering from the condition that they are not alone. They may never even have heard of the condition before, so it will be a great help to know what it is.
  3. It helps bring sufferers together to support each other. Emotional support is a huge factor in controlling this condition.
  4. Events and activities teach others how to be supportive of all impulse control conditions. We need to support everyone, not just with trichotillomania, but all conditions that lead the sufferer to feel weird or ugly.
  5. Each year more and more people can become involved. It is a relatively new tradition, so it can only get better every year.
Important!

The Most Important Thing About Trichotillomania Awareness Week...

...is that it spreads the word about the condition that many people have never heard of, including many who suffer in silence.

The Trichotillomania Learning Center

Organization supporting the National Trichotillomania Awareness Week

The National Trichotillomania Awareness Week is supported by the Trichotillomania Learning Center (TLC), a non-profit organization that is dedicating to supporting those with the hair pulling disorder and any other impulsive disorders such as skin picking (dermatillomania) which can provide similar psychological effects in sufferers.

The TLC website is extremely popular and a great source of information about the condition. Click on the link to learn more and get support for the condition.

Trichotillomania Youtube Videos

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Helpful Trichotillomania Links

For support and advice on the condition

All Join Hands - Home Page
This special week will consist of local events hosted by TLC members in their communities. TLC will provide you with a
Trich.org
TLC - Trichotillomania Learning Center homepage
Trichotillomania Blog
Trichotillomania Blog - Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair.
Pulling hair or lashes? Put that all in the past, Come join our community where PULL FREE Lasts.
Stop hair or lash pulling, help and tips, rewards for being pull free. Positivity. This site does not support the victim mentality. YOU CAN DO IT!
Trichotillomania UK - Homepage
Trichotillomania UK - Homepage
Trichotillomania - Hair Pulling Facts, Symptoms and Solutions
Uncontrollable hair pulling explained - what the symptoms are, what triggers it, and what can be done to stop it.
BBC - Science & Nature - Human Body and Mind - Obsessions - Gallery
Trichotillomania case study - Liz
Trichotillomania - UK
Online trich support in the UK

Blogs About Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania Blog
Trichotillomania Blog - Personal stories from those with experience of trichotillomania - pulling out hair.
pulling out hair
pulling out hair - stopping the uncontrollable urge
All Join Hands Blog
Blog on Trichotillomana Awareness Week
The Trichotillomania Blog
The Trichotillomania Blog features personal stories, news, commentary, and links to web resources about trichotillomania.
It’s Trichy
Trying to kick Trich (Trichotillomania) (with a subtle tribute to Run DMC)

Your Feedback

How are you doing your part? Did this help you learn about the condition? What else do you think about the week?

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    almostthereblog Nov 14, 2010 @ 12:50 pm | delete
    Hi everyone,

    I just created a blog which will help me keep my trich at bay. We all know that it's something that can't just be "cured," but I've learned from experience that holding myself accountable to others (letting them know how many hairs I've pulled that day, etc) can be extremely helpful. On my blog, I'll be posting every day about how many hairs I've pulled and how I'm feeling. I'd love followers/people interested in joining me! Here's the link: http://keepingtrichatbay.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-first-post.html

    Please check it out, and thanks for your support!
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