No More shame
You know you shouldn't do it, yet you can't control it. Why? Because there is a pay-off. The tension as you pull, the relaxed, high feeling as the follicle comes off ¨C Just for that brief moment, it makes you feel good, so your subconscious tells you to do it again. Your conscious, logical mind is no longer in control. You get used to giving in to the urge over time, and the habit reinforces itself, trapping your mind in a cycle of compulsive behaviour. You feel helpless.
The shame, horror, disgust and fear you feel is common among hair-pullers! You imagine yourself to be weird and deviant because you do something like this. You spend an inordinate amount of time covering your dark secret¡ imprisoned in the guilt, always fearing that someone will discover. And you panic when your hairdresser notices the thinning spot.
Nobody understands your frustration as you wonder if you are close to permanently losing your will and self esteem.
Don't despair, you are not alone, you are not mad. There are millions like you and there is a cure. First, don't be embarrassed to ask for help.
Trichotillomania isn't just a habit that a person can easily stop. It's a medical condition which affects 1 ¨C 3 % of the population, mostly women.
Hypnosis has proven highly effective in treating trichollomania. During hypnotherapy, your subconscious mind is gently reeducated that you can and will stop pulling. This empowers you at a deeper, inner level and erases the past feelings of failure. Negative emotions are released and limiting beliefs like "I'm not strong enough to overcome this." or "I can't have a full head of beautiful hair." are banished. Hair pulling will be equated with something negative, like nausea.
Just as counseling helps correct behaviours, hypnotherapy works by changing the impulses from within. The underlying reasons are determined and its elimination can then be worked on.
Over some sessions, that hand will no longer creep up to your head surreptitiously. And be further reassured ¨C research shows that hair almost always grows back for hair pullers, when the urge is finally curbed.
Free yourself now, with hypnotherapy.
* You are not responsible for the fact that you have trichotillomania, but you are responsible for how you approach it. You can either decide to be a victim or learn to walk with grace"* - Christina Pearson, Founder/Executive Director of the Trichotillomania Learning Center