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What's Wrong with Pulling My Hair Out? Breakthrough Secrets & Powerful Answers to End Your Trichotillomania Forever Without Medication, Willpower or Diets (Book & CD Set)

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I haven't finished this book yet, but I think it's important to review this book at this time because I think there are probably a lot of people out there who, like me, started reading this book and put it down because their current beliefs about Trichotillomania were challenged and it made them uncomfortable. It made me uncomfortable too.

But you need to keep reading the book. Is Rohrer right? Is Trich all in our head? You know what....what if she is?!?! What if our current beliefs are directly responsible for this endless cycle of pulling, guilt, shame, and more pulling? Are we so determined to close our minds to this idea that we're willing to risk freedom? I don't know if I'll end my pulling forever if I continue reading this book and following the exercises. What I do know is that it has challenged me the way nothing else has. And I think our natural resistance to challenge and change is indicative of the reasons so many of us are still asking the same questions and still making very little progress. Throw rocks at me if you want, but you owe it to yourself to take a deep look inside and figure out what it is that's really eating at you. Even if it turns out this theory doesn't work for you, I bet you'll make significant strides in getting to know yourself better. And you can only benefit from that.

The book is a comfortable read. Rohrer is a peer, and addresses you as such. The first few pages were difficult for me because of my natural resistence to "self-help" books, but the content itself is not difficult. The challenge it presents is purely emotional, and will vary depending on your own level of willingness to participate in your own healing.

The interesting thing about the Trich community is that we will try almost anything to find a "cure" for Trichotillomania. Some of us try medication. Some try therapy. Some try special diets. Some try habit reversal. Do these things work? Sure, to some extent. But inside you is a person who desperately needs to pull, and tells you so almost every day. Have you ever sat down with her and asked her why? Rohrer does.

This is a tough one. But what if you began to look at hair-pulling as an addiction instead of a disorder?

That's what Rohrer does. The word 'Habit' is too nice. For those of us who pull, the word 'Habit' is an understatement. The word 'Disorder' though, I'm sure the medical community would be up in arms about challenging that word, makes you feel lost. That something is just plain WRONG with you. Hair-pullers everywhere suffer from incredible low-self esteem. When I first began to look at hair-pulling as an addiction, I thought, "Wow, I can actually beat this thing."

That attitude alone, moves mountains. I am not pullfree today. But I can say with certainty that that day is soon to come. I know it. I feel it. My life has changed profoundly doing the work she suggests in these books. I am more whole. I am more me. I do not hate myself the same way. I have compassion for myself. I am not ashamed of my bald eyebrows and eyelashes. I can talk about it and not feel worried about what people are thinking of me. I have me. I have learned to become my own best friend.

I am also familiar with Abby's online course for women which can be found at [...] there are testimonials there that you can become more familiar with.

What I feel, is that Abby has revolutionized not only the way we deal with hair-pulling, but all addictions. Please do not give up hope.