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taleth asked: wikipedia is a terrible source to use as an argument from power, they think i'm male when i'm pretty clearly not. telling other people how to classify their trich is fucked up.

i’m not here to link you every single article that says trich is self-harm. it is not my job to decide your feelings. i am telling you, simply put, that via multiple therapists and the internet, trich has been classified to me as self-harm. yes, wikipedia is a bad source. why do people get to tell me trich isnt self-harm, but then i’m suddenly the bad person when i say it is? that’s a joke. -selena

Anonymous asked: Hi I have trich and I don't consider myself to be self harming?

hello~ ultimately, your decision to consider trich to be self-harm or not is up to you. but, refuting it by saying it isnt AT ALL and giving me terrible logic to back your claims is ridiculous. trichotillomania is classified as self-harm if you read the wikipedia article here (trigger warning for graphic photographs).

thgiledelirium asked: I was inherently placing more value on an inanimate object than myself. When it's conscious, I feel that desire to pull, that need, and that NEED comes from the fact that I feel like I need to punish and/or harm myself, partially, so YES, it CAN be self-harm.

thgiledelirium asked: That is so wrong. I suffer from trichotillomania - as well as G.A.D and Major Depressive Disorder, and when my therapist and I tried figuring out the root of the issue, he asked me to try pulling hair from a stuffed animal instead of myself. The idea horrified me and I refused to do it. I pull consciously, sometimes, and unconsciously at others - but when it's conscious, the root of the issue is self loathing and disappointment mixed w/ anxiety. By refusing to do it the stuffed animal, (cont)

Anonymous asked: no, trich is not self harm. i dont care if it can be conscious, as i sometimes do it consciously, it is NOT self harm. saying it is now officially opens the door for attention whores doing it as their "unique way of self harm" so please dont start that

is your reasoning seriously ‘attention whores’? that’s such a joke. i’m sorry, but trich can be self-harm. if you don’t see it that way, then that’s fine. but don’t try to invalidate my views with terrible logic. -selena

TRICH CAN BE SELF HARM.

wworld-of-wwarcraft asked: hi i just saw that someone asked you if trich is self harm and you said yes. im sorry but in fact it isn't.

Hi, I know that by this ask you’re trying to be helpful! But you’re not. Trich can be self harm. - Beth

[Image: 8-piece background, alternating between navy blue and lime green with a picture of a tortoise in the middle. Top text reads: “Are you pulling out your hair?!” Bottom text reads: “Bitch I might be.”]