Children With Trichotillomania - Treating Trichotillomania in Children
Lewis Waller
September 20, 2008
Children with trichotillomania are very often grossly misunderstood. Often, the condition´s presence can be easily misunderstood, as the characteristic hair pulling may actually be a passing phase, much like thumb sucking. If symptoms persist, then to find out if we indeed have children with trichotillomania, an official diagnosis would be in order. If we find that we do indeed have children with trichotillomania, we need to be understanding and supportive, and not to try to punish the symptoms away… to do so would only serve to worsen the condition, and anny peripheral problems created could be quite long lasting. One sufferer relates his experience on this (paraphrased for privacy);
"When I was a child, my parents, mostly my mother, were extremely ashamed and would constantly yell at me and severely punish me for pulling my own hair out. They would freely display it to everyone (relatives, teachers, friends and neighbors), showing my bald patches to anyone and humiliating me in front of everyone about how I had pulled my hair out. This of course does nothing to improve the situation for children with trichotillomania. I had finally stopped in and around the time I was attending high school… by then I was lucky enough to be blessed with understanding adults (friends´ parents and teachers) who truly cared about me and always praised me in my efforts to beat this condition. My parents never dealt with trichotillomania, nor did they ever once seek any help for me. It goes without saying that I don't have a good relationship with either of them even to this very day."
Obviously, if we have children with trichotillomania, we need to be careful with how we deal with the situation and seek to educate ourselves with any knowledge within our reach. Children with trichotillomania need our love and care, and they need to know that we are with them and can look to us for our support.
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"When I was a child, my parents, mostly my mother, were extremely ashamed and would constantly yell at me and severely punish me for pulling my own hair out. They would freely display it to everyone (relatives, teachers, friends and neighbors), showing my bald patches to anyone and humiliating me in front of everyone about how I had pulled my hair out. This of course does nothing to improve the situation for children with trichotillomania. I had finally stopped in and around the time I was attending high school… by then I was lucky enough to be blessed with understanding adults (friends´ parents and teachers) who truly cared about me and always praised me in my efforts to beat this condition. My parents never dealt with trichotillomania, nor did they ever once seek any help for me. It goes without saying that I don't have a good relationship with either of them even to this very day."
Obviously, if we have children with trichotillomania, we need to be careful with how we deal with the situation and seek to educate ourselves with any knowledge within our reach. Children with trichotillomania need our love and care, and they need to know that we are with them and can look to us for our support.
To find out about a Trichotillomania treatment thats guaranteed to work almost instantly head over to 'The Trichotillomania Treatment' by Clicking Here
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