Trichster and TLC both shared this on their facebook pages- 

Life With Trichotillomania (video interview on Huffpost Live).  Nancy Redd talks with several trich suffers and a doctor.  Great interview spreading more awareness! 

Hosted by: 

• Nancy Redd

Guests:

• Sandy Rosenblatt @Sandybeach28 (Bethesda, MD) Has Trichotillomania
• Valerie Vanone (Brooklyn, NY) Has Trichotillomania
• Sarah Robertson @CanadianBFRB (Toronto, Canada) Founder of CBSN
• Dr. Ali Mattu @alimattu (New York, NY) Clinical Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow, NYU Child Study Center

19 days pull free

I made it 19 days pull free- the longest I've ever gone!  There were definitely challenging days, where I felt like all of my thoughts were consumed by trich.  And other days were easier with less urges.  So although my streak is over, I am still really proud of how I did.  The lash pictured below has been bothering me for days.  It was long and straight and despite using an eyelash curler, it never curled.  It just stuck straight out.  So I tried my hardest to ignore it.  But I'd gently tug on it every once in a while... and then I started to notice that the lash hurt.  And that was more irritating than it being straight.  This morning I kept tugging on it and it kept hurting.  I knew it would quit hurting if I just pulled it out.  I knew this lash would end my streak... and I gave in.  And after that I pulled out the tweezers and pulled a few hairs that I had been bugging me as well.  I knew if I was going to try again tomorrow that these hairs would make it challenging.  I know that's probably stupid... cause there is always going to be some hair that is bothersome.    

Pull free day 1- starting tomorrow (really... I should start trying right now before I do some damage).  Okay... pull free day 1 starts tomorrow, but I'm going to start fighting the urges now.

Today is going to be a tough one... That one brow is still bothering me- I can't seem to stop touching it.   Plus I'm going to be in the car for a couple of hours.  Ahhhh!

Until I was actually sound asleep- I wasn't sure if I was going to be pull free yesterday day.  But I did it.  And now it's a new day- another day to keep fighting.  

I can do it!  You can do it!  We can do it!!

Source: Uploaded by user via Sam on Pinterest

Praying I can resist the urges tonight.  The past couple of weeks haven't been as bad as I was anticipating.  But tonight is bad.  There's one brow I keep touching and at least 3 lashes I've been eyeing.  Ahhhhh!  

Don't pull!  Don't pull!  Don't pull!  

2 weeks pull free

Here's two weeks of being pull free (click pics to enlarge).  

In these pictures I just have mascara, a little bit of eyeliner on and no other make-up (bare minimum for taking kids to school).  Not sure if the growth is noticeable to others or not, but I think I'm getting somewhere.  I've heard brows take 4-8 weeks to grow back (not sure about lashes)... so hopefully I can keep this up and start to really see some progress.