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RMB ([personal profile] changeling67) wrote2014-07-08 08:35 am

Trichotillomania



Rebecca Brown is a 21 year old film student, who has an impulse control disorder called trichotillomania (pulling her hair out).  From the age of fourteen to present, she has taken daily selfies, which depict a beautiful girl who develops severe depression and then undergoes a transformation.  She admits that she still battles with the disorder, but wants to make people aware of the disorder and has information for others who may have the condition.  She also has dermotillomania: (Obsessive Skin Picking) and her videos are an ongoing processes: partly coming to terms with the disorders and partly managing them.

She provides insight with bravery and I hope she is successful at continually maintaining the disorders.  Be kind to each other, for inside we all fight battles that no one knows about.

Original source -
http://onenameglobal.com/she-took-a-selfie-every-single-day-for-6-5-years-the-results-absolutely-inspiring/ - Accessed 08/07/14

Rebecca's YouTube page with additional information - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRvk5UQY1Js

[identity profile] earthmother45.livejournal.com 2014-07-08 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I found myself mesmerized watching Rebecca's six and a half year video.

I love what you say, "be kind to each other, for inside we all fight battles no one knows about." No matter who we are, I think we all have a façade, living behind it a little or a lot, and we don't know what pain, depression, stress or unhappiness it is hiding.

[identity profile] calico-pye.livejournal.com 2014-07-08 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I was mesmerised too - I know that I wasn't the first to think "Why would a pretty girl do that to herself?" That she was talented, obviously very bright and with her whole future in front of her.

Maybe because we expect to see people's inner afflictions, because we expect other people to see ours. I know someone else with trichotillomania and she tells me it's because it brings her some kind of comfort and she wasn't even aware she was doing it a lot of the time.

We all fight battles :-)