Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse disorder which urges people to pull out their hair. Hair from the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows or other parts of the body are all susceptible to this pulling.
The noticeable bald patches can generate an additional layer of emotion; a fear of being caught, and the shame of being unable to stop. Some people describe the compulsive hair-pulling as a self-soothing behavior comparable to thumb-sucking.
Although there are still questions, it is, for the moment, defined as an impulse-control disorder. An estimated two per cent of Americans struggle with this urge to pluck their hair. The urge is not simply a habit or learned behavior, but is experienced as an urge more akin to a yawn or sneeze that emerges from the subconscious.
This disorder most frequently emerges in the early adolescent years, around the age of twelve. Researchers suggest that of those with trichotillomania, 90 per cent are women.
But this may only indicate that women are more likely to seek treatment. Some experts note that 50 to 70 per cent of people who pull out their hair bite or chew the root of, or examine, the hair.
Disguising the Signs of Hair Pulling
Symptoms of trichotillomania can range widely. Each individual is unique in their severity, the location on the body, and their response to treatment.
The unifying factor is many people with TTM will go to great lengths to disguise their behavior. This includes changing hairstyles, using scarves or camouflage clothing, or makeup to hide bald patches or skin irritation.
The tenacity of this disorder is also subjective. At times, some people can reduce their urge to pull by focusing their awareness on it. For other people, or at other times, the urge to pull may be so urgent that normal functioning becomes nearly impossible.
Hypnosis and Hair Pulling: The Research
A 2004 article in the Journal of Counseling and Development states that "hypnotherapy has been effective in treating habit disorders, such as tics and thumb sucking, as well as trichotillomania". During hypnosis, clients can significantly increase their awareness of the urge to pull their own hair.
Two small studies also reported moderate success in treating trichotillomania with hypnotherapy.
How This Script Helps
Hypnotic World's Trichotillomania hypnosis script provides your client with the skills that their need to recognize or identify 'parts' of the self that are reinforcing the need to pull at their hair.
Parts therapy is a method of healing feelings, thoughts, behaviors and responses that are counterproductive or uncomfortable. This trichotillomania hypnosis script guides clients on a journey within the self to invite change.
No personal issues are too big or too small to be approached through this parts method. The object of this trichotillomania hypnosis script is to successfully transform clients' limitations not through confrontation, but from the inside out. The clear and easy steps of this hypnosis script invite change to develop naturally from within.
This hypnosis script helps to clients to resolve their trichotillomania by opening the individual to the wholeness that resides at the centre of their being.
The process transforms self-defeating beliefs that keep them trapped without the client becoming even more deeply engaged in self-critical thinking. Without turmoil, without patronising, this hypnosis script addresses trichotillomania and opens the opportunity to live as a profoundly meaningful true self.
Functioning from the centre of the self allows us to feel an unshakeable sense of wellbeing, no matter what kind of waves and ripples shake our day-to-day experiences.
This trichotillomania hypnosis script helps clients to connect with the inner self to gain access to a sense of inner knowledge that provides all of the resources needed to overcome their obstacles.
Helping clients to learn to deal with the cause of their symptoms can empower them to function in alignment with their true values. This hypnosis script to reduce compulsive hair pulling provides clients with a clear view of their world, rather than a subjective version obscured by their individual biases, fears or prejudices.
Resolve such issues efficiently using this Trichotillomania hypnosis script.