|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
| |||||||||
|
|
| Safe and gentle story telling CD designed to capture the interest of children and help them stop hair or eyelash pulling. |  |
|---|---|
| Also available, our HUGELY successful CD for adults to help hair and lash pullers. | |
| And now, Growth 2 (for those who have previously purchased Growth 1 ) | urge reducer CD |
A Trichotillomania Cure is not so Obscure
Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy may help stop hair pulling, but there is a way to cure not only the hair pulling, but also the worry thoughts, attention problems and insomnia, which often accompany the disorder.
Neuroscientists are continually detecting and documenting the ever-changing structure of the brain, and finding new ways to bring about that feel-good factor. Such change is brought about not by radical surgery or medication, but through altered attitudes and behaviour.
| DNA influences, but does not determine your happiness or lack of it. If your parents and grandparents weren't happy-go-lucky or carefree, you might have to work 50% harder to achieve happiness, but you CAN still get there. |
Trichotillomania affects the basal ganglia, at the frontal cortex of the brain.
High activity at the left frontal area of the cerebral cortex indicates
happiness and high energy, while activity in the left frontal area of
the cerebral cortex indicates sadness and stress.
Genetic, organic, and neurochemical foundations for impulse control are
formed in the first two years, as are rationality and sensitivity to other
people.
DNA and detrimental early experiences can cause a child to develop learning
challenges and hyperactivity, emotional difficulties, and/or poor impulse-control,
including hair or eyelash pulling.
The orbitofrontal cortex of the brain controls sociability and relationships.
For this reason, people with trichotillomania are often shy and may be
misdiagnosed with social phobia. The frontal cortex also determines our
sense of self, episodic memory and our perception of our future. A good
clinician will recognise that worry thoughts and social challenges are
symptoms of trichotillomania, and not separately diagnose other disorders,
such as Attention Deficit Disorder.
It has been proven possible, though, to reduce the distress neuro transmitters
which flood these areas of the brain , and either cause, or are the cause
of, hair or eyelash pulling.
In Trichnotherapy we encourage people
to make long term significant changes structurally, to bring about a sense
of wellbeing.
The key behaviours which boost the brain and stimulate serotonin, include:
1. Community … a sense of belonging to something is crucial (even an online community like our interactive site) nurturing close relationships. Self-expression. You may feel shy, but isolation will increase your urges to pull.
2. Eat healthily and frequently. Regularity of food, sleep, exercise, activity, inactivity and companionship are essential for Growth.
3. Consciously choose positive thought when faced with negative thought.
4. Act happy, change body language, posture and smiling.
5. Meditate : live in the NOW and give full attention to everything you
do.
See the full article on our Interactive
Site
Visits since 3rd September 2002