The benefits of being open-minded

After three weeks into my project I had to change a small aspect of it. My Twitter hashtag campaign called #mytrickstory. I set it up in order to get more people involved and raise awareness as my added value but due to the publicity and its broad aspect I did not get anyone involved at all, so I decided that instead I will change to creating an Instagram account for my project and also keep the idea of the campaign but slightly adjust it. It was hard for me to make this change as I wasn’t sure if it will work.

I added a highlight section where I would include shared stories of people with trichotillomania. I started following groups and pages and messaging them privately asking if they would be happy to take part in this. I was happy to see how much more successful it was to do it this way and the fact that more people were open to talk about it was very rewarding. Additionally, I have come across two more people whom I contacted out of which one followed me first.

So far, I managed to post three stories of people who have experienced trick and their stories were so amazing and inspiring. Moreover, getting in touch with them helped to find out more about what they do to support and help other with this disorder , so I would briefly present who I have talked so far and what they do as well as where you can contact them in case you would like to know more about their services.

Short profiles of people I have talked to until now. Their stories can be found on my Instagram account @shadesoftrick.

Hannah Frank:

Qualified Beauty Therapist with nearly 10 years’ worth of spa/salon and teaching experiences
Aim- to bring hair-loss to the forefront of the beauty world.
Used to pull from eyebrows and lashes
She still pulls but not as much as before
She feels that trichotillomania can be controlled to a certain extent

Instagram page : treatthetrick

Katarina Lilian :

Certified life coach specialising in Trichotillomania Recovery.
Aim: helping people healing naturally of trichotillomania, focusing more on helping her clients regain control and take back that lost power of their bodies and minds in order to reach the goal of becoming pull-free.
She has been an eyelash puller for 13 years
She has been pull-free since 2010
Her future hopes for the future are that more people sharing a light about it, feeling comfortable to come forward, more awareness about healing to be spread and lastly that if more ordinary people sharing their personal experiences will offer more information to be available in order for it to be understood better.

Her Instagram account is @trichotillomania_success

Facebook page: Heal your trichotillomania naturally

Website: trichotillomaniarecovery.com