Today, I regretfully confessed to my parents I have trichotillomania. There was a torturous pause, followed by the question, "Are you gay?" FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I told my parents that I'm a smoker. My mother started crying, and said she worried I was gay, but this is almost as bad. That lead on to part two of my confession. FML
Today, after weeks of thinking and playing every outcome possible in my head, I told my parents I'm gay. My dad nodded and didn't even look up from his book; my mom told me to go to the doctor if it starts to itch. FML
Today, I finally got the courage to tell my parents that I'm gay. My mom said "Yeah, we know." When I asked how they knew, my dad, without looking up from the tv, said, "We've been monitoring your Internet history." FML
Today, I was leaving to go over to a friend's and my parents suddenly ask if I'm gay. I reply that no, I'm bisexual. My mom then asks if I've ever made out with someone of the same sex and I say yes. She turns to my dad and says 'I told you so. You owe me $20'. My parents bet on my sexuality. FML
Today, at 18, I finally told my mom I was gay. She spent the rest of the day bringing up my "future wife" at every possible chance she had. FML
Today, I came out to my mom. I had an epic speech planned, and when I tried to tell her, it all fell apart and I started crying and just said, "I'm gay." After a few seconds silence, my mom sighs and says, "Duh." FML
Today, I came out to my therapist as gay. Claiming that my parents "can't be that homophobic", my therapist outed me to them. They kicked me out of the house. FML
Today, I finally worked up the courage to tell my mom that I'm gay. She sympathetically patted my back and told me I don't need to make up excuses for me being so unattractive to women. FML
Today, I told my friends I had been hiding something that I wanted to come clean on. My one friend responds by saying, "FINALLY you come out of the closet. It's about time." I'm not gay. I was just going to tell them my parents were getting a divorce. FML
Today, I came out to my parents and siblings as gay. They were very accepting and asked me why I waited until I was 25 to do so. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was their own homophobic remarks that kept me closeted since I realized it at 14, and that a previous coming-out to a parent was dismissed as 'a phase'. FML
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boating_guy 33
Hold on while I google trichotillomania...
boating_guy 33
OP get some help for that! It's not good for your hair, it's pretty gross darn gross, and it's not very appealing for anyone to see! For those of you who are wondering: Trichotillomania- is the compulsive urge to pull out (and in some cases, eat) one's own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment
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44LynnLynn 23
There is no way you deserve this OP! I have been struggling with trich since 2nd grade. I pull/pulled from eyebrows, fingers, toes, face, armpit, nose, ect anytime I got a new hair I would pull. It's so hard to quit. I have so many scars. My parents don't understand either. They say "why can't you just stop?" What many people don't understand is you can't just stop. I hope you can find therapy :( unfortunately I can't until I can move out. Best of luck to you!
onorexveritas 24
that seems like it could be painful o.o
Helped 35
Oh brother.
seriouscat 11
It's ok to be gay.
Anubis_81 21
If anyone's seen the film Young Adult, Charlize Theron's character exhibits the pulling out hair part.
martinfml 8
Despite of what your parents and everyone here says, you should go to a hospital and seek for behavioral specialists. OTT: If this disorder happened recently then I suggest you to do as I said above as quickly as you can. Good luck, OP. Wish you the best, and I hope you get better in no time.
seriouscat 11
But really, Trichotillomania is serious and you should get help for it, my grandma had it and a friend of mine has it. It's an addiction just like cutting.
emmmieee 5
What is regretful about pulling your hair out?
lonewolf621 17
You should have just said yes
Axipiter 24
105, truer words were never spoken.