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omgoggmggo KFC. so gross but so, so delicious: crispy spicy chicken, coleslaw, and fries, please.

POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON EDJEDH3U9DJDENKDES HOW IS EVERYBODY NOT CHOOSING POKEMON
i would hug all their little pokemon faces off and travel the world and marry brock.

Yes, it's been a lot more comforting to me with the internet to know that I'm not the only one. I've also learned lots of tips and tricks from trich forums that have helped me tremendously.
I have anxious problems and panic attacks as well so it's true that this is only like an outlet for my anxiety, and not the only thing I've done. Tis why I've been saying in this thread that fixing my trich doesn't solve the underlying problems and it would probably just be manifested else where like you said.
So far I've been doing well. No plucking for about 4 days. The biggest problem for me is going to be when they grow and poke and bother me a ton, that's really where my struggle lies. And of course subsequent years of dealing with it and not picking, because I don't see it ever going away completely.
Stay strong.

good good luck; leaving the hairs alone when they're growing out is usually the hardest part for me too, so i'm sending out a whole lot of good vibes your way. it is tough, and i wish i could offer you Words of Wisdom or something to help - i really hope it works out well for you!!

oh my god i have struggled with this so so much (except i actually eat the hairs which is probably a whole lot more gross and a whole lot less socially acceptable). at one point i had a pretty decent-sized bald patch on my head which sucked in all kinds of ways, and then i pulled out everything and had crazy panic attacks whenever i saw myself in the mirror.

the internet was (is!!!!) an awesome resource for me; no one around me really understood what i was doing - not even my parents or my boyfriend, who really really tried and were super supportive (if understandably super bewildered) - but it was really comforting to read stuff from people who totally got it. i'm just a really anxious person and it's manifested itself in a lot of different ways - i still have a few weird obsessive compulsive habits, and i don't think i'll ever get this one completely under control, but it's gotten a lot better.

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What about when you can't stand their ridiculous practises anymore?
(Note here that I'm not talking about the Koran-burning pastor. I'm aware his motives were anything but pure.)

What about when girls are being smuggled out of the UK to the Middle East to have their genitalia sawn off and sewn up?
What about when tourists or foreign nationals are being killed for blasphemy? Or immodesty?

At what point do you decide to stand up and speak out? Never?
Then you're worse than the people who commit the crimes to begin with.

whaaaaaat
these are all terrible things that happen far too often, but none of them are acceptable muslim practises according to the koran.

(just looked up female circumsision and apparently it's a practise that predates islam? SO YOU CAN'T BLAME US FOR THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ANY FEMALE BITS THEY ARE AWESOME.)

i think people need to understand that all religions are pretty much equally ridiculous and that the koran doesn't actually encourage us to come on over and eat your babies - there will always be extremists, and i don't think they represent the majority of muslims. also: the middle east is great, as long as it's a reasonably wealthy country! i promise no one will circumsize you in dubai.