Exam week is here again. That means I'm pulling out hair, turning dandruff into cranky scabs, gouging my zits, and attacking my eyebrows like nobody's business. Did you know that you can pull out eyebrow hairs that are only 1/2 a millimeter long? I'm a pro.

Grrrr.

Feeling really stressed lately, mostly under the surface where it's hard to get a handle on it. I suppose I have a fair amount of things to be stressed about.

( The state of the Gina )

It's been two weeks since I posted about my resolutions for tackling my trichotillomania, and I'm pleased to report some major progress :) Of note ( Read more... )

While my father is bipolar, my youngest brother is depressed and possibly bipolar, and my other brother is ADHD with possible other problems, I seem to be the one who's come out unscathed. But I do have something: Trichotillomania.When I was 12 I pulled out so much of my own hair I had a bald spot the size of a silver dollar on the crown of my ( Read more... )

So, uh, I've been falling asleep in all my classes. Like, 80% of the time I can't make it through a whole class without becoming incredibly drowsy and falling asleep for 15-30 minutes at a time. I've tried stabbing myself with my pencil to stay awake and it totally doesn't work. I get a decent amount of sleep, usually around 7 hours, but still ( Read more... )