Claire's Trich Poem In Relation To Chemical Dependency

"Claire's Trich poem"

I decided to write about this as the first entry to my blog, not necessarily for it’s educational purposes, but because it got me thinking about my topic in a general manor. As you may or may not know, my goal is to find the link between Trich and other addictive behavior. For instance, lets say you happen to be an individual with Trich as well as an alcoholic. One day you decide, “I have a really bad drinking problem, I think I might need to get help.” My question is, if Trich goes untreated will treatment for alcoholism continue successfully? Or just the same, will treatment for Trich be delayed if the alcoholism goes on untreated?

Socially understanding that alcoholism tends to be difficult to treat, it’s important to understand that some cases of Trich can be just as difficult to manage. Although Trich is labeled as more of a compulsion than an addiction, like alcoholism, they both share common triggers of use or action. To make the separation more clear, alcoholism involves chemical dependency, where as Trich is simply an “addictive behavior.” The connections in the brain that are made concerning substance abuse and Trich are the same in that they both have closely related triggers, whatever they may be. So the difference in recovery is not necessarily determining the cause, but rather removing an intentional chemical reaction with one, and not the other. This is how they are different, but just as important, related.

That being said the larger question in regard to my example is if an individual is being treated for substance abuse will the triggers that cause Trich simply deplete alongside the chemical dependency treatment? It’s not my assumption that the Trich will stop completely by it’s own, but I have a strong feeling that the effects of Trich will deplete drastically over time.

This poem shows one thing if for sure, Trich is psychologically damaging, just like all other addictions. Most people suffering from addiction feel alone; feel as if they’re the only ones. They get down on themselves and ask questions like, “why me?” They also show the same detail in regard to covering up the issue. Most people suffering from addiction try to cover it up, or act like it isn’t happening. This is the same for those suffering with Trich. It’s common to attempt covering up the problem, which is why many cases of Trich go unnoticed.

So the point is there are most definitely connections between Trich and problems concerning addictions, other than the fact they both show repetitive behavior. They both show the same reasons for continued action, and although some addictions concerning chemical dependency may be harder to treat they are both undoubtedly in the same ballpark.