Since I was 12 years old, I've suffered from a condition called Compulsive Hair Pulling (强迫性拔毛癖). The physical destruction was severe, but the emotional __1__was worse, When I was young, no one, __2__ my doctor, knew how to help me. I was alone.

　　Growing up, I didn't __3__ anywhere and I suffered great shame knowing I'd brought this__4__upon myself. My hands seemed to have a __5__ of their own. “What's wrong with me？” I'd often wonder. Sometimes, people asked about my __6__ of eyelashes (睫毛) and eyebrows. I was lonely, but I kept people at a distance. However, each night, __7__ I fell asleep, I'd pray for God to send someone who __8__.

　　Then when I was 15, I read a letter from a mom whose child suffered from the same illness. I could __9__ believe my eyes. After all these years, I discovered, I was not __10__.

　　At that moment, my journey for __11__began. I took small __12__ at first—telling only a few friends. Some of them tried to understand. Then, they began to __13__ their secrets with me. I learned to see__14__ the way God saw me, someone __15__ love.

　　One day, my __16__ happened. A friend called with wonderful news. She just met a woman with Compulsive Hair Pulling—someone just like me. She gave me her phone number. I was__17__. I quickly dialed, and from the minute Christina answered, we began to chat like old friends, both thrilled to find someone who understood our pain. We __18__ to meet soon, only to find we lived just two blocks away. We immediately__19__our phones, and in the dark of night, ran outside to the nearby park in our pajamas, __20__ we hugged, cried and talked for hours. I felt I'd just met my long lost twin, someone who understood my pain and struggles.

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