I also feel the longer I’ve been trying to be pull free it gets harder to start over again, and I even haven’t been trying to be pull free as long as you actually managed to be pull free. You can and will do this again. 10 days is awesome!!

Yes you are so right sam. SO HARD starting again.
congrats on day 10 you superstar. That is amazing. Realy!! I'm struggling just with day one. blah. Im following your lead!! since we both stopped before then.... everything fell apart. lol. You are doing so well.
CONGRATS!!
hugs

Thanks lien and Alex!! Yep it's definitely easier to stay out than to get out.

Alex, I've been trying tonbuild up a pull free streak since AUGUST!!!!! The biggest of streak I've had since then was 14 days. I also made it to 7 days once, and 6 days another time. The other streaks were one and sometimes 2 days long. It took me a while.

11 days pull free!!!! I can be pull free today :)

Eeeeeleven! I'm at 12, we're almost the same. I'm so glad we're both doing so great! :)

It really is hard not to touch your hair at all, but I'm trying really hard not to. Those stupid little kinky hairs are just sooooo tempting once I've touched 'em.

Wow! Amazing!! I'm STILL working on getting to TWO days, you are totally rocking it!

I'm struggling with the fine, small hairs that just slide out really easily. Argh!!! the kinky ones I just want to play with and scrape/straighten with my fingernails.

And thanks accepting!! At one point it took me about 2-3 weeks to get to 2 days pull free. Ugh I know how hard it is. Keep at it, it graaaadually gets easier.

Argh I don't know what to do. I play with my hair. We all do. I play with individual strands. During this pull free occasionally some of these hairs come out. I have not yanked them out. But with a few some very light tugging has gone on. If this happens I put down my hand and it won't happen again til hours later, days later or whatever. I've "pulled" maybe 4 hairs. I just don't know where to draw the line. It used to be so simple.. but now it's not. I guess even asking this question means that I know I shouldn't be saying I'm pull free. Even though I've not INTENTIONALLY and consciously pulled these hairs, I still made a tugging motion. And if the hair came out from TUGGING/PULLING even EVER SO SLIGHTLY and I FELT THE HAIR COME OUT AT ALL then that's a pull.

So I'm starting over. I mean who am I helping by lying to myself and you guys?

Bleh.

Day one tomorrow. So, to be clear to myself and you, my new rule is:

~~~~~If the hair came out due to TUGGING/PULLING even EVER SO SLIGHTLY and I FELT THE HAIR COME OUT AT ALL, then THAT'S A PULL.

But if it comes out when I was just running my fingers over the length of it, and not applying pressure, that does not count. And if it comes out accidentally when it gets stuck on a finger (doesn't happen often at all) then that doesn't count either~~~~~~~~

I'd love to know how strict you guys are, please share with me your rules/cut-off points.

The aim here is to be honest with myself, and to reduce/eliminate these trich behaviours. The aim is to reach high numbers, but at the same time if I'm going to be this honest with myself, I may be starting over every month. I think I might keep two counts, starting from now. One will be, for example - 2 months pull free minus 2 hairs pulled. And the other might be - 28 days 100% pull free. Yeah? Thoughts? How much of a douche am I if you were to grade me from 1-10, 10 being the douchiest.

Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realise I have absolutely no trouble distinguishing the difference between a pull and a non-pull. I KNOW straight away if I've puled a hair. I just know, and immediately inundated with feelings of GUILT. I just rationalise it away in my silly little head, and conclude that it doesn't count. But I know. If I think "oh shit" or feel guilt, then it's a pull.

oh my god Sam I burst out laughing when I read "douchiest", you crack me up!

For me, from the start of the PFaTon I decided that if I was absentmindedly playing with my hair and it came out I was NOT going to count that. I give my self a couple/few of those per day. My reasoning is that it is soooo much better than before I came to DS and actually stopped pulling, if I even somehow needed those few then so be it. For me that basically IS pull free.

I reset when I pull from stress, annoyance or anger. The past month or so I've done that probably every few days. When I do it I'm like, CRAP, why was that my first response to that emotion? So yeah, the guilt and for me the pleasure of pulling and playing with the hair/root determines if it was a pull.

So we're all a work in progress, and we're certainly NOT douchy!

You didn't rate me! Haha. Sometimes I come on here and vomit up such a stream of crap! (OH YUCK, WHAT AN IMAGE!). Don't think about it! Don't!

But at least came to a conclusion. 100% honesty to you and me from now on.

Day one is going well :)

Haha, you're extraordinarily UN-douchey. 1.

I'm trying to be extremely strict with myself. If a hair comes out because I was letting myself play, then I'm counting it, because I'm trying not to touch my hair at all except when washing it. (Or if it's truly an accident, like it gets stuck in a cheap barrette or something, I don't count it.) Later on in my pull-free-a-thon, I might reevaluate and decide that it's OK to play with my hair again, and at that point, I like your criteria that you put inside these things. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Why thank you, that's very kind of you! I'm going to be very strict too. Ugh. UGH!

This is effing hard. 3 hairs today. All soft little ones that came out without a care. Wah bloody wah.

The only thing I can do is not touch my hair. Easier said than done but here goes.