Not pulling for awhile makes me feel more confident in my hair, even if there is not a ton of visible improvement yet. It is great that you are feeling good enough about it to go swimming! And you are right, no one is looking or would care enough about some random person's hair to notice anything. Congrats again on reaching your goal!

Thanks guys! I have swum with damaged hair before in the past, but not in a while.

Day 31 :)

wow :) swimming is such a big step and totally something i am jealous of! i bet you looked great! a big smile masks anything!

congrats on day 31!

Day 32...

Swimming sound wonderful!!

I'm so glad you are doing so well.

Fantastic!! Enjoy that summer weather!! Swim with abandon.

Swimming is something we trichsters should not refrain from. Stupid shame.

Thanks Jesden, Nabby and Phoebe! I will Phoebe, I will. There's a heatwave here atm, over 40 degrees Celsius.

It's actually day 33 today, I messed up my count yesterday. 100% pf this year! 3 days til I'm 5 weeks pull free. I've started creating goals on my page here on DS again, like I did during my first and 2nd pull frees. I find it very helpful to see a tangible goal.

Being totally PF this year is a great way to think of it! I hadn't thought of that before for myself either...it sounds so motivational, haha.

Do you mean the goals on your profile page? I can see how those would be helpful, I just always forget to update them. But I usually list goals in my thread, so same thing, basically. It does help to keep short term goals in mind!

33 days, you are doing great!

Yep the ones on my profile pg. I don't know why I find them extra helpful but u just really get a kick out of dragging the progress bar to 100% and adding it to my list of achieved goals. Small goals are really essential I think.

End of day 33. Finding myself practically gritting my teeth with tension as my hands are gripping a perfect hair every now and then. Gotta breathe..

Does it help to change the way you are wearing your hair to make it harder to find that one "perfect" hair during those moments? I do that sometimes to prevent my hands from going back to it again and again. Or whip out those barriers again! 33 days, you can do this! You've already come so far!

Sam !! you rock.. well done girl, you have gotten through xmas and new year without pulling .. you can do anything !!! i hate those perfect hairs .. but you know, soon you will loose interest in them.. you are already training your brain.. keep up the good.. so proud of you !!

Day 33 is fantastic...

When feeling the nervous tension-how about putting on some uplifting music and dance around a bit..this will get your mind off of feeling the need to pull. Or start doing some exercises of some kind-let off that steam!!
There's nothing like a good song to move your body around....

Thanks for the advice Manda. No matter how I'm wearing my hair I can always reach those perfect ones. I'm starting to think distractions or doing something with the nervous energy like Nabby suggested is a more effective plan for me than barriers.

Luleee, wow that'd be great if one day I'd lose interest in them. unfortunately even when I was pf for roughy 3/4 of a year I was still interested in them! But everyone is different so no one reading this lose heart ;)

Anyway day 34 today. I'm keeping busy and washing my hair later, so not expecting tonnes of urges.

I think the urges to pull those "special" hairs never really go away, at least not for me. They are pretty rare, though. Distractions work wonders in those situations.

Day 34, you are doing great! Way to overcome those urges!

I think that too Manda, but I suppose positive thinking never hurts!

Oof I really do need to stay on top of hairwashing. Or at least brushing. If I play with my hair and it's dirty there tends to be a few loose hairs. Those hairs plus the ones that aren't ready to come out but are weak are the hairs I really like to pull. And they are the ones that really need to grow! (short regrowth). Yesterday just before I washed my hair two loose hairs came out. No, no pulling. But still, that's the behavior that starts it all.. Hands down. Doooown.

Day 35! Tomorrow I will achieve my 5 week goal :) I should set another goal.

why do those hairs even EXIST hahaha it's like they're there to torture us! :)

stay with it! eeeeeh 5 weeks! celebrate tomorrow :)