Hmmm now I am considering dyeing my hair red, haha! I have dyed it a kind of reddish before and liked it a lot, I just hate keeping up with it as it starts to grow out.

Agreed about getting your hair blow dried....hair dressers make it look so easy but I can never manage it.

Fun! I tend to ask the salon which colour they think will look good with my skin and eyes etc, but you can also look on google images for people with your colourings and red hair.

Humph, I pulled 1 hair on friday, 4 on saturday and 5 today. The 4 yesterday were at about 3.30am. Was hosting a party, and I was tired and a bit drunk. Today I started getting intense urges after drinking 2 beers in the evening but other triggers could be tiredness, and bad diet the past few days (mainly the booze). Argh not knowing where I am in my cycle is a nightmare too. More compliments on my hair last night!! And I wore it out!

Oh and thank you booyah :)

And thanks alexmarie! It does definitely require some inner strength but its so worth it. And yes, being proactive is so hard when you're feeling those impulses.

You are still doing so well and I'm sure you'll get back to being pf ! Yay for compliments on your hair!

Thanks manda :) Well I was right about the pms. I really need to becaware of when thats happening so I can be hyper aware and not let those impulses sideswipe me.

Ha aren't there iPhone apps that can track your cycle and alert you to days you'll be PMS-ing? Sounds silly, but maybe it could help!

Heya, yes there are. And I normally use one on my iphone, but remember, I lost my phone. Just got my replacement iphone today that I claimed on insurance, so now I have all my app data back now, hooray :)

That's why I was so lost with my cycle. I'm totally lost without my smart phone!

The wave of compliments that follows a new hair cut/coloring is great, I am finding ; ) Yaaay hair compliments!

That's awesome you were able to get a new phone with insurance. I didn't have a smart phone until last year and now I find it is difficult to imagine my life without it!

Sounds like you had a fun boozy weekend. I have never been triggered to pull by alcohol, that is interesting that you find it has that effect on you.

Manda I also stopped coloring my hair for that reason, I just could not deal with the upkeep. But I'm sure once I start getting more grey hairs I will go back to coloring it ; )

Yep insurance is good but because I lost it within the first 90 days of getting it, the excess fee I had to pay was double the typical rate. Fuuun.

I actually have a lot of grey hair so I feel the need to colour it. Its very patchy (the grey) and I'm just not a fan of that much grey on myself as I'm under 30.

I engaged in pulling last night, I gave myself a rating of 4. Eep. Engaged in more early this morning. A 2 so far for the day. I then put on a head scarf. The urges were still so overwhelming that I tweezed some body hair. Hahah that makes me sound like I'm super hairy. I've really been neglecting my physical and (to a lesser extent) mental health these past few days and thats why my urges have been higher. Today I will take a walk, buy some healthy food, hide the mass of leftover beer and wine and softdrink from the party on Saturday in a corner of the fridge (actually I think I'll take the soft drink out all together), i will buy some healthy food, I will eat some vegetables for dinner, and I will do something productive.

Does tweezing help you reduce urges? Just curious and never heard you mention it before. I've always wondered why plucking my eyebrows or intentionally removing hair has never been a trigger for me at all or affected trich in any way.

Good job using barriers and committing to healthy eating!!

If I'm desperate to pull but I wont allow myself to pull head hair, then sometimes (very rarely) I'll go on a tweezing spree (never anywhere I wouldnt remove hair from anyway). It still gives me a feeling of satisfaction, but it doesnt feel good the way pulling my head hair does. Even rarer do I take out my built up tension on my eyebrows, and if I do, its never out of control and I never over-pluck. And again, it doesnt physically feel good like pulling my head hair does.

And thanks! Eesh, eating poorly in front of the tv is such a danger. When I remove myself from that situation I feel miles better.

To clarify, I only pluck outside my preferred brow shape, eg the hairs I dont want to be there. Hello mono brow.

Yesterday was a 3. I'm feeling much more motivated and positive today though.

Yesterday was a 2. I'm planning to wear bandaids for the next 4 days, I feel ready to get some zeros but the automatic/habitual pulling has crept back in.