S: 11
C: 3

A score of 3 for me!!!! Woooo! Haven't had a smiley face on my calendar in over a week!

All pulling took place during the day. I wore a headscarf this afternoon and evening to (successfully) prevent further pulling :)

Wow! I'm so glad you both have built up the conscious and subconscious, that helps me to do what I need to do to change up the process. It makes sense to me that the subconscious disappears after the conscious goes down.

Stay strong, smiley face is wonderful!!!!

Hugs! You can do this!

Yay, smiley faces!!

I like the idea of rating subconscious pulling as .5. I also view these two types of pulling very differently and am more forgiving of subconscious pulls. As my awareness increases these do decrease, but still make up a good amount of my pulling. Great job on the 3!! How does your ranking work? I'm thinking about tweaking my rating system.

It's always good to get tips from others, glad we could help you Mid.

Ah I got a 4 for yesterday. I think S:11, C:4. But it may have been a little more. I lost track a little. That is something that I do find it hard to do, keep count. Because I don't want to be expending that much energy on remembering how many hairs I've pulled!

Today I lost track also. I'd say S:15, C:7. That's pushes me into a rating of 5. Sigh. I just didn't care to use barriers today. And I found myself pulling at the slightest little stresses. Blarg. Well I can use barriers tonight and thank goodness there's always a fresh start tomorrow.

trichdr, I've written out my system below. It's a liiiiiittle complicated.

0 = 0 points
1 = 1-2 points
2 = 3-5 points
3 = 6-9 points
4 = 10-14 points
5 = 15-24 points
6 = 25-39 points
7 = 40-54 points
8 = 55-69 points
9 = 70-84 points
10 = 85-100 points

1 hair pulled consciously (on purpose) = 1 point
1 hair pulled subconsciously (not on purpose/auto pulling) = 0.5 point*
* Except I think, when the amount of subconscious hairs goes over 10 or 15. Then I think they've got to be counted as 1 point each.

Yay for your new smiley! GIve smiley some friends!

I have found when I lose the "mindfulness" that all chaos breaks loose, and there's no easy task to get back on track other than say "relax, refresh, and recharge"...you're doing great, and glad you you're writing it out when it just doesn't fit any other way.

Hugs!

That's a great tip Mid. Thank you :)

Well I wore bandaids in my thumbs all day and night yesterday, and guess what? 2 hairs pulled subconsciously and 0 hairs pulled consciously. Woop! This is my second 1 for the month. The first one was 2.5 weeks ago.

Hi Sam!! Got all caught up on reading your thread.

Glad to hear you are wearing the bandaids. I have started using them the past week and they are just like magic. I have like NO urges to pull at all.

Interesting system re: counting the subconscious vs conscious pulls differently. What do you define as a "subconscious" pull?

I am gonna admit that it does seem a little complex to me, lol. So many points!! But I'm like very literal minded and if it's a new strategy that works for you then go for it!!

Oh and belated happy anniversary to you. And good luck with the job hunt!

Heya booyah! Yes for the moment bandaids are working for me too.

And yes my system is complicated! Honestly once my rating gets to a 4 or over I typically just give myself a one number rating. The points were previously referred to as"hairs" so 100 points equals 100 hairs, etc etc. but when I introduced half points for sub pulling I changed the wording from"hairs" to "points". I definitely do like noting the difference between subconscious and conscious pulling. Ok subconscious (or unconscious if you prefer) is when you pull a hair but only realise you've done it AFTER the fact. Conscious pulling is where you realise what's happening but choose to do it anyway.

I forgot to wear my bandaids until the afternoon today but I managed to only pull two hairs subconsciously. Bandaids are on now. They are very effective for me right now. Ah aren't the cycles of Trich funny/really frustrating.

Got a 1 for yesterday too! (S:4, C:0). The bandaids are really helping with my auto pulling.

I think that I'm only going to count sub pulling as half a point up to 5 hairs.

And just in case anyone read my system and thought "wot! All those points!" I've rewritten it below. For anyone interested.

0 = 0 hairs
1 = 1-2 hairs
2 = 3-5 hairs
3 = 6-9 hairs
4 = 10-14 hairs
5 = 15-24 hairs
6 = 25-39 hairs
7 = 40-54 hairs
8 = 55-69 hairs
9 = 70-84 hairs
10 = 85-100 hairs

Conscious pulls = 1 point
Subconscious pulls (up to 5) = 0.5 points.

I think that I'm only going to count sub pulling as half a point up to 5 hairs.

For everyone who read my system and thought "wot! All those points!" I've rewritten it below. For anyone interested.

0 = 0 hairs (good day)
1 = 1-2 hairs (good day)
2 = 3-5 hairs (good day)
3 = 6-9 hairs (good day)
4 = 10-14 hairs
5 = 15-24 hairs
6 = 25-39 hairs
7 = 40-54 hairs
8 = 55-69 hairs
9 = 70-84 hairs
10 = 85-100 hairs

Conscious pulls count as 1 hair
Subconscious pulls (up to 5) count as 0.5

Ha sometimes the systems only make sense to ourselves. They are all just tools to help us be accountable and aware....it is all so arbitrary when you really think about it! So do what works best for you!

Hehe true. The main reason I posted about it again was because 100 points sounds insane but 100 hairs doesn't.

Oof pretty high urges today. Emotions, why must I feel you? 2 hairs pulled, one on purpose. Its 4:30pm, I can do it!