Good attitude - the bad day already happened, no use stressing over it now. Just keep going and stay motivated.

You go girl!
Are you still doing meditation? I'm thinking about trying it to relax before I go to bed, which is also my "favorite" picking time..

Thanks you two :)

No low pulling days since that awful day. But no more super bad days either. Maybe today I can be pull free.

Lien, I do occasionally meditate. Nowhere near as much or as often ask should. I think I need to pick a certain time of day to do it, and stick with it. Ideally I'd be doing it twice a day. Before bed is a good idea. Claudia miles suggests "turning down your motor" before activities like bed, TV and reading, or "you'll turn to pulling/picking to do the job for you".

I love meditation but I am so rarely successful at it. Usually I just fall asleep in the middle of it and it ends up wasting my time with an unexpected nap.

Just focus on improvement...not getting high numbers is a start!

Ha, oh dear. Do you do it sitting up? In a chair?

Thank you, will do. It's so frustrating because I just want to be pull free, but even one day of pulling always resets my awareness back to 0. Ok, not 0, but about a 5.

I'm a a pulling rating of 4 for today, and it's only early afternoon. Drat. Am having a productive day though, so that feeling is great :)

I usually meditate laying down...hence the falling asleep, haha. I should do it sitting up....I just find it harder to relax that way.

Yay for productive days!

Meditation works wonders! I am not able to do it well standing up (I do have to practice it so I can be in a crowded area and be able to function, though, because freezing like a deer with headlights aimed at me isn't appropriate in some situations), sitting down, eyes closed brings me to a rested feeling within moments, and laying down, my face, shoulders, neck relax the fastest this way.

Stay strong! You've got this, and you can keep at it! Your courage is awesome!

Manda - Make sure you're in a comfortable chair with your feet on the ground, and your back resting against something. Sitting up straight.

Mid - I don't necessarily meditate in crowded areas but I do try to mainly focus on my breath and breathing deeply if I'm stresses and out.

More productive days :) I feel like I'm finally getting my life back for the first time since early 2012. I've got some more work, though nothing full time yet.

Trich wise, ehh I haven't been great. I'm finding it pretty frustrating/depressing. The past three days I've scored: 4, 3, 4. Today is a 5 already, damn! I have a headscarf on now though. I'll catch up with you guys soon.

Getting a job takes priority over staying PF, I think! The personal accomplishments you're working on are stressful, even though they are awesome! Focus on that instead of the trich behavior. Some periods of life are just not the best time to start a PF streak...job hunting time is one of the best examples of that! Reward yourself for the non-trich related accomplishments as well!

Ha true, it does take priority. And I definitely agree that some periods of life aren't the best to start pf periods. However, the appearance of my hair is going downhill fast, and I really want to halt it as much as I can. I'm not necessarily expecting huge blocks of pf-ness, however I want as many pf or low pulling days as I can get. Today I put on a headscarf first thing, and I've only pulled one hair so far (when I took it off briefly). It's 4:30pm, and if I keep this headscarf on til I go to sleep, I think I'll be ok.

Thank you! I definitely should reward non-trich stuff. I did reward myself when I acquired some regular freelance work yesterday.

I only pulled 1 subconsvious hair yesterday! Cool!

Only one hair is great!

It is indeed :) Thank you.

One hair yesterday too. And 3 today. No barriers in the morning, that's why. Headscarf on now.

It's great that the scarf is helping so much!