Beating Trich Community Group
You mean that there is a name for IT? Im not weird? Trichotillomania, that big, long word that is the bane of our world. With knowledge and support of others we CAN break free and live without this disorder interfering with our lives. Lets keep this uplifting and supportive and give each other the encouragement the other needs to make it to that next day.
This is Trish Tolamania from trichworld if you don't know (yes, I wrote the alias trying to be funny).
I had one pull free streak last November/December, the longest one I remember having ever. Checking in with this community was such a huge help, in order to achieve that. In February I started pulling again and, after a few lame attempts to slow it down, I gave up altogether and just started pulling again at will.
Now it's July 1, I am 3 days pull free and I just want to take it DAY BY DAY and get involved in this community again! I hadn't logged in for so long, when I did log in last week, I started crying hysterically. Isn't that funny?
My main goal right now is to reach 7 days pull free, then buy myself some really expensive hair product as a reward. But I know my main reward for stopping will just be FEELING GOOD AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT IT SO MUCH!
I had one pull free streak last November/December, the longest one I remember having ever. Checking in with this community was such a huge help, in order to achieve that. In February I started pulling again and, after a few lame attempts to slow it down, I gave up altogether and just started pulling again at will.
Now it's July 1, I am 3 days pull free and I just want to take it DAY BY DAY and get involved in this community again! I hadn't logged in for so long, when I did log in last week, I started crying hysterically. Isn't that funny?
My main goal right now is to reach 7 days pull free, then buy myself some really expensive hair product as a reward. But I know my main reward for stopping will just be FEELING GOOD AND NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT IT SO MUCH!
Way of life is great :)
Day 4, ummm AMAZING!!!!!
I even had a dream this morning that I had pulled some hairs out and I remember thinking, "damn, not even 9 a.m. and I can't count this as a pull free day." Then I woke up and I was like, phew, just a dream!
I'm on my spring break so I'm not going to have a very stressful week this week which is FINE BY ME. Still have to do some work though so I'm hoping that I will still be able to keep my hands out of hair...? Working on the computer has always been my biggest trigger : /
Oh those nasty pull dreams. I take them as a good sign though, you're being vigilant.
Are you studying? I guess you must be. Working on my computer is my biggest trigger too :( Sedentary + stress + feeling inadequate.. oof. Try barriers & replacements for work. Get that stress ball out or get a new one. Keep a hat by your desk. I need to do these things too! Oh and get up and do something else if it's getting a bit much.
It is awesome to think of how many hairs you have saved!! Such huge progress!! Use barriers at your computer if you can, or take a quick break if the urges to pull are building up too much.
Today is DAY 6, it will be a moment of truth as I have to work today. I guess the worst that will happen is that I will end up pulling some hairs; but I will definitely count them if I do. Counting = awareness = accountability = no mindless pulling trance!
5 days pull free means I have saved 750 hairs!
Things that helped
1- Standing desk! So much better to focus when STANDING.
2- put tape on thumb and index finger of left hand, the digits I usually use for pulling. Eventually picked the tape off, but oh well.
3- Put on my red hat
4- Told myself HANDS CANNOT TOUCH HAIR.... AT ALL. My hands were definitely in my hair fretting around, looking for something to pull...
Whoa, will tomorrow be a week pull free if I actually get through it???
I can't even remember the last time I wrote something like that. I think in July 2013 I went for 4-5 days being pull free and that was it.
God, tomorrow is going to be a tough day. So much for my vacation!!!! But if I don't work, I'm just really going to end up screwing myself. UGH SO MUCH TO DO.
It's gonna be tough...
I had another dream about pulling last night. The previous dream, I had pulled three hairs, last night, I dreamed I pulled FIVE hairs. Aaaah! Mr Big and Carrie from Sex and the City were in the dream too, I don't know why but they certainly looked glamorous LOL.
In my defense they were all hairs from my hair extensions, none from my actual scalp. And they didn't really come out due to me "pulling" but due to me fiddling with them so much.
But it still counts.
I did pull one hair this morning but it was a white one that was driving me crazy so that doesn't count either!
A few years ago I had no white hairs growing in, now I have quite a few, I don't know if is from age, stress, or pulling trauma. Either way I don't really care.
i think I can bounce back today though. I really *do* feel committed to trying to keep this under control. I can't go back to pulling 150 hairs a day!!! At that rate I will have none left by the end of the year.
I was basically pull free yesterday, I had to pull out a bunch of hairs from my extensions at one point but it doesn't count because they were super tangled and I was just trying to de-tangle them. Well, maybe it counts.
I am 8 days free from pulling ANY hair from my scalp and even better I still *really* don't want to start pulling again. One hair will turn into 150!!!