Progress

Somehow I haven't messed anything up yet. I haven't been doing too much research simply because my life is pretty chaotic. It's been over a week since I pulled last, and I'm constantly in fear that I'll mess up. My friend, a psych major, told me that this is the extinction burst. Even Wikipedia is a little too complex for me, but my friend explained that there is a definite possibility that I'll crack and my pulling will get much worse for a period before I slowly work my way to eliminating this behavior. Given past experiences with trying to stop pulling, I'm not surprised that this could happen, even if my RA says that I'm strong and will get through this.

Besides some of the more technical terms, can I just say that this sucks? The past couple days have gotten to be very taxing on me as far as not pulling. Whenever I have some downtime, especially while reading/doing homework, I always find my hand making its way to my scalp. I've done really well to will it back to place, but it's so tempting. If I honestly can't keep my hands out of my hair (and this has happened), I've tried scratching the skin. It's all stimulus, so sometimes scratching or the pressure point thing works really well.

< I've been using one of these babies to help scratch my head, too. It helps to not use my fingers to get rid of the sensations because I'm always afraid that I'll accidentally pull and I don't know how to handle that.