Distractions
Hey everyone, just wondering if anyone wants to share any tips or tricks they have to distract them from the urge to pull. I pull a lot more in the evening when I am idle e.g. sitting on the sofa watching TV. So I have recently bought an adult colouring book and some pens so I have been doing that instead. Keeps my hands busy and is quite relaxing.
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I brush my hair, use a cleaned and dry soft makeup brush on my eyelids eyebrows and all over my face to distract myself. I also gently scratch my scalp often, itchy or not (though this may tempt others to pull). Spray cool water on my face and hair. Pull on my earlobes. Clip my nails (I have to remove something and I always forget to keep up with trimming them). Wash my hands and then stretch out my jaw (I pull more often when stressed and I am stressed often because I live with my dysfunctional family so I got a clenched jaw), also one of my compulsions now is thinking about things I would say to people regarding certain matters and it doesn't create the urge to pick whereas ruminating on those matters themselves does...this compulsion helps distracts me
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