A Trichster's Tricks Never End

With a new month comes new goals, first and foremost being my goal to stop pulling and picking. This is MY month for success, and it all starts with this one goal. Now the question is how I plan to achieve it. For starters: 1. The one thing I can do everyday to work towards this goal is to make the... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been slipping this week. That urge comes and I take no action to deny it. Darn me and this disorder. I AM THE DISORDER. I probably could have solved this problem a long time ago if I'd taken time to look within myself and figured out that I was my own enemy by allowing myself to pick, pull, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Positive affirmations are going to make some HUGE differences in my life. I can already feel the changes shining through, and I'm just getting started. I know there are so many more to come in the days, weeks, and months ahead. Life is grand, my dears. Sign in to see full entry.

I took a walk after work yesterday, and I'm so glad I did it. It gave me some time to reflect on my life and learn how to get that life in balance. According to Wayne Dyer, stress – and all that comes with stress – does not exist. There is no such thing as anxiety attacks. It’s a figment of our... Sign in to see full entry.

...but there's still no plucking or picking. Yayness on many levels! I like the way this new mindset is treating me. The best part is that if it continues to work well for Trich, I can only imagine what it will do in the other parts of my life. I think a whole new life is coming in my direction. I... Sign in to see full entry.

I have no desire to pluck or pick. I'm listening to a 6-CD lecture from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer called The Essence of Being in Balance: Creating Habits to Match Your Desires. I listened to the first CD last night, and so far, it is excellent. Basically he says that in order to make changes that work, you... Sign in to see full entry.

For the next couple of years, I pretty much accepted myself, my depression, my Trichotillomania. I barely spoke about it. I was Kristin, but without all the weird brain glitches and depression. That changed after graduation. I went to the doctor with a sinus infection (how convenient!), and gathered... Sign in to see full entry.

Each day consists of watching myself to make sure I don't pick or pull, and honestly, on most days, I don't come out successful. It's been fourteen years now, and I hate this disorder now as much as I did when I was twelve. I mean, I'm glad I don't cut myself [or worse], but Trichotillomania is a... Sign in to see full entry.

Okay, so I admit yesterday was not so fruitful. I pulled. I picked. That's what happens when you're stuck behind a computer all day, waiting for stuff to print. Too much sit-down-and-pull time - ugh! But today I'm starting over and praying for a pick-free, pull-free, positive-energy day. May today... Sign in to see full entry.

...A pick-free, pull-free day. Please, Lord, teach me to be stronger. Sign in to see full entry.