There are habits that are hard to get rid of

I remember starting to pull hair as soon as I reached adolescence—mainly from my arms, and during certain periods also a bit from my head. At first it didn’t seem like something particularly harmful, but as I grew older, the phenomenon intensified...

I am participating in the program, and thanks to it I have significantly reduced my pulling. The conversations in the program help me understand my habits. In my life, aside from my psychologist, I never shared my pulling habits, and suddenly in the program conversations I managed to open this up with other people..

I am a therapist by profession, and this is not an open topic for me. For many years I really hid it. It’s a kind of white elephant because it’s visible. It was very hard for me to expose it. What I tried until today - I’m treated with psychiatric medications that I thought would help. They didn’t help. I tried opening it up in different psychological therapies. I didn’t receive specific tools for the habit itself. They didn’t manage to create change there, certainly not over time. What did help me..

It took me a long time to understand that I had a problem, and it took much longer to understand that it has a name - “trichotillomania.” It sounds like a monster, so I just call it “tricho.” I always had a tendency to “play with my hair” - when I read, when I watch TV, when I scroll on my phone, basically absent-mindedly when I’m focused on something. Or at least for as long as I can remember..

I started out skeptical. For a long time I tried to stop and felt frustrated - failure, a complete loss of control. Understanding that reduction is an achievable goal, as opposed to “quitting,” set me on a path that could actually be implemented. After I took on the first challenge..

I want to share that for almost four months now!!! I have not been pulling, and maybe this will help someone. I started using the SoloUno app with the thought of “I have nothing to lose.”

A bit about my background - I have been pulling my eyelashes since elementary school until now (22). There were long periods of remission, but when I enlisted it came back and flared up full-time for four consecutive years until now, during which I had completely bald eyelids. I tried many methods..

I have been pulling my hair for about five years. Since I understood what trichotillomania is, I started various treatments that helped temporarily, but the pulling returned during busy periods, such as exam times. About six months ago I got to know the wonderful SoloUno app..

For the past 14 years I’ve had artificial nails, but… it doesn’t help. I bite the polish, break the acrylic, and can’t overcome the habit. It’s really painful and unpleasant. I tried putting myself down - didn’t help. Putting plastic covers on my nails - didn’t help. Using bitter substances and gloves—didn’t help. And then..

After some time—and honestly, with a bit of doubt—I decided to try the SoloUno app. I am 45 years old and pulling since the age of 12. After two years of psychological therapy I understand the disorder, and what helps me stop.There is nothing that is 100%, but..

I started pulling (only from the scalp) at the age of 21, 33 years ago, relatively late. For most people it starts in their teenage years. It began with splitting hairs, and in the process I suddenly came across thick or curly hairs and would pull them out. Slowly it intensified and became a habit. When I started..

I would like to share my personal experience after about two months of using SoloUno. I came across SoloUno while scrolling through my feed on “X”.

My Story of Quitting Smoking. I smoked for 56 years and 3 months, and have now stopped.It’s not that I hadn’t tried to quit before. Once it was with certain inhaled substances (about 30 years ago), and another time with a well-known program that prides itself on high success rates.This current attempt came from within me, quietly and alone.