Liam

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.”

The pulling stopped immediately. In the first ten weeks, the habit of lifting my hand remained, but this is where the app comes into play. I report immediately, and that is what allows me to stay at zero pulls, for now.
The main advantage of the app for me is maintaining awareness, availability, flexibility, and the ability to adapt situations to me personally—for example, “thinking about pulling” or a “thought” that causes my hand to lift with the intention of touching my hair.

Recently, I noticed that there are situations that trigger the urge to pull when I see on myself or on others a hair or a group of hairs that are “out of place.” I log that in the app as well.
I record there everything that is related, or might be related, for me to pulling.

The app is simple and quick to use. I mark things in real time, and if I can’t, I use the “after the fact” option. This is what helps me persist in the process.
Another advantage of the app is its flexibility in terms of logging options—meaning the app “grows” or “develops” together with me.

With the social function—sharing what’s going on with me and being exposed to what’s going on with other friends—I started with concern. Until then, I was focused on maintaining myself through logging, and the concern was that others’ failures or pulling would bring me down. In practice, that didn’t happen, and it even made me stay more focused and committed to the process. I even feel more embraced and also part of a community.

Tricho is part of my life, and maybe using the app can also help those who bite their nails or pick/injure their skin, or anyone who cannot move away or keep away from what harms their body, because they are connected to it—in this case, our hands.