This article, written by a group of psychologists at the Neuropsychology Unit at the University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf in Germany, discusses certain methods you can use to stop pulling, and explains why other methods (that most of us have already tried) don't work.
This new method that they introduce is called "decoupling" which consists of analyzing your current behaviour and "re-arranging" it by distracting it; sort of like how you lose count when someone else is counting really loudly next to you.
This is an example of how the article suggests you can break a pulling behaviour (fingers on scalp, for example) by distracting yourself with a similar behaviour. They stress that this new "decoupling" behaviour needs to be similar because it encourages the "unlearning" of an ingrained habit (hair pulling).
There is a chart that is included that specifically outlines how to "decouple" your behaviour. These methods are strongly based on the psychological aspects of habit and not the physical or emotional aspects of it.
I strongly suggest you read it. Let me know what you think!
This new method that they introduce is called "decoupling" which consists of analyzing your current behaviour and "re-arranging" it by distracting it; sort of like how you lose count when someone else is counting really loudly next to you.
This is an example of how the article suggests you can break a pulling behaviour (fingers on scalp, for example) by distracting yourself with a similar behaviour. They stress that this new "decoupling" behaviour needs to be similar because it encourages the "unlearning" of an ingrained habit (hair pulling).
There is a chart that is included that specifically outlines how to "decouple" your behaviour. These methods are strongly based on the psychological aspects of habit and not the physical or emotional aspects of it.
I strongly suggest you read it. Let me know what you think!
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