This week I decide to do a Hands-Down-A-Thon over the Summer in preparation for All Join Hands Week.

Last year I felt in a comfortable place with my pulling. I had virtually stopped all scalp pulling and was OK with occasionally pulling from my beard, sideburns and other areas. I felt that was a hard won victory and I needed to savor that for a while. I had also felt I that I was in a place where I wanted to pay attention to some other areas of my life "mobile" and let trich take a back burner for the first time in years.

But this year I feel ready to challenge myself again and really focus on letting myself become pull-free, or at least a lot closer. I don't imagine it's going to be easy, but I do want to grow beyond this plateau I've been on and I feel ready. I also feel a lot better about other parts of my life right now, and hopefully have the energy to really becoming even more aware about my pulling and other ways I can sooth myself. Also I think it'll be a great way to raise some money for TLC and bring more awareness to all the great work that's being done.

If anyone is interested, there's still time to sign-up

Hey there everyone!

This year's Hands-Down-A-Thon is getting started soon! I'm excited (but admitedly a bit nervous) to be organizing and offering support to folks participating this year. I'm in the process of contacting folks who have signed up.

To participate, go to the TLC website and sign up:
http://www.trich.org/AllJoinHands/HowToHandsDownAThon.htm

You can also join the HDAT Yahoo Group - send email to:
HDAT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Last year's HDAT was really helpful to me - my picking & pulling have been drastically reduced since I had a dose of 4 months solid support from family and friends. Made a real difference for me. Hope it helps others, as well as helping TLC!