Thanks everyone for your replies and advice! Jexa, I like the idea of the squeezy ball.. I will make note to get one. My psychiatrist also mentioned before pulling a rubber band on your wrist. I haven't tried that yet but I'll make note to try that one as well. Rio, good idea about holding something in your hands.. I will also make note on that as well. I've also noticed I don't tend to pull as much when I have my hair up or when I'm wearing a hat. I just bought a hat recently and I've been wearing it a lot and I noticed I haven't been pulling as much lately. Another thing my psychiatrist mentioned is when you feel the urge to pull, immediately try to distract your mind and hands, such as, read a book, watch tv, do a craft, etc. I find that sometimes helps. For me though, the best therapy is to say to myself "do you want to be bald and have bald patches" and then I think of how I'll look and then that usually stops me from pulling. But I know it's not a permanent cure and I'll always have this condition and some days will be worse than others and perhaps I'll even go pull free for several months and then go into replapse, but it helps to know that I'm not alone. Thank you all for supporting me and for helping me with this. I very much appreciate it.