#impulse control training

[fruitless-vain]

disctraction? what distraction?

go Yoshi go!!

[atrichysituation]

Impulse Control Training

So, as promised, I wanted to do a post on a new tactic I've been trying lately I'm calling Impulse Control Training.  One of the staples of Trich treatment options has to do with Habit Reversal Training which deals with the repetitive nature aspect of the behavior, but at it's underlying core Trich is all about our inability to resist the impulse coming from our brain telling us to pull.

And the brain, like an other muscle, can be trained and improved with various exercises.  I saw an advertisement on TV the other day for the site called Lumosity, which offers brain training exercises typically meant to improve intellect and response time and things like that, however, I was intrigued by the concept and the ways it could be applied to Trich.

I went onto the site to check it out, and it turns out they have several games specifically devoted to impulse control.  And while, admittedly, at first it seems like it wouldn't be related (they're games where for example the word "blue" is written in red ink and you have to say whether the color matches the word), when you really think about it all stems from the same behavior.  The resistance of an almost unconscious impulse to act in a certain way, or in this case, select a certain answer based on a spur of the moment impulse.  And for me at least, usually if I can get past that very first initial impulse I do a better job holding off on the pulling behavior for a longer period of time.  So, I've been trying it out.  On the Lumosity site you have to pay to do more than a few games per day, but I've been looking online for other similar exercises.  Has anyone else tried anything similar, or know of any good sites with similar impulse control games?

[dog-praising-blog]

Lookie here!  It's Daisy Golden, again.  Daisy's continuing her impulse control training...  She took it to a new level and writes, "Note - I was not sleeping at all.  Mommy put me in the pose of 'Down' then started to lay out all cookies.... "

I'm not sure I'd have the same control if someone laid me down and started to surround me with cookies!