set an egg timer

[lonelyone]

keep an egg timer in the bathroom. when you go in, set it for half the time you would normally get stuck picking. if you start, stop when the timer goes off. once you can consistently "break away" at the timer, set it for half that amount of time...etc.

this was my therapist's idea.

[beensqueezin]

I like that one alot lonely one!!!!!! My doc said limit my time do what you can do in a particular time frame, but the egg timer is a remarkable way to break out of the trance like state that we get ourselves into. When the bell rings it is time to stop!!! DING!!!!!!!!

Angela