So remember that whole thing with picking my scalp right before the phone interview. The email about it finally came through, took way longer than I expected, and there’s a second round in a few days now. Didn’t want a repeat of sitting there pulling at my scalp for 20 minutes straight, so I watched a free video from a counselor on skin picking triggers, and the one thing that actually stuck was that telling yourself to stop doesnt do anything in the moment, you have to give your hands something else before the urge even starts, not after it hits. So this time I grabbed the knitting bag the second I sat down to wait, not when I felt the itch, just right away as a rule. Only caught myself reaching up twice in the full 20 minutes, which honestly felt like a win! Guess the fix was never about willpower, it was just getting my hands busy before the waiting even started.
