the one thing from a habit swap video

So the needle snapping turned out to be less of a disaster than I thought, because I fell into a video about habit reversal right after, not really about skin stuff, more about picking and tics in general. The part that stuck was this idea that you don’t fight the urge head on, you give your hands a different motion instead, and that’s apparently what the knitting bag was already doing for me without me realizing it. So losing the needle wasn’t losing the whole plan, just the tool. I’ve been using a textured hair tie on my wrist while I sort out a replacement, and it’s not as good honestly, but it gives my hands somthing to do while I’m refreshing my email for the job thing. Someone in the comments on that post said a stress ball never lasts them more than a couple minutes, and yeah, same, it’s too soft, no resistance, my hand just squeezes through and goes back to scratching anyway. The yarn actually pushes back a little when you pull on it, which is maybe why it worked without me noticing. Anyway, the video didn’t tell me to stop, it told me to swap the motion, and that’s the part that’s actually held up so far.