The present disclosure relates generally to an awareness enhancement apparatus and method for undesirable repeated behaviors, including but not limited to obsessive compulsive and related disorders, and most relevant to trichotillomania (hair pulling), onychophagia (nail biting), dermatillomania (skin picking), and thumb sucking, among others. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a sensing and feedback device and associated methods of use which indicate a behavior based on the user's physical gestures and positioning of the hands, these gestures and positions being related to these undesirable behaviors typical of such disorders, and alerting the user so that he or she can reduce the behavior.
WEARABLE REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR AWARENESS DEVICE AND METHOD