I'm not sure if it's exclusively my hair loss or a combination of things in addition to my pre-existing tendencies toward anxiety/OCD but I find anymore I am extremely stressed out and anxious on a regular basis, to the point that it interferes with my everyday life. I wonder if getting therapy could help?
Has your hairloss given you serious anxiety/stress?
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EvilLocks
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Pretty much.
Parise
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yeah, the idea of having nice hair has become totally unreal
i thought my life was ****, until i got caught by hairloss. then i realized what **** actually is.
it has completely messed up my daily life, it's hard to put into words, it just messed everything up. i am not myself anymore
i thought my life was ****, until i got caught by hairloss. then i realized what **** actually is.
it has completely messed up my daily life, it's hard to put into words, it just messed everything up. i am not myself anymore
Yes in my 20's it gave me a lot of anxiety. Pretty much my entire day revolved around how my hair looked. If I felt like I was having a "bad" hair day I would avoid my friends and sit at home alone on a Friday or Saturday night. It was pure insanity. Taking finasteride helped quite a bit actually, just knowing I was doing something and the fact my hair got a little better gave me enough of a push to start hitting the gym religiously which again boosted my confidence even more. There were still days I would lapse and go into full depressed mode where I didn't even want to get out of bed. You just have to take it day by day.
I feel the pain of you young guys going through this sh!t Turning 30 and doing a buzz cut (4 on top 2 on sides) has helped me tremendously. I don't think as much about how my hair looks during the day. Plus the fact that more and more of my friends and colleagues are starting to thin I don't stick out like I did when I was younger. It doesn't change the fact that losing hair sucks but it is more normal or accepted as you get older.
I feel the pain of you young guys going through this sh!t Turning 30 and doing a buzz cut (4 on top 2 on sides) has helped me tremendously. I don't think as much about how my hair looks during the day. Plus the fact that more and more of my friends and colleagues are starting to thin I don't stick out like I did when I was younger. It doesn't change the fact that losing hair sucks but it is more normal or accepted as you get older.
Yeah, I feel anxiety and stress over hair loss every single day. People who do not experience it for themselves will NEVER be able to understand. And therapy does not help. One therapist gave the idiotic advice of "how are you going to accept it.....and adapt to it?" I think most therapists and psychs are full of sh*t anyway.
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I can relate to this,some days its like my hair will look ok and other days it will just look awful and then i find myself adjatated like i get paranoid if i think someone is looking at my hair and what there thinking! I hate this crap its so fustrating,when i see lads with awsome hair it just gets me down.
ladysmanfelpz
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hmmm nailed it. His experience sounds very similar to mine. I had a great deal of stress from hairloss as I started losing in my teens, but have little anxiety about my hair now. People don't get what it feels like to stand out like a sore thumb. Friends may say its just hair so what, but they don't get how it feels when you see 50+ yr old men with long hair and you are buzzing, or doing odd styling in your young 20's. And I never truly got the balding process. I thought everyone was diffuse and hairlines were genetic. My hair style is naturally fairly long and I tried to keep that going by using minoxidil from 18-21. I always stressed about how my hair looked and found myself in bathrooms making sure those few front hairs were in perfect place to cover my temple recession before going into work, class or whatever. It really took an impact and caused great anxiety especially when I saw people looking at my temples instead of in the eye. And I never touched or talked about my hair. Did not want to bring it up at all to open the door for conversation for people to talk about my balding.
The worst was when minoxidil stopped working at 21 and I had a huge shed and was forced to buzz and a number 2. I walked around with the buzz and tried to play tough guy, but just came off as a jerk. It really wasn't me and matched with the anxiety I had same experiences of missing out on social functions, staying in on weekends, and poor performance in school and work. Luckily I got through it tho.
I am only 24 and take finasteride and understand I will never get those temples back like I always dreamed of. I am passed many at a NW3v, and probably would look better with it buzzed off, but there is no way in hell I could do that. I rock a 4 guard on top and short 3 on the sides mainly for my haircut. I will gladly take finasteride and keep the little I have and drop when I feel comfortable doing so.
The worst was when minoxidil stopped working at 21 and I had a huge shed and was forced to buzz and a number 2. I walked around with the buzz and tried to play tough guy, but just came off as a jerk. It really wasn't me and matched with the anxiety I had same experiences of missing out on social functions, staying in on weekends, and poor performance in school and work. Luckily I got through it tho.
I am only 24 and take finasteride and understand I will never get those temples back like I always dreamed of. I am passed many at a NW3v, and probably would look better with it buzzed off, but there is no way in hell I could do that. I rock a 4 guard on top and short 3 on the sides mainly for my haircut. I will gladly take finasteride and keep the little I have and drop when I feel comfortable doing so.
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Did you recover from minoxidil shed ?
Hi did you recover from the minoxidil shed and did it stop shedding ?
Hi did you recover from the minoxidil shed and did it stop shedding ?
I definitely have anxiety over hair loss. I'm a Norwood 3 but have been maintaining my hair for a while. It's part of your self-esteem and if you lose your hair you lose part of yourself.
But in general I don't think that society mocks people with hair loss. Other people are too concerned about their own issues/problems and could care less if you or I are bald.
But in general I don't think that society mocks people with hair loss. Other people are too concerned about their own issues/problems and could care less if you or I are bald.
Yoshi3Mario
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Why was hellouser banned?
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Guys, what do you think about this comment from hellouser? Isn't there a way to cope? most people find a way, i guess.. Or as I said.. we are too sensetive or too aware..
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tbh.. i think he was long overdue on this forum l..
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tbh.. i think he was long overdue on this forum l..
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Guys since this forum always leads to woman and dating regarding hair you should see the documentary on Netflix called Love Me about mail order brides from the Ukraine.
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Not entirely sure why I bring it up but it reminds of this site. But if you want to be humored on relationships and dating Love Me is a must see!
Yoshi3Mario
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Yeah I don't get why the highest rated member would have been banned. But then again his posts do seem to encourage suicidal ideation which most of us could do without.
Yoshi3Mario
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The hair loss that results from stress is not the same as male pattern baldness which is genetic.
I'm 18 and I'm still not sure if I'm actually losing my hair to be honest but the idea of it gives me massive stress to the point of depression. Sometimes I don't really care and other times it has a missive effect on me. Being so young it doesn't help that I can't really get many treatments