I agree with the OP. I went through the exact same experience. My attitude and personality didn't change until the people around me changed the way they behaved around me and treated me. For well over a year, I noticed subtle changes from those around me and I was confused as to why. However, I was the same me. I didn't have a reason to change. I actually didn't even notice my hairloss at the time either. I was too stupid to realize it at the time. I only remember looking in the mirror from time to time and thinking "why do I look so old?" One day at the doctors office (i went in to ask about dark lines on my nails - they're not cancerous thank goodness) and he noticed my hairloss and suggested Rogaine and Propecia. I thought to myself "I'm too young to be losing my hair. It looks fine" I was 24 or 25 at the time. Months pass and i buy a ball cap to wear at a ball game. For some reason i notice people treating me different. I didn't realize why at the time. But, through retrospection, it finally clicked and i freed myself from this naive state I was in. Before the hairloss, people were generally warm, inviting, approachable, etc. Hairloss begins and all of a sudden people treat you worse and become even hostile at times. So basically, I only started to have a problem with my hairloss because others started having problems with it first! Of course, I have to accept the situation, do my best to treat it as I go on living my life. But, don't tell me that hairloss has no bearing on how others perceive you and treat you because that's BS