afraid of cutting my hair

thisISrediculous

thisISrediculous

Member
To whoever to may concern,
I know this is a bit crazy...but i am afraid to cut my hair. For as long as I have been alive (cept when i was a wee little one and me mums cut it) i have not cut my hair. I am now 24 years old and have never gotten a haircut. Of course i have been to the hair dressers before, but as soon as i walk in the door and see the huge sharp scissors and how the hair dressers cut while talking and not even really paying attention...i FREAK out! what if they nip my ear....im getting anxious just writing this!!!!
needless to say im in dire need of a hair cut, its several feet long
any help is welcome, i just want to be normal!!!

cheers!
Melinda
 
aprilshowers

aprilshowers

New member
i love cutting my hair i go in like every other week to get it done. Maybe if you do it your self you can build the confidence. its really not that bad. you can get over it i know you can!
god bless you and your troubles
 
sensitiveskin

sensitiveskin

New member
I understand

I can totally see where you are coming from. I have a very similar problem, though I do get my hair cut occasionally, but only when it really gets out of control. Once when I was having cut, the hairdresser poked the back of my neck with the tip of the scissors and the blood got all over my clothes. It didn't bleed that much, but after that, I haven't been able to look at hairdressers the same way. I now only get my hair done by my aunt, who is a professional.

I hope you can overcome this fear of yours.
 
HexNoir

HexNoir

Well-known member
thisISrediculous said:
To whoever to may concern,
I know this is a bit crazy...but i am afraid to cut my hair. For as long as I have been alive (cept when i was a wee little one and me mums cut it) i have not cut my hair. I am now 24 years old and have never gotten a haircut. Of course i have been to the hair dressers before, but as soon as i walk in the door and see the huge sharp scissors and how the hair dressers cut while talking and not even really paying attention...i FREAK out! what if they nip my ear....im getting anxious just writing this!!!!
needless to say im in dire need of a hair cut, its several feet long
any help is welcome, i just want to be normal!!!

cheers!
Melinda
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Hey, chicks with long hair can be pretty sexy [lol no, I'm not hitting on you, I'm only 18]. Anyway, maybe you're just a little anxious... believe it or not, that's pretty normal... at least for me anyway. I used to be that way when I was little, couldn't tell you how I outgrew it but apparently I did somehow. Getting my hair cut was like my worst nightmare for a few years!

But needless to say, you're not abnormal. Expose yourself little by little to what you're afraid of... you'll eventually lose the habit of fearing something that's perfectly safe. Good luck!
 
spw

spw

Member
I dont like people cutting my hair either. Im afriad the hairdresser will make it look horrible and short on purpose so i look even more worse.
 
elizabeth86

elizabeth86

Member
I can't offer too much advice unfortunately..
But maybe try cutting it yourself? I cut my own hair all the time because hairdressers always cut too much off. It's fairly easy to do.
Also, if you're just going in for a trim and your hair is in fact really long, they shouldn't really need to cut close to your neck or anything so therefore shouldn't nip you.
Good luck
 
schmoopy

schmoopy

Active member
You're just gonna have to pull the trigger on this one. You have to force yourself to get the haircut. If it turns out bad, facing that anxiety head on will do more good than you know. You won't beat anxiety by avoiding it. You beat it by looking it right in the eyes and saying "you don't control me anymore"

best of luck.
 
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