qball01 said:
you just tell yourself this stuff becaue its your fallback excuse to why your life isn't nearly where you want it to be
I'm not an ambitious person who is going for the prestigeous job, fancy sports car and supermodel girlfriend but can't because I'm bald. Even if I had hair I wouldn't care about that kind of sh*t. I just want to look normal to the point where people aren't laughing at me and treating me like some subhuman. That is all I want. I want to be treated like I am when I have a hat on, but without the hat but that will never happen because as soon as it comes off the booing and hissing begins...so I put it back on and everyone cheers, then I quickly take it back off and their back to booing me again. People don't look for similarities, they look for differences. Being bald makes me different from what is considered normal or lets use the word average. That is what they notice about me, that is what they are responding to and that is a strong force in how their opinions of me are shaped. If you were to get cancer on your nose and had to get it removed so that you have a huge gaping hole in the middle of your face with your septum exposed, would you A) get a less than realistic looking prosthetic nose. B) Wear a mask over your face all the time or C, just walk around like that for everybody to see. Yes, I know it is not perfectly parallel to being bald but the principle is the same- a feature that we all have and take for granted is taken from us. We now have a glaring deficiency that people respond negatively to on a daily basis and erodes any self-esteem which will undoubtedly have a ripple effect on the rest of your life. If that man with no nose walked passed you are you saying you wouldn't notice it? Because only dudes with no noses notice that kind of sh*t.