Hair in the mornings

[gh05]

What does your hair look like first thing in the morning? I have very fine hair so after a night of lying down it looks an absolute mess in the morning - if I take a picture of my hair in the light having woken up you'd swear I was a very diffuse NW7 but then after washing it looks much better. Hate it though - never used to have to care about how receded my hair looked in the morning or whether it was a mess because I'd just keep it short and the coverage was enough.

 

[TravisB]

Hah, I thought i was alone in this observation :mrgreen:

My hair also look the thinnest in the morning just after I wake up, and they get thicker during the day. I don't know what's going on. Are the hairs sleeping too or sommething? :mrgreen:

 

[gh05]

Hah, I thought i was alone in this observation :mrgreen:

My hair also look the thinnest in the morning just after I wake up, and they get thicker during the day. I don't know what's going on. Are the hairs sleeping too or sommething? :mrgreen:

It does nothing for my OCD I can tell you! I've been hours obsessing about it before work some days. Wish I had thicker hair even if it were receding just so it wouldn't mess up so much.

 

[TravisB]

What's OCD?

Ah okay, I see - obsessive-compulsive disorder?

 

[gh05]

What's OCD?

obsessive compulsive disorder - some people have it about being tidy, fear of germs whatever...I have elements of that but now with my hair I completely obsess over it - whether it's got worse since last week/month/year and so on...taking pictures, using mirrors etc - in summary, it's hell.

 

[TravisB]

I don't think it's neccesarily related to OCD. Just normal behaviour of guys with male pattern baldness :mrgreen:

 

[gh05]

I don't think it's neccesarily related to OCD. Just normal behaviour of guys with male pattern baldness :mrgreen:

nah...mine is excessive. I recognise the symptoms and it gets far worse when I'm already anxious.

 

[s.a.f]

I think you guys are confuseing OCD with BDD.

 

[gh05]

I think you guys are confuseing OCD with BDD.

The two can sometimes go hand in hand...but when you can spend hours compulsively doing something with a fear of what might happen otherwise then its ocd.

 

[Silverfox]

When u have to touch your comb 10 times with both hands before u brush your hair, while standing on the correct tile in the bathroom, then it is OCD.

 

[Fabio_08]

I wonder about this too. My hair in the morning is a disaster until i shower!

 

[Thom]

I think all guys who are upset about baldness have some degree of OCD.

In my case that's been true. I've never been organized, or a germaphobe, but I've always intensely obsessed over one aspect of my life or look in one way or another. I don't let many people know that fact, especially since my girlfriend makes jokes about my obsessiveness.

I'm working on it though, I think I may have slight anxiety and not realize it. Knowing how my Dad has anxiety it surely must be hereditary. I don't panic or anything, just worry about this and that.

 

[Cassin]

OCD and OCPD are two different things that people get confused.

But both tie into anxiety.

Everyone has a bit of anxiety, depression etc....it's good for you as it keeps you sane. It's only when it starts ruining your life for no reason it's an issue.

 

[Thom]

OCD and OCPD are two different things that people get confused.

But both tie into anxiety.

Everyone has a bit of anxiety, depression etc....it's good for you as it keeps you sane. It's only when it starts ruining your life for no reason it's an issue.

That is true, my ex-girlfriend could stand to learn that. I don't have anything severe enough for medication, I just tend to over-analyze I suppose. Better than being ignorant and impulsive I suppose!

 

[SuprisedGuy]

OCD is neurobiological disorder and part of the anxiety disorder spectrum but it can be co-morbid with BDD (most times it isn't).

I was diagnosed with OCD at 12 and it always irks me when the term is thrown around the web when people are obsessive about something. I can understand the confusion but OCD revolves around irrational obsessive thoughts that are relieved with compulsions. Being a perfectionist or fixated on something isn't the same thing.

OCD and OCPD are two different things that people get confused.

But both tie into anxiety.

Everyone has a bit of anxiety, depression etc....it's good for you as it keeps you sane. It's only when it starts ruining your life for no reason it's an issue.

And one is a personality disorder and ego-syntonic unlike OCD.