Some of these posts are spot on. I think we are all in a situation where nothing else in our lives bares too much significance... as solo said we are most likely all "middle-upper-class easy-living white guys in their late teens or 20s, who have lots of time to think about themselves." I think if some of us were exposed to some of the more harsh things in life like poverty, death, disease, deformity, obeisity... whatever we would realise that our hairloss really isn't much of an issue.
This story of mine about a year back defined this for me... I broke up with my girlfriend and went on a bit of a shagging spree... a great month or two... after a while i noticed something wrong down on the old fella... a wierd pimple looking thing... at first i didnt get too concerned... went to the doctors just in case... he told me that i probably had Herpes... (stick with me here, theres a point to this story). My outlook on everything changed right there... i took a test and had to wait about two weeks for results, in the mean time i went to two other doctors who said they didn't think it was Herpes (phew), but still had to wait for my results. Luckily for me... its was negative... im fine... just to let you know, thank f*****g christ. But that two weeks was worse than anything you can imagine... seriously. it made me understand how insignificant my hairloss was and how silly i was for caring when some things are a hell of alot worse. Essentially i lived with the feelings of a herpes sufferer for two weeks and i can guarantee that it was 1 million times worse that my high temples. I was nervous every day, couldn't function at work, couldnt sleep, cried randomly, worried about my future with girls, marriage, casual sex etc... it ruled every waking hour.. and I cant imagine what some people feel like with other diseases or conditions like Aids, Parkinsons Disease, Anemia, Deafness, Cancer... you name it.
So hope that wasnt too off track or irrelevant, but that experience helped me truly understand the insignificance of hairloss... and Herpes is only the icing on the cake. We really arent the unluckiest people in the world as some of us tend to feel.
This story of mine about a year back defined this for me... I broke up with my girlfriend and went on a bit of a shagging spree... a great month or two... after a while i noticed something wrong down on the old fella... a wierd pimple looking thing... at first i didnt get too concerned... went to the doctors just in case... he told me that i probably had Herpes... (stick with me here, theres a point to this story). My outlook on everything changed right there... i took a test and had to wait about two weeks for results, in the mean time i went to two other doctors who said they didn't think it was Herpes (phew), but still had to wait for my results. Luckily for me... its was negative... im fine... just to let you know, thank f*****g christ. But that two weeks was worse than anything you can imagine... seriously. it made me understand how insignificant my hairloss was and how silly i was for caring when some things are a hell of alot worse. Essentially i lived with the feelings of a herpes sufferer for two weeks and i can guarantee that it was 1 million times worse that my high temples. I was nervous every day, couldn't function at work, couldnt sleep, cried randomly, worried about my future with girls, marriage, casual sex etc... it ruled every waking hour.. and I cant imagine what some people feel like with other diseases or conditions like Aids, Parkinsons Disease, Anemia, Deafness, Cancer... you name it.
So hope that wasnt too off track or irrelevant, but that experience helped me truly understand the insignificance of hairloss... and Herpes is only the icing on the cake. We really arent the unluckiest people in the world as some of us tend to feel.