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Hi guys, so I've recently came to the conclusion that my hairline has/is receding(23y/o). It's been 2 years of shedding(which has now slowed), which has left me with a NW2 and thinner hair above temples. I know that's not much but it's the start of the lifelong retreat of my lucious locks.
I'm in the process of deciding whether I want to take action or let the diceroll of my genetics dictate future of my follicles. I would ask you all for advice but after reading a few threads you kind of get the gist...
My real question is; how do you deal with it psychologically?
It's been my obsession for about 1 year now, staring at myself in all mirrors I come across, constantly feeling my hairline, staring at other men's foreheads for comparison and it's honestly making me miserable. I just feel trapped; I can't go a day without thinking about it, each time I see a mirror I'm examining for minute differences from yesterday and thinking about my (possible)future without hair.
My life should be pretty good at the moment, I've moved country which is always something I've wanted to do and I've settled in. But the whole experience is just being ruined by my hair obsession. It makes it so hard to concentrate on other things(such as learning the language), and really makes me feel kind of disinterested and well...lonely(I guess because it's a hard thing to communicate to people).
The irony is that the only reason I don't want to go bald is that it might make me unhappy in the future, but worrying about it is making me unhappy now.
So yeah, I'm just wondering what your coping mechanisms and forgetting mechanisms(if that's a thing) are. Although I guess by the very nature of you being on this site, you guys are probably struggling with these too...
À plus mes mecs.
I'm in the process of deciding whether I want to take action or let the diceroll of my genetics dictate future of my follicles. I would ask you all for advice but after reading a few threads you kind of get the gist...
My real question is; how do you deal with it psychologically?
It's been my obsession for about 1 year now, staring at myself in all mirrors I come across, constantly feeling my hairline, staring at other men's foreheads for comparison and it's honestly making me miserable. I just feel trapped; I can't go a day without thinking about it, each time I see a mirror I'm examining for minute differences from yesterday and thinking about my (possible)future without hair.
My life should be pretty good at the moment, I've moved country which is always something I've wanted to do and I've settled in. But the whole experience is just being ruined by my hair obsession. It makes it so hard to concentrate on other things(such as learning the language), and really makes me feel kind of disinterested and well...lonely(I guess because it's a hard thing to communicate to people).
The irony is that the only reason I don't want to go bald is that it might make me unhappy in the future, but worrying about it is making me unhappy now.
So yeah, I'm just wondering what your coping mechanisms and forgetting mechanisms(if that's a thing) are. Although I guess by the very nature of you being on this site, you guys are probably struggling with these too...
À plus mes mecs.
