foxieroxienyc
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Do you guys ever feel like you're LOSING your mind... Like the things you see in pics doesnt look like what you see in the mirror. Well for me suddenly I've been going through this and it's literally driving me crazy, I'm kinda sad about it.
I dont know what it is, for some reason this past month was hard for me. I stopped checking the boards so much, and stopped looking at fotki's and stopped taking pics because I just felt really down and felt like nothing positive was/is happening with my hair. I feel like I obsess over breakage and shedding hairs, I'm finding that as my hair grows longer it sheds more during washes etc. I got some hair shears and it's taking EVERYTHING in me not to "dust" or S&D everyday or every week. I've been good but tonight I had an hour long S&D mission and found a few splits to cut, nothing much to write home about. I noticed that the back of my hair grows a lot slower then the rest. Like the bottom 1/8 of my hair. So I cut it all to even it out and now it's like neck length back there... It never was really that long at the very bottom, I'm not sure if that's normal but it annoyed me and now it's annoying me so much I want to cut all of my hair to that length just to keep it all even. But it's soo little hair at that length that it wouldnt make sense. Then I noticed how my hair grows in unevenly, and now I'm obsessing over that... My best friend reminded me that this is normal... So why do I feel like a freak? My regi is on point, I do everything right, but I think my mind and thoughts is what the biggest culprit is here.
Here are a few pics of my hair currently, and a comparison shot from the end of Jan to today. Keep in mind on the 1st of Jan my hair was at the 1.5 inch mark. It's now at the 2.5 to 3 inch mark. APL on my shirt is around 4 - 4.5 inches. What can I do to get over this? By the way I am protective styling almost everyday now. I keep my hair tucked away in part because I feel almost ashamed that I'm not at APL or BSL...
Please help.
I dont know what it is, for some reason this past month was hard for me. I stopped checking the boards so much, and stopped looking at fotki's and stopped taking pics because I just felt really down and felt like nothing positive was/is happening with my hair. I feel like I obsess over breakage and shedding hairs, I'm finding that as my hair grows longer it sheds more during washes etc. I got some hair shears and it's taking EVERYTHING in me not to "dust" or S&D everyday or every week. I've been good but tonight I had an hour long S&D mission and found a few splits to cut, nothing much to write home about. I noticed that the back of my hair grows a lot slower then the rest. Like the bottom 1/8 of my hair. So I cut it all to even it out and now it's like neck length back there... It never was really that long at the very bottom, I'm not sure if that's normal but it annoyed me and now it's annoying me so much I want to cut all of my hair to that length just to keep it all even. But it's soo little hair at that length that it wouldnt make sense. Then I noticed how my hair grows in unevenly, and now I'm obsessing over that... My best friend reminded me that this is normal... So why do I feel like a freak? My regi is on point, I do everything right, but I think my mind and thoughts is what the biggest culprit is here.
Here are a few pics of my hair currently, and a comparison shot from the end of Jan to today. Keep in mind on the 1st of Jan my hair was at the 1.5 inch mark. It's now at the 2.5 to 3 inch mark. APL on my shirt is around 4 - 4.5 inches. What can I do to get over this? By the way I am protective styling almost everyday now. I keep my hair tucked away in part because I feel almost ashamed that I'm not at APL or BSL...
Please help.