Subconscious scratching= breakage....

[Gemini350z]

My hair stylist noticed a spot on the crown of my hair near my part where it is about an inch and a half in length. He told me to stop scratching, and I was like i dont!!



I came home and asked my boyfriend. "Do you notice me scratching my hair?" and he said "Yes, you do it alot!" I asked him where and he showed me the exact spot my stylist showed me.


My scalp never itches, so I am not sure if its something I do when im stressing, or what.

Anyone else have this problem?

 

[The New FastGirl]

This is definitely a subconscious stress related action. For the next few days try to notice anytime you bring your hand to your head. when you do, bring it back down. after a while you will be able to extend this kind of mindful attention a little further out to what you're thinking when your head starts "itching." This will help you see what is troubling you.

when i first began meditating i was amazed to notice the kinds of thoughts that made me itch. And specific thoughts always caused physical reactions - be it an itch or an ache - in the same part of the body, every time.

When you get to the point where you notice the "itch," do not scratch it and watch it go away. itches are subconscious distractions. It's your body's way of trying to protect you from unpleasant thoughts.

best,

jasai
www.thenewfastgirls.blogspot.com

 

[poookie]

This is definitely a subconscious stress related action. For the next few days try to notice anytime you bring your hand to your head. when you do, bring it back down. after a while you will be able to extend this kind of mindful attention a little further out to what you're thinking when your head starts "itching." This will help you see what is troubling you.

when i first began meditating i was amazed to notice the kinds of thoughts that made me itch. And specific thoughts always caused physical reactions - be it an itch or an ache - in the same part of the body, every time.

When you get to the point where you notice the "itch," do not scratch it and watch it go away. itches are subconscious distractions. It's your body's way of trying to protect you from unpleasant thoughts.

best,

jasai
www.thenewfastgirls.blogspot.com

explain, please. :yup: this is interesting.

 

[Gemini350z]

but the weird thing for me is i dont feel any itching...lol so im not sure what it could be.

 

[LilBrownied]

I just think for some ladies the hair at the crown breaks and/or doesn't grow as easily. Seems genetic to me. I don't really believe it's you subconciously scratching your scalp so bad it breaks the hair.

I have a weird spot on my crown that gives me a lot of problems, and it looks like a different texture. Some of my girl and guy friends have the same issue.

 

[The New FastGirl]

explain, please. :yup: this is interesting.

Every thought we have that breaks out of the basic thought stream - where the thousands of thoughts per minute happen - has as its partner, a physical reaction. Of course we do not notice this most of the time because we are moving so fast and generally not paying attention to it. You can see this most clearly in meditation because nothing else is imposing itself as a distraction; there are only thoughts and physical sensations.

so for me, when i would sit in meditation and thoughts about parenting would come up, my lower back would hurt. all the time. this happened without fail. because this is true yet people don't know it, they begin to think that they have "issues" that they don't really have. or that they don't really need to have. If they could connect the thought with the physical sensation or urge, they could them simply observe it and avoid making a habit out of responding to the physical part, choosing more wisely to address the thinking and the emotion the thoughts cause.

This is the basic practice of Mindfulness. there are many terrific books about it but one need only sit still with the goal in mind of not moving. commit to keeping your attention on your breath as it moves in and out of your nostrils. when your thoughts stray from your breath, bring the attention back. what you will notice in short order are two things; thoughts come and go at a rate unfathomable and with them, sensations like ache and itch and twitch and "falling asleep." These are sensations built to distract you from difficult thoughts. if you sit long enough with compassionate attention for what you are going through, always bringing the attention back to the breath, you will notice that these sensations, like ocean tide, come and go. They are not fixed. not "real."

This is the power of the mind/body connection. even when we are not conscious of it, the mind and body are working together. sometimes to our benefit.....sometimes not so much. our awareness is key.

The New FastGirl