Haircuts! Why are the small things so hard?

I'm having a dilemma. Last year my normal hairdressers shut without warning. I found this very difficult but found someone that could come to me. Wasn't the solution I hoped it would be but I was getting my hair cut. I can't stand my hair getting longer by the way - mega sensory issue! I was a bit late booking what should have been my most recent haircut and that hairdresser is now unavailable for reasons that aren't her fault. This means that my hair is now at a really annoying length and I have no idea when this person will be able to cut it. The obvious solution is to go to a salon and ask them to cut it. But I am struggling so much with this concept. To ring or walk through the doors of the salon and speak to people feels too much as it is. To also explain that I struggle with haircuts and get very anxious is another level. To actually have someone else cut my hair fills me with dread. Will they do it right? How much should I tell them to take off when I've left it so late? Etc etc. I can manage to live alone and have a career but getting my haircut is a lifelong problem. Why are the small things so damn difficult?

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  • I invested in electric hair clippers many years ago. No. 1 clip all over, takes about 3 or 4 minutes leaning over the bath (an empty bath to catch the clippings). I cannot stand clipped hair around my neck, so I can shower right after cutting my hair. Having to endure itchy hair in the collar of my shirt until I got home, was the worst part of going to a barber's for me.

    The small thing I find really bad is cutting nails, I think it is because the shorter nails, after cutting, expose skin that has been protected and that the extra sensory input from this skin when I touch things makes my brain squirm. I have tactile sensory problems anyway and cannot touch nylon fabric without extreme revulsion, other synthetic fabrics have the same, but lesser, effect.

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  • I invested in electric hair clippers many years ago. No. 1 clip all over, takes about 3 or 4 minutes leaning over the bath (an empty bath to catch the clippings). I cannot stand clipped hair around my neck, so I can shower right after cutting my hair. Having to endure itchy hair in the collar of my shirt until I got home, was the worst part of going to a barber's for me.

    The small thing I find really bad is cutting nails, I think it is because the shorter nails, after cutting, expose skin that has been protected and that the extra sensory input from this skin when I touch things makes my brain squirm. I have tactile sensory problems anyway and cannot touch nylon fabric without extreme revulsion, other synthetic fabrics have the same, but lesser, effect.

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