So I’m really due a haircut. However, I find the entire experience to be a nightmare. I have really bad sensory issues when it comes to people or anything being near my head and the noises of the barbering stuff. I also find the small talk part difficult and struggle to explain to the barber how I want my hair done. Does anyone have any tips if they’ve had similar issues ? Trying to hype myself up to go on Thursday but it’s a struggle lol.
I hope when you go tomorrow it won't be too bad. I would never have said that I struggled getting my hair cut, but I definitely find it stressful, to the point that I try and go only once a year.
I do like having HAD my hair cut, and how much more manageable shorter hair is (so much less time in the shower!).
Luckily I normally go at the same time my mum gets hers cut (at a salon chair in the back of a barber shop), so if I don't feel like making chit chat she carries the conversation, and I can add a comment if I feel able.
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The lady who cuts my hair is really nice and knows I don't want anything fancy. She listens to what I say I want and might offer a suggestion, but doesn't pressure me to do anything.
But yes, I struggle with the lighting and the noise, and the conversations going on, possibly music too, and having to stare at myself in a mirror, and then wondering if I'm holding my head the right way.
I hope when you go tomorrow it won't be too bad. I would never have said that I struggled getting my hair cut, but I definitely find it stressful, to the point that I try and go only once a year.
I do like having HAD my hair cut, and how much more manageable shorter hair is (so much less time in the shower!).
Luckily I normally go at the same time my mum gets hers cut (at a salon chair in the back of a barber shop), so if I don't feel like making chit chat she carries the conversation, and I can add a comment if I feel able. (that emoji is not supposed to be there. I have tried to remove it but it won't go. And when I try to edit it flags my comment as abusive or spam).
The lady who cuts my hair is really nice and knows I don't want anything fancy. She listens to what I say I want and might offer a suggestion, but doesn't pressure me to do anything.
But yes, I struggle with the lighting and the noise, and the conversations going on, possibly music too, and having to stare at myself in a mirror, and then wondering if I'm holding my head the right way.
