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Cutting own hair off

NAS35640
over 6 years ago

Hi wondered if anyone else has experienced of ads adult cutting own hair off our 21 year old daughter has started to cut her hair almost bald she did have long hair but has since cut it off she hadn’t done it for about 8 weeks but has done it again today she had told us she wants to grow it long then has cut it all off again 

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  • over 6 years ago

    Try to keep in mind, while there may be all sorts of worrying reasons of some kind it is also entirely possible that she did what she would always have preferred. Like in my case that could still have been initiated by something negative, but isn't negative in itself. Not everybody's reaction was positive (yours for instance), so maybe she thought she should better not do it again. This would not necessarily be the same as not doing something bad to herself again though, but rather to keep doing what other people expect, even if it's not what she would prefer and also not something that should be of any importance to others (the hair itself, I mean, not the issues that may be underneath, quite literally). 

    8 weeks also sounds about right, I do it every 6 weeks. It's the time when it doesn't feel right anymore, so the second time may well not have been some sudden urge to do something dramatic due to being overwhelmed or something bad going on. If you consider that it could potentially be a positive thing for her this will also help to spot if it isn't.

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  • over 6 years ago

    Try to keep in mind, while there may be all sorts of worrying reasons of some kind it is also entirely possible that she did what she would always have preferred. Like in my case that could still have been initiated by something negative, but isn't negative in itself. Not everybody's reaction was positive (yours for instance), so maybe she thought she should better not do it again. This would not necessarily be the same as not doing something bad to herself again though, but rather to keep doing what other people expect, even if it's not what she would prefer and also not something that should be of any importance to others (the hair itself, I mean, not the issues that may be underneath, quite literally). 

    8 weeks also sounds about right, I do it every 6 weeks. It's the time when it doesn't feel right anymore, so the second time may well not have been some sudden urge to do something dramatic due to being overwhelmed or something bad going on. If you consider that it could potentially be a positive thing for her this will also help to spot if it isn't.

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