Just Came Back From A High School Reunion

[blackg]

Haha.. man, this was fuckin' funny!!!! I think we all made this face after reading
tellersquill's comment.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Does anyone else think balding is on the increase?

It definitely is. When I was a younger almost every snatch that I would see had hair on it. Now they are pretty much all bald, or buzzed(I am assuming due to balding).

 

[Roberto_72]

I'll meet my grave early then...

I think every forum member here will, because I have serious doubts that one has hairloss and is not anxious.
I spoke to a renowned psychologist about some panic attacks I had in my youth and he said it is perfectly possible they were linked to the fact my hair was starting to leave me alone.

 

[Roberto_72]

It definitely is. When I was a younger almost every snatch that I would see had hair on it. Now they are pretty much all bald, or buzzed(I am assuming due to balding).

* dead *
BTW, today being "full of hair" down there means you are dating a Neanderthal. Couldn't the same fashion wave happen with heads too?

 

[tellersquill]

It is clear that baldness can make some men very neurotic which is very unfortunate

 

[EvilLocks]

I've suffered from horrible panic attacks because of my hair loss too.

My life is one big panic attack because of baldness (and other things, but mainly baldness).

 

[buckthorn]

Way better: they'll tell you that "it's just hair", "shave it bro", and that crap.

If someone is good-looking (and fullhead), he'll likely be blue-pilled and feel entitled to give you some life lesson about being confident.

One day I'll play a game with one of them.

you have three minutes to poor gasoline all over your precious follicles and light the match or you will die... just watch as they choose death.

 

[tellersquill]

People don't like being called neurotic

In fairness, I didn't say it as an insult and it is far better then being called psychotic

 

[SmoothSailing]

Suffering from panic attacks and other psychological disorder because of hair loss is the normal reaction a sane human being should have.

Haha no it's not. It's understandable someone would have this reaction but it's laughably far from a normal reaction to going bald.

Talk to men much older (50+) and you'll see that it's only recently become such a huge issue. My Dad barely remembers going bald and laughs at at what I go through as if it's a complete waste of time.

Guys have become more and more obsessed with their looks.

 

[whatevr]

I wouldn't say I've had panic attacks or any kind of psychological disorder because of hair loss but that's because I was "only" NW2.5 at worst.
If I had gone past NW3, I probably would've skipped past the psychological disorders straight into suicide mode.

No but really, it's awful. Now that I know I'm slowly restoring my hair it's amazing how many mental issues just disappear. Your whole world view does a 180°. Everything suddenly has a purpose, the world makes sense again. Doing things for yourself and improving yourself seems like a worthwhile endeavour once again. It's almost hard to believe the mindset I had even just one year ago. I hated everyone around me, particularly those who were young, healthy, had a full head of hair and enjoying their life. All that is gone now. I am starting to feel like a normal young person again who can show up anywhere and fit in.

It's a mindfuck, I tell you. Some of the things you experience and learn as a balding man cannot be unseen even when you get your hair back.

 

[EvilLocks]

Haha no it's not. It's understandable someone would have this reaction but it's laughably far from a normal reaction to going bald.

Really? I think it's a perfectly normal reaction to going bald, especially for someone like Fred who was slick bald by the age of 22. In fact I think it's the only "normal" reaction. A person who'd just laugh at being fully bald that young is not a sane person. Maybe it's not such a big deal (although nobody likes losing hair deep down) to be a 40+ year old receder, but when you go bald in your teens and early 20's it's way different. Both me and Fred ended up in mental hospitals because of hair loss, and we both started going bald very young. We're not alone either, right as we speak there are (hundreds of) thousands of people like us going bald, scared sh-itless and don't know what to do. Depression and anxiety is VERY common among bald people, especially those who go bald young. So again, yes it's a normal reaction!

 

[SmoothSailing]

Really? I think it's a perfectly normal reaction to going bald, especially for someone like Fred who was slick bald by the age of 22. In fact I think it's the only "normal" reaction. A person who'd just laugh at being fully bald that young is not a sane person. Maybe it's not such a big deal (although nobody likes losing hair deep down) to be a 40+ year old receder, but when you go bald in your teens and early 20's it's way different. Both me and Fred ended up in mental hospitals because of hair loss, and we both started going bald very young. We're not alone either, right as we speak there are (hundreds of) thousands of people like us going bald, scared sh-itless and don't know what to do. Depression and anxiety is VERY common among bald people, especially those who go bald young. So again, yes it's a normal reaction!

There's a big difference between "laughing it off" and "suffering from panic attacks". If you think it's normal to be admitted to a mental hospital due to balding then you likely belong in a mental hospital.

 

[EvilLocks]

If you think it's normal to be admitted to a mental hospital due to balding then you likely belong in a mental hospital.

Oh, so someone who is completely aware of themselves and their surroundings, but is dangerously depressed because of something that's out of their control, belong in a mental hospital amongst people with schizophrenia and other serious mental disorders. Right. I don't even want to ask your Norwood and age now…

 

[EvilLocks]

We don't all end up in mental hospitals for sure, but I think it's perfectly normal to be dangerously depressed and anxious when you are bald at 20 years old.

 

[EvilLocks]

OMG, Dante liked my post :') I'm touched. Something tells me I better not get used to this

 

[tellersquill]

Hey Fred,

I think you've really misconstrued my use of the word neurotic and I think its the language barrier.

Merrian-Webster definition: often or always fearful or worried about something.

I think that is an apt way to describe many people who suffer from hair loss - someone who is constantly worried about it.

Honestly, I'm not trying to make you are anyone feel bad. If you look at the majority of my previous posts, a lot of them were supporting someone who was suicidal (it didn't end well because other people mocked him).

 

[whatevr]

The people who aren't hit as hard by hair loss (or pretend not to be) don't understand the lengths to which someone can be devastated by it. Doubly so if you haven't gone past NW2 - then you are just talking out of your ***.

 

[Dante92]

We missed your posts, Fred. I'm glad you're back.

 

[buckthorn]

Simple rule - don't say sh*t about something you PERSONALLY can't understand. ever. just shut your f*****g mouth. You can't talk to a woman about hair loss and expect her to actually understand. You can't talk to a NW1 about it either.

 

[SmoothSailing]

They didn't go bald in today's looks-obsessed society.

"Haha"?

Imagine yourself being slick bald at the age of 22.

Take yourself and the events you've lived in your life, and put a bald SmoothSailing in those situations.

Have you had girlfriends? Cool nights out? Maybe one night stands? A rich social life?

Your bald self in a parallel world could have forgotten about all that.

As I've said before, you don't really know people. Many "alpha-looking" guys eventually told me the truth after a few drinks.

Even my father tried to pretend he just jumped on the hair piece wagon and he was never depressed.

Of course, the reality is more complicated. He turned to alcohol, spent countless nights crying over it.

Don't trust what people want you to see. Your dad is probably lying too.



My private mental health clinic (and not hospital) had a vast majority of girls, and a few guys only.

And many of them were young bald men. One of them committed suicide at the age of 26.

He had a shitload of psychological problems who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere in his late teens.

Gee I wonder what could have been the root cause.



As I've said many time, I'm the one who actually called the clinic to be "committed".

At least I was self-aware enough about myself and my surroundings to admit that was I was going through was very serious.

Looking back, it was a very smart decision that most guys in my shoes would not have been able to take.

Most people would type 'motivational quotes' (or worse, 'slybaldguys') on Google and go from there. Winning strategy for sure.

Yeah ok you're right, I don't know what I'm talking about.

I know my Dad very well and know that he genuinely was never depressed about his hair loss. He was slick bald at 25 when he met my mother. He cares very little about things like that and I've always attributed it to different times, as I'm quite like him otherwise.


I always thought that most people dealt with hairloss pretty well as any of my balding friends always seem to be fine. But I guess I don't really know what they're going through. I'm NW2 by the way, and if I bald like my Dad I'd likely worsen fairly quickly without treatment.