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!