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Speaker 1: One of the hardest things about having alopecia for me
Speaker 1: has been when I have to shave my head because
Speaker 1: my hair is falling out at a rapid pace. It
Speaker 1: just brings on such sadness because it is a daily
Speaker 1: internal battle. Even if we look normal because we have
Speaker 1: a wayne like I do right now, or we've covered
Speaker 1: it up or we're hiding it. The impact that it
Speaker 1: has on your self image, you feel like you're losing
Speaker 1: a piece of yourself, and it can just have a
Speaker 1: massive impact on your mental health. Living with alopecia feels
Speaker 1: like constantly being under the weight of grief. The hardest
Speaker 1: part of having alopecia was hiding the condition because I
Speaker 1: wasn't ready enough, or I didn't at the time have
Speaker 1: the courage enough to come out and show myself without hand.
Speaker 1: You're constantly grieving your former self. I grappled with the
Speaker 1: press and an anxiety for many years. I think after
Speaker 1: such a drastic appearance change, it's very easy to have
Speaker 1: low self esteem and low confidence. Your world lips upside
Speaker 1: down and you lose a piece of yourself that you
Speaker 1: kind of never almost get back. The hardest part about
Speaker 1: having alopecia is feeling alone. Most of the times, I
Speaker 1: can guarantee that I'm going to be the only bald
Speaker 1: young woman walking into the room. That results in a
Speaker 1: lot of staring and comments made by strangers that can
Speaker 1: be incredibly taxing to my mental health. We need to
Speaker 1: start to normalize hair loss conditions and to get people
Speaker 1: to see that it's very common, and we need to
Speaker 1: start to just love each other more. We can have
Speaker 1: all the self acceptance in the world, but it makes
Speaker 1: it ten times more difficult when you know that society
Speaker 1: still does not accept a bald woman. Feeling like your
Speaker 1: body is betraying you by physically altering your appearance, and
Speaker 1: the ups and downs of losing your hair. We are
Speaker 1: so much more than our bald heads. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for listening to this bonus content. M