A very short haircut as an act of control

Started 17 April 2026 · 11 replies · 67 hearts · read 953 times

OttoPrague, CZ · 17 April 2026

3 months ago

A very short haircut as an act of control Writing it down partly to work out what I actually think.

Before anyone says it: yes, I have an appointment booked. I would still like to hear from people who have had this.

I am aware some of this may be nothing. I would still like to know whether other people have had it, because I have spent a fortnight assuming I am the only one.

The thing that has surprised me most is how much of this is about other people rather than about me.

Sorry for the length. If anyone has been here, I would very much like to hear it.

FabianBasel, CH

Coming back to this a fortnight later to say it settled. Leaving the update because I hate reading threads that stop.

EphraimBrooklyn, NY

I am the person who had the frightening version of this. I went in, it was investigated, and it was not what anyone feared. Going in is the whole of my advice.

7me too 5

AdaFacilitatorManchester, UK

Two things, both boring. First, none of us can tell you what to take. Second, the conversation you want to have is with your prescriber, and we can help you write it down.

BlySheffield, UK

Reading the reply above, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

What helped was lowering my own expectations of the week rather than trying to hold the week together.

MargueriteQuebec City, CA

the reply above — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

Have you got anyone who can be with you when you do it? It made an enormous difference to me and I felt silly asking.

6me too 1

NyalaAddis Ababa, ET

The thing that changed it for me was going slower, agreed with my prescriber. I am not suggesting you do that. I am saying the conversation exists.

IkeChicago, IL

I did exactly the same and felt terrible about it. You have not done anything wrong.

CoralieMarseille, FR

Practical, boring answer: write the three questions down before you go in. I have never once remembered them otherwise.

WystanCheltenham, UK

the reply above — yes, and the bit that took me longest to accept was the next part.

Yes. All of this. I had the same in my third month and I remember thinking there was something specifically wrong with me, which there was not.

AdaFacilitatorManchester, UK

#10

I will leave this open for a few more days and then add it to the circle's resources, because the answers here are better than anything I would have written.

PerrinNice, FR

#11

My experience was very boring, which I offer as data. Some of us just get a dull time of it.