Dying My Hair

I love dying my hair! I've been going grey since I was 14 and I love changing up the colours.

However every single time I decide I want to do it, either myself or go to a hair dressers I get severely worried that I'm going to have an allergic reaction and die.

I do the allergy test every time, but this time I did it three time before I could convince myself that I would be OK. The anxiety was made worse by a recent news story about a woman whose face became completely swollen after dying her hair.

I went through with it and it looks good but I know next time it will be exactly the same....it's so frustrating, my anxiety affects every aspect of my life
and nothing I have done (meds, cbt, hypnotherapy, acupuncture etc) has worked to help reduce it.

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smiler2012 · 61-69

{@aquatofana ] sorry to here this . your anxiety effects you this way on such a everday thing .

AquaTofana · 41-45, F

@smiler2012 thank you. I can't really talk about it irl because people get so frustrated with me for it. It does stop me doing quite a few things, but most of the time I do eventually work up the nerve to do them, it cam just take time.

smiler2012 · 61-69

@AquaTofana you need encouragement to have trust in your judgement you are doing the right thing it must be awful as your brain is telling you one thing and in your heart is tell you the the opposite . ithink you seem to have a lack of confidence in your conviction hence where encourage and help you be put your way not scorn because of your difficulties 😃