Ok, so we all know about dysmorphia right? Body dysmorphia is when a person looks in the mirror and sees themselves as fat when they are really skinny, muscle dysmorphia is when people look in the mirror and see themselves as tiny no matter how much muscle they build? Its usually caused by mental pressure of some kind, like being made fun of as a kid, or the pressure of the media to look a certain way, you know how it is. But then there are those of us with special dysmorphias. I for one have hair dysmorphia.
Backstory: When I was little, my hair was stick-straight. My mom loved it. I grew it all the way down to my butt almost. It was great! But then it started growing it curly when I turned 10. Puberty hormones starting to kick in, who knows. My mom mistook the new curls for "frizz" and decided it was all split, so despite my crying and wailing she chopped all my long beautiful hair off. What followed was years of her trying to chemically straighten my hair (it burns!) and fight back the curls, until boarding school released me and my curls flowed free at last!
So basically, to grow out my curls, I once again had to chop off my hair (I had to cut off anything chemically fried by her attempts to straighten it, it was naaasty looking). It was re-living my trauma
So since then, I've been growing my hair out again. And now its down to the bottom of my shoulder blades, but my dysmorphia now is no matter how long it grows I feel like it isn't long enough. If you asked me my hair length now I'd say "Eh, its medium" even though everyone else tells me my hair is really long. So that's my hair dysmorphia. No matter how long I grow out my hair, it isn't "long".
So everyone, what are your warped self perceptions? You know you have them
Backstory: When I was little, my hair was stick-straight. My mom loved it. I grew it all the way down to my butt almost. It was great! But then it started growing it curly when I turned 10. Puberty hormones starting to kick in, who knows. My mom mistook the new curls for "frizz" and decided it was all split, so despite my crying and wailing she chopped all my long beautiful hair off. What followed was years of her trying to chemically straighten my hair (it burns!) and fight back the curls, until boarding school released me and my curls flowed free at last!
So basically, to grow out my curls, I once again had to chop off my hair (I had to cut off anything chemically fried by her attempts to straighten it, it was naaasty looking). It was re-living my trauma
So since then, I've been growing my hair out again. And now its down to the bottom of my shoulder blades, but my dysmorphia now is no matter how long it grows I feel like it isn't long enough. If you asked me my hair length now I'd say "Eh, its medium" even though everyone else tells me my hair is really long. So that's my hair dysmorphia. No matter how long I grow out my hair, it isn't "long".So everyone, what are your warped self perceptions? You know you have them
