Everyone has that one thing that freaks them out, gives them anxiety, or they are just plain scared of. For some it's the dark, or spiders. For my cousin Charlotte it is getting stuck in one of the small slides at water parks, for my mom it's blood. And all of those make sense, (except for charlottes).
Well here is my fear:
Bad haircuts. But seriously, I'm terrified of them.
It all started a few years ago, when I was going to get my haircut. I asked for a 2 inch trim. The hair lady immediately took clipper to my hair. I tried to say stop, but the mix of me being ridiculously shy back then, and her inability to speak English, prevented it from happening. Within ten minutes I had some variation of a bowl cut. As my mother puts it, I "looked like a gay Dutch boy", which defiantly helped my self esteem after the cut.
Ever since I have been horrified, and to this day I have not a had a haircut without my mother at my side.
Now, no matter how much anyone is laughing or making fun of me right now, I want everyone to think about the trauma that sort of haircut may have on an eleven year old boy. Pretty sad, I think.
If anyone else has a random, or slightly stupid traumatizing experience, or fear, please, feel free to comment :D
Payton, I know exactly how you feel. I was in my 20's and my hair was long and I wanted to try a shorter style. Well the guy cutting my hair must have been distracted cause I think he went too short on one side, he kept trying to fix it but wound up making it worse & worse. I came home looking like a tennis ball!!! I didn't go anywhere for a week & then wore a hat for months! So yes I do understand your pain, although I must say dentists freak me out the most
ReplyDeleteLove You, Dana