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Well, one person sent me an email wanting to see what I looked like with longer hair. :P Here is me before I cut my hair years back. I'm sorry I haven't been regularly on here, alot has been happening to me lately. I'm heading to the hospital soon do to chronic depression, so I dunno when my next hair update will be.
Cool hair! I'm so sorry to hear about your depressions, i you'll get better.
Simon
That's great hair you had, and you will again. You are on the right path for healing. There are many great treatments and therapies to help you see a brighter future.
Take care,
Bruce
I am so sorry to hear about your depression, my prayers are with you all the way. Your hair was truly outstanding, with your current growth, your hair will be as it was before in no time.
All the best,
David
I am sorry to hear that you've run aground onto some problems, but I'm glad to hear your taking steps to fix them. Take heart in that you look great with long hair, and that you've lots of friends here have you need to talk or share.
All the best, Bragi
Emmerich,
Depression is a treatable condition. I am sorry you need to go to a hospital, but I trust you will get stabilized on good medicaations. Sometimes depressions have a genetic basis, in which case you may need to be on an off medications all your life, but this does not prevent you from having a fulfilling life. Sometimes depression is caused by circumstances around you. While you are in the hospital, I hope you will ask your doctors questions about the medications you are receiving, and help understanding your emotional reactions. At the same time I hope you medidate on what circumstances might help you to be happy: for exampe, better communications with parents, acceptance of some aspect of ourself which is socially stigmatized in our culture, need to escape your parents, need to escape a repressive religion, etc. etc. etc. Speak from your heart to your therapist. Do not try to get him or her to like you -- they start there, or they should get out of this profession. You will not shock your therapist, and if you do, tell him/her that they need to get back on the "couch." But do not let this define you. You are a nice looking young man, and there is no reason you cannot find your way through these depths.
I have never been severely depressed, but all my life when I got a haircut I left the barber depressed. So I stopped getting my hair cut and let it grow. Of course this was not the only thing going on in my life. I have developed friends with whom I can speack my mind and hear, knowing I will not receive judgement but understanding, and I have also found a partner with whom I can find physicial intimacy which is the most healing experience anyone can have, and you can have that too.
Caledonian
I suffer from a disorder as well. anxiety. I take xanax whenever i feel extremely nervous. I tried smoking pot once to help calm me down but it just made it worse. I had a severe panic attack. My heart was pulsating dangerously fast and all i could think about was dying. It was a horrifying experience. Well , Sorry for the ramble...... I hope you get well and continue to post on this board. Hair looked awesome by the way. Don't worry one bit , You'll attain that length once again so hang in there and stay away from the scissors!! :-)
hi Chris,
I had a heart palpitations episode too once!!!oh man I know how it feels..it's a MAJOR panic attack..my heart was racing like crazy...and I was peeing like once every minute..fluid was like running out of my body like crazy!!I went to the doctor and he said to lay off of caffeine but I didn't..and it hasn't happened since!!so I'm guessing caffeine wasn't the cause for that episode..I'm still wondering what caused it..
My panic attack was similar to yours. I smoked pot thinking it would help but boy..was i wrong. During my attack , My heart felt like it was going to explode! My hands and face were numb. My mind was going insane...I would keep seeing random images and hear my voice inside my head saying" Oh my god im going to die! My mind was a wreck! The slightest sound i would hear would scare the crap outta me. At one point , I thought someone was trying to break into my house to kill me..... It was a total nightmare. The next day i went to see a doctor and explained that i had smoked pot and suffered an attack. He explained that someone who suffers from severe anxiety should be careful when smoking pot. He explained that Pot accelerates your heart rate and causes extreme alertness and sometimes paranoia. I guess its effects depend on the users state of mind..... Anyhow , the last panic attack i had was 4 months ago but it was nothing compared to the pot-attack..
hi there Emmerich,
man,you look MUCH better with longer hair..and I wish you good luck in your battle against depression,I have mild depression myself,not bad enough to actually be admitted to a hospital,but nevertheless it does affect my every day life..take care man!!oh and one more thing..did you find another job yet?or are ya gonna stick to your current one? :))
I am very sorry to here about your having chronic depression Emmerich and I do hope they can help you return to better health. I know about chronic depression myself as I have had it more or less most of my life. Also why I disappear from the board here for extended periods of time. I wish you the very best for getting better and hope to see you back here again posting about hair or anything for that matter. Don't feel it always is about the hair here as so many of us seem to have similar problems but unless we talk about ourselves beyond the hair we don't really learn about each other.
You do look terrific though, I hope knowing that helps you, don't cut the hair despite depression. I know I have been tempted thats why I say that.
Again the best to you we will all hope for you :)