I notice today my scalp is extra itchy. Especially in the front and I produce a lot of dandruff. Here's what's causing it: -I feel constant worry and tension, because I fear upsetting my girlfriend over text -In my mind, I already imagine how she gets angry with me over a comment she misinterprets -(Even when she actually hasn't said anything - it's literally my mind fearing the worst outcome, and fear coming up at the first thought) -This causes a huge stress and fear loop, that's been going on for hours -Frontal area of my scalp is 5/5 itchy, red and scratching elsewhere on scalp makes dandruff fall If I try to understand what the fear is, it's: "If I upset her, she might expose me and accuse me of being controlling (even when I'm trying to be suggestive)" -> I feel I am bad -> I fear abandonment These are some of my deepest issues regarding authority, attachment wounds, and fear of abandonment. While these are things that are causing me emotional suffering, the silver lining is I'm also noticing I'm having these physical symptoms. They play part to my hairline receding.

I really enjoyed south of france. It was a wind-down period very much needed for me and my nervous system. My main takeaway from this vacation is that my sympathetic system is still over-activated, despite my continuous efforts to bring it down. This makes me think: Most of times if we are chronically worried people, it's not sufficient with stopping 2-3 times along the days to breath, we have to change the ways we interact with the world. How we express ourselves towards the future, how we look to the past. Don't get me wrong I know this is a balding community and I won't forget it. But let me state it clear, and bold for you: If we don't get our sympathetic system to stop chronically screaming at us, our hair won't ever recover. Just my two cents after coming back from a really good and enjoyable vacations.

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Today I became more aware of how my nervous system went into fight/flight mode (or sympathetic activation, as described in the Hair Symptoms Tracker) What happened was: - I was firstly triggered over a small thing with my girlfriend (which contributed to nervous system tension) - I was then approached my father - I'm not usually scared of him, but sometimes my nervous system feels unease around him, which I can't really explain - I sat down and browsed the internet for plane tickets, with him sitting behind me - During that time, I noticed many different symptoms: - Fear activation, low level unsafety - Tension in my scalp, especially my top hair - I felt watched and judged, as he was sitting behind my back - As we were browsing, I felt like I wanted to go away and just leave him be - Not going away caused my body to have increased tension and energy in my body - a helpless feeling - in the end, this caused me to feel drained and fatigued after this event My father is a good (bald, hehe) man, and I love him. I realize my nervous system reaction is my responsibility, and that he didn't knowingly cause this unease in me -- but regardless of that, I first need to regulate myself. On my own. To feel safe. In my body. This noticing is huge for two reasons: 1) it's something that had always been there, something that I felt unconsciously but were never able to verbally expres 2) I was consciously aware of one of the biggest causes of my hair loss (probably)! I was able to notice the momentary tension in my scalp, my bodily freeze feeling and this fatigue - and I have a system to describe this with! This is definitely getting closer to my balding's root cause!

I'm sure you guys have read through some of the theory parts in this course. There's chronic inflammation and stress, caused by nervous system dysregulation and being in sympathetic activation. Additionally, in the tracker there's a whole tab for "felt judged or watched". I'm starting to think there is one deeper thing that ties it all together; something that explains all these physical reactions; something that stems from a higher level like the mind.. This deeper thing can be an early social trauma. ---- A brief personal observation A couple of days ago, I went out with my friend to play basketball. Suddenly, a guy from university I knew came to play basketball too in this area. I barely knew him and was anxious to talk to him. Initially he didn't notice me, and I just felt anxious, always scanning for him from the corner of my eye (unluckily, he was always playing behind my back under a different hoop). Suddenly, I felt the energy change - it seemed he had noticed me, but whenever I looked at him, he either looked away, or didn't look at me at all. This was very uncomfortable - I went out of my fun flow state with my friend, and went into a weird freeze state. Eventually, I left, but then I had big sensations of heat and fear and feeling watched and judged in me (even though I physically left!) I felt shame for not talking to him, I felt he might think weirdly of me. And these are only external circumstances. Internally I'm feeling panic, scalp tensing up and I feel under scrutiny. Like there's people judging in my walls and I feel constantly unsafe. I feel alert. ----- What I experienced Now, what I experienced was a "social nervous system overload". This was likely triggered by a deeper Even 2 days later (as I'm writing this), I still feel on edge, and I cannot fully feel fear and embarrassment. I'm not panicking because logically I know I'm safe. It's just my body and nervous system feel unsafe in the moment. My thoughts can easily create an unsafe feeling on command and I feel my scalp tighten as I think of being watched and judged for 10 seconds.