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Do the hair dreams ever stop?
It's been about 7 months since I had a dream that my hair came back - I used to have these often after losing my hair a year and a half ago, and thought they were over. This time it was more realistic. Instead of suddenly having long, full hair as I did in the first dreams, I just had dark stubble all over my head. But, it was clearly growing back, and I was so happy I cried. Then I woke up.
Do these ever stop? I really hate them.
Mary
Do these ever stop? I really hate them.
Mary
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Permalink Reply by Erin on
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i have these often, I usually will be washing my head and will all of a sudden have long hair again, or putting it up or running my fingers through it. it is so weird, i can feel my hair in the dream... that's when I kinda miss it....
THEN i wake up and don't have bed head!! so all is well :)
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Permalink Reply by Tuesday on
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Oh, Mary! I have been having those dreams off and on since my alopecia began. I guess the frequency decreases but it's been about 8 years and I just had one of those dreams last week.
I thought it was "just me" but sounds like a common dream theme. I always dream I'm looking in the mirror and I have my hair and it's all a horrible mistake. I'm telling myself in the dream, "I don't have AU! It's a mistake!" And I can feel my hair and see it (it was curly light blonde). And then I wake up. Sigh.
Yeah, i hear ya. :0)
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Permalink Reply by Pamela Rosse on
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Hey Girlfriend, I think dreams about our hair coming back will always be. I know I am still new to this at the 8th month marker. I have them & it varies sometimes its a full head of hair others its the stubble & the hopes of what is to come with it. I have even woken up crying. Our dreams as the song says are a wish our hearts make, therefore I guess I will always have my hair coming back dreams.
Pam
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Permalink Reply by Graham Crabb on
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Im glad this has been mentioned. I used to have a re-occurring dream (doesnt really happen anymore) but basically I would picture myself walking into the bathroom after waking up in the mornings and look at the reflection in the mirror and see that my hair has grown back... Its then the sense of delight that wakes me up only to realise it was just a dream! I am still hoping that this will come true but i dont think it will :(
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Permalink Reply by Galena on
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Hi Mary,
I had a hair dream recently. Closely cropped, dark and wavy--cute. When I awoke, I just laid there because this dream was one of my very rare bad ones... The earlier part that I remember is too scary/bizarre to share. In the end I'm standing in the middle of an urban street looking down the block at a huge "Tree of Life" looking tree (you know like the one at Disney). The sky was dark, like it was about to storm and a white orb fell from the sky behind the tree--then I woke up.
Now, with all of that going on I recall the feeling of having hair. Too much to process, the hair, the tree, the orb and the other stuff I couldn't share. I'm feeling either numb or matter of fact about the hair. But, I understand Mary.
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Permalink Reply by Clayton on
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It's been 20 years for me and I STILL have these dreams! The hardest part for me, is as I'm JUST awakening with vestiges of the dream still in my head. Then I reach up and remember, it's such a let down. Even now, after all these years.... sigh.
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Permalink Reply by Eva on
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I still get these too, and I've had alopecia for 20 years now. Not often, maybe like 1 or 2 per year, but they do come during times when I feel more anxious about it for whatever reason. I used to have them more when I was in high school where most big high school events were complicated by my shyness about my alopecia so it was the stress of that plus the normal high school stresses.
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Permalink Reply by JeffreySF on
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I'm still am having my dreams at night and I still dont see myself. Maybe tonight.....
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Another Dream last night and I was there but not seen. Gosh this is weird.....Bald or otherwise.....
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Permalink Reply by Pam Fitros on
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I've read every response and, um, I confess to feeling a bit sheepish. I've only had one dream. In my dream I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth when the panel of large round white bulbs over the mirror reflected a couple of wiry white hairs under my chin. I was horrified!
"No...NO!"I screeched. I tried to rub them off with a wash cloth. I looked in vain for a tweezers in the cabinet...but I'd thrown them all away when my hair fell out. "Not goat-chin hair! Please, God, not the chin hair! I LIKE being bald! No more chicken-butt hair in the morning. When I'm hot I dunk my head under the nearest faucet, shake it dry and walk away cool and refreshed. No more feeling like a cranky bear when hair gets in my eyes. No more spending money lining the pockets of hair care product gurus. I'm free. I'm comfortable. I'm happy. Send it to someone who wants it, Poppa God, 'cause I don't miss it and I don't want it back...especially the chin wire!"
I woke up, stumbled to the bathroom, turned on the lights and checked every inch of my head. Not a hair in sight. "Whew!" I exhaled unaware I'd been holding my breath. I eased my head under tepid water from the sink faucet drying it gently and lovingly with the fluffy bath towel behind the door. One last look to be sure I hadn't missed an errant hair and I padded back to bed, thinking this hair dream must mean I'm inherently lazy, and more concerned with my creature comfort than my appearance or the opinions of others. I paused, considering whether I should be bothered by such an attitude. I yawned; decided I couldn't be bothered to be bothered, and fell back to sleep. Hairless dreamless delightful sleep.
I wonder how Heather's dream book interprets that one.
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Permalink Reply by Leah Larson on
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Wow, I'm so glad I finally found this site and am working my way around it. I ONLY KNOW ONE OTHER PERSON WITH ALOPECIA (until now) and she was born with it, so doesn't have the crazy dreams that I do. I've been universalis now for 5 years and still have nightly dreams that people are taking pictures of me without a wig! Prior to that I had a repetitive dream about my lashes growing back (which I miss more than my hair) and would wake up and look in the mirror....to find it was only a dream.
I'm hoping that sharing my thoughts and feelings with others will help me become more accepting of what God has given me and to try to fin the reason thereof.
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