I ask myself often in different situations: why do I care care what this person thinks of me without a wig on? And.., how would I really know a stranger validation of internal thought perceptions if he or she walked by? I am wondering now if the pangs of invalidation go beyound our hair gone past , will go in future, or gone to present. I admit, that in retrospect., I can feel socialy validated shopping within the mall ( affirming smiles, glances, friendly sicial exchanges) by passerbys, employees, ect(especialy when wearing my most expendsive trendy wig. But then..., when I take it off behind closed doors, the former validation from another has worn off and the next time I step out my door I feel emotionaly famished again. And the record keeps spinning; the scr atches continue...