Having a tantrum and feel like a 2 year old

Well, what can I say? I hang my head about my shameful, childish behaviour today. What a tantrum I had. Even threw my wig over the balcony into the garden 2 floors below. The reason? I have washed it 3 times in the last week trying to get it not to bunch up in the back. I don't know why it is doing this, it rarely happens. It is a remy hair wig and usually I don't have this problem. I am over it!
Since I lost (and found) my virgin Freedom hair wig I have felt so insecure about myself. It's ridiculous I know. I've had AU (with limited regrowth) for many years actually over 25 years and here I am acting like a baby. Am I stressed? Yes! But not about alopecia, but I can't do a damn thing about the other situations so alopecia becomes my focus. Does this happen to anyone else? I feel like a crazy person and had to vent. Just goes to show that although I deal with my alopecia pretty well, it can still send me for a loop.

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Comment by JeffreySF on May 27, 2017 at 12:27am

I'm all about the spray tan these days....Secret to Fabulous!!!

Comment by Pat on May 26, 2017 at 11:55pm

Cheryl, yes great visual hey...poor John went and found it and I was like don't bother I'll never wear it yada yada but hey it's all good now.

Sad1995 I understand absolutely! I got alopecia in my late 30s and felt it spelled the end of my youth. I don't know how younger people manage, yet some seem to manage better than me, and some don't. I don't like being without a wig. Being a white woman, my scalp looks so white! If I went without a wig I would use tanning lotion so it blended in more. Being a male maybe something to consider.  

Comment by Sad1995 on May 26, 2017 at 4:41pm
I hate to go off topic. I hope you feel better pat. Alopecia is nasty while disease. In some form it's worse than normal disease living a pseudo normal life can be frustrating. This is what I mean though. You people are in your 40s and 50s and still struggle with this. Yet you expect a guy a in his 20s to be ok with being bald and not getting girls/failing at dating.
Comment by Sad1995 on May 26, 2017 at 4:41pm
I hate to go off topic. I hope you feel better pat. Alopecia is nasty while disease. In some form it's worse than normal disease living a pseudo normal life can be frustrating. This is what I mean though. You people are in your 40s and 50s and still struggle with this. Yet you expect a guy a in his 20s to be ok with being bald and not getting girls/failing at dating.
Comment by Cheryl, Co-founder on May 26, 2017 at 11:04am

Pat, I do know the feeling.  I remember a similar instance right before my sister wedding and I was trying to apply fake eyelashes for the event.  The frustration was high and I remember throwing the brows and bursting into tears.  I do love the visual of throwing the wig off the balcony though ;)

Comment by Pat on May 26, 2017 at 12:04am

Oh thanks Jeffrey...xx to you too...

Comment by JeffreySF on May 25, 2017 at 11:26pm

Good to hear you're feeling better Pat!

X's and O's!!!

Comment by Pat on May 25, 2017 at 4:14am
Yeh thanks everyone, I'm much better now. It's been a rough few years and I usually hold it together ok. Not beating myself up anymore.
Comment by JeffreySF on May 25, 2017 at 12:18am

Time heals all wounds...But there is always the bite that got us...Ouch...Grrrr!!!

Comment by SabineTawni on May 24, 2017 at 1:10pm

Pat, Stop being so hard on yourself!  I don't know why some people think it is supposed to get easier as time goes by.  Actually, in some ways it gets hard.  Think about it--the more time that goes by with this condition, the longer we have had to deal with the stress and strain that goes with it.  You are not crazy; you are completely normal.  AND, you are probably doing better than most people would in terms of dealing with it.  

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