Uncomfy!!

I had a wonderful week-end with my neice Saturday and the next day zi hade my younger sister over for dinner which meant ,'wig time again" I noticed towards the ed of the evening I was getting severe headaches, pain from my wig in my forehead and I kept trying to adjust it. When y sister said to me" We are all family here why dont you jst take it off and continue to ave fun,we wo't judge you in anyway, you are who you are and I stil love you.
Those kind words nearly made me cry, however I just couldn't take it off I supuse it was because I was insecure so I suffered the whole nght until they left I was so releived to be able to take it off and well had these damn red marks on y head from the sores.
When i'm in my house (my domain and safe zone) I am comfy letting my head be left alone but as soon as hubby comes home from work I run up and throw the wig on,,God I hate doing that just to try and look good ! it's annoying, frustrating and thre's just no other words for me to describe how all this makes me feel!

feeling confused right now and not kniwing how i should feel with all this
Lisa

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Comment by R0BB on April 4, 2011 at 12:09pm
Hi Lisa - Ive had the same feelings regarding this and trying to feel comfortable around family and friends.
Ive done some research on this topic . I guess we need to truly feel a strong support system from others in order for us to gain their trust .... then we can feel comfortable around them no matter whats going on 'upstairs'. After 30 years of my AA adventure .... I still struggle with being myself around family and friends. Youre not alone in this and have a look at some helpful info below ..... - Rob

Although stressful life events may have an important role in triggering some episodes of alopecia,1 the anxiety symptoms that follow its appearance may closely resemble social anxiety disorder. Some patients with alopecia have anxiety symptoms, avoidance behaviour, and social and economic suffering similar to social anxiety disorder patients. Social anxiety disorder is characterised by the fear of humiliation or being judged negatively in social situations as well as the avoidance of such social or performance situations.3 The diagnosis of social anxiety disorder excludes patients whose social fears and avoidance are secondary to other psychiatric disorders or medical problems (for example, essential tremor or stuttering).​stuttering).

Patients with alopecia initially unrelated to social anxiety may begin to avoid public situations out of fear that it would be embarrassing if others observed the loss of hair, and they may experience excessive fear of being humiliated or of embarrassment when their alopecia is noticed. Identical to patients with primary social anxiety, they tend to be self conscious and self critical, and they often experience physical symptoms of anxiety, such as blushing, palpitations, sweating, and trembling. Such secondary social anxiety disorder has the same symptoms, behaviour, and consequences of the primary subtype.4 Patients with social anxiety disorder secondary to disfiguring or disabling medical conditions experience serious social anxiety and avoidance, and since such symptoms have been shown to respond to antidepressant drugs,5 controlled trials should be conducted to describe the response of secondary social anxiety and avoidance to pharmacological treatment.
Comment by Lisa-Lynn Marini on April 4, 2011 at 8:40pm
Thank-you all for your kind words,they were quite meaningful and also gave me something to think about :)

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