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black_swan100
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24 Sep 2010, 2:32 pm

Going to the hairdressers is something I put off for month and months at a time - I find it really difficult.

Because I had to move to a town, there's only big salon style places which tend to play really loud music and have loads and loads of people with too much stuff going on. I can't cope with the fuss and all the questions drive me mad - I tend to end up giving one or two word answers and getting out of there as quickly as I can!



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24 Sep 2010, 2:33 pm

buryuntime wrote:
necroluciferia wrote:
Just come back from having my hair done, and forgot what an exhaustive experience it is. I felt under so much pressure to come up with small talk and after a while felt like the girl must be thinking I'm such a boring pathetic person and wishing she had a more lively client to deal with. Also hate having to stare myself in the mirror for so long looking at my blank and ugly expression and reminding myself what a freak I am.

Anyone else have a problem with hairdressers?

No. I always go to the same hairdresser everytime. At first I had problems because the person thought I hated my hair everytime but then my mother explained I didn't make the right faces so now it's okay. Now when I go there they don't even talk to me, and don't touch me more than necessary, and know I'm not being rude. You can close your eyes if the mirror bothers you.


I have found that this is also my problem when I go. I have this awful look on my face. Most of the time I will tell them not to mind my expression because that is just the way I always look, and they usually are OK with it. I have heard (from a few stylists) that it is common, so maybe NTs do it too. It might just be the stress of trusting someone with something so important- no one wants awful hair!



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24 Sep 2010, 2:59 pm

I don't mind going to the hairdressers as i just ask for the same haircut and they do the rest.



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25 Sep 2010, 7:09 am

A visit to the harirdressers used to be torture with my little boy. He used to scream the place down.
He is a lot better now but still dislikes it.
He constantly asks "why are you trying to cut my ears off?" "Do you even know what you are doing?" "Are you trained?" "when is this torture going to end?" you get the idea, I used to be embarrassed but now I just laugh :D



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25 Sep 2010, 7:15 am

I find that hairdressers tend to be chatty people. I let them do the talking and just relax. I just switched hairdressers, and once this guy discovered I was from the East Coast originally, he wanted to talk about New York, where he's never been but wants to go. Since I've been there a lot, I just let him ask questions and answered them. I've yet to have a hairdresser mind me letting them talk!



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25 Sep 2010, 2:20 pm

I wish I could cut my hair myself, but my motor skills are so pathetic, I would mess up my hair. I do enjoy getting my haircut, but I always feel bad because I cannot come up with small talk - I go to beauty brands, and the girls there are ALWAYS talkative. It's frightening for me, but I don't look in the mirror, and I only talk when the girl asks me a question. That makes it a lot less stressful.