A haircut can mean an hour of sensations that are difficult to escape. Water runs near your face, scissors move beside your ears and tiny loose hairs keep touching your neck and clothes.
- tensing as the spray bottle wets the hair around your face
- flinching each time scissors work close to an ear
- feeling trapped by loose hairs inside the collar
- wanting to shower immediately after leaving the salon
Looks vs reality
The same Experience can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
Looks calm and still in the chair.
My entire body is clenched, bracing for the next unpredictable touch, sound, or snip.
Making polite small talk with the stylist.
Trying to follow a conversation while my scalp is crawling feels like doing calculus in a hurricane.
Getting their hair washed.
The water is a shock, the pressure is wrong, and I can't move away as it drips down my neck.
Nodding along with the stylist's suggestions.
I literally can't process your words right now, I'm just trying not to crawl out of my skin.
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