Who Says There's Life After Baldness?!

[youngsufferer]

Originally Posted by PatientlyWaiting

I'm only 23 now, but not too long ago, in my late teens and earlier 20s, I was like you. I might have even been worse. I never talked to any one about wanting to commit suicide because of my hair loss, but I genuinely wanted to. Actually, I wanted a peaceful way to die, like overdosing on sleeping pills. Just wanted to go to sleep and never wake up again. But the past couple of years, i've been changing little by little. I no longer want to do such a thing like kill myself, the AA made me appreciate my normal MPB more. I was like the member Scorpion, but unlike him I didn't share his wild views in forums or in public. I kept it inside me. I now have goals in college, and finasteride halted my hairloss for the time being. I feel better despite having alopecia areata.

I'm not gonna tell you to stop thinking about killing yourself, cause when I was a teenager, no one could tell me that, I had to go through it myself and fight it myself. I wasn't gonna listen to anyone, and nothing any one said made me feel better about my situation. I got over it all by myself and I think you're gonna have to get over it by yourself too. Look at this way, this forum has a bunch of people who are going through the same thoughts you're going through, or already went through it. So a lot of us here can relate.

I genuinely appreciate you sharing all of that. As much as one can appreciate text from a stranger.