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Originally posted by dnr928
And to Pedro: In fact, I know where someone is in the wrong direction. I know making a goddamned fool of yourself is a sign to depression. Why I am I arguing with these people?
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Not all the time it isn't and it depends on the definition of acting foolish i.e how/why it applies to the individual, not just a general opinion.
Anyway. She isn't the first and wont be the last person to cut (hack)/shave their hair off in times of severe problems. Women who do it tend not to shave it though because they are not strong enough to face society with bald heads due to stigma and prejudice.
I hope she gets the help she needs/wants and comes back better. To all the fatalists in this thread, It's not the end for her, she is a young person and with the right help she should be able to be healthy again in future.
But specifically in regards to her hair (because I don't know the nature of her medical/psychological situation), it will hopefully at least grow back thicker/healthier than before with all the colouring and styling and she may at the very least have something 'positive' out of shaving it off. I hope that she doesn't develop alopecia or permanent hair thinning because of the stress, or that may have been what she was experiencing (as part of everything else) that caused her to stress further and shave it. (IF that was the case, then shavng it a few more times should help as long as the rest of her health gets better too.)
In the meanwhile - the kids should stay with reliable family, not Kevin. Simply because she is havng problems does not make him any better of a parent and even though she's had problems she's always seemed more devoted and he was just in it for the money.