Finally chopped off my long curls

Soooo I have probably wanted to cut my hair off since 7th grade but I lived with a family that wouldn’t even let me touch my head. At that time I was being forced to wear earrings and was constantly ridiculed for my appearance so it didn’t help with my mental well-being lol. I have never felt long hair was for me amongst other things and it made me extremely depressed about myself and lowered my self-confidence tremendously. I mean, I wasn’t even allowed to do my own hair until I was in the 10th grade!

Don’t get me wrong I’ve tried to do it myself before and the repercussions and punishment I had received afterwards is traumatizing lol. I can’t really go into details about how messed up my family is because it would be a book but they are TOXIC af.

Yet, even after finally getting out of my toxic household, the manipulative abuse I went through kept me from cutting my hair. I got an undercut yeah but I only did it so that my family wouldn’t complain about my hair being gone....I was finally on my own and paying my own bills but I was still so controlled and afraid....

But some things went down between my family and I and YEARS of being gaslighted, controlled, and manipulated by my caretakers, I just said SCREW IT and chopped off all of my hair and I am SO HAPPY THAT I DID!

I felt absolutely no sadness as I chopped off each piece and I have never felt so confident and free in my life . It felt like the years of control was finally being cut off from me. I had never realized how emotionally and mentally painful it was for me to have long hair.

I actually feel like myself for the first time ever! I feel confident, I feel good, and I love how I look for once 😭