Hair Dysphoria???

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Does anyone else ever get super weird dysphoria from having longer hair than you'd like? I'm closeted and it would be unsafe for me to cut my hair any shorter than it currently is while I'm still dependent on my parents (the first time I did it my mom yelled at me and said it made me look like a boy (that's the goal mother) and said that boys didn't like girls with short hair, which was before I even realized I was trans). But even though it's a safety issue I get super anxious any time I have to style my hair because it's not what I want and it makes me look like a girl and I hate it. Does that make any sense at all??

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I would suggest you look into long hair styling for guys! Longer hair on guys is actually having a bit of a moment right now so it should be fairly easy to find tutorials on like, man buns for instance. Maybe you could even get a mans haircut on the sly. I feel silly writing that because I don't really feel like there's such a thing as gendered haircuts, but I think you know what I mean. That might help you embrace it a little more while still keeping your mom off your back. That really sucks, I'm sorry you're not in a supportive environment where you can be who you really are and have whatever freaking hair you want.

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I feel ya. I used to have 3 ft hair to hide the fact that I wanted to be a guy

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Update:
I'm getting my hair cut today. I found the style I want by googling short hair for women but it's going to make me feel so much better!!!
(Here's the way I'm getting it cut)

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Tbh not to be a Cis Chiming In™ but I've literally never understood why parents give two shits what their kids do with their hair? Like how does it affect you?? I've had my hair in a straight up pomp with the sides and back shaved and my parents didn't yell at me. Like wtf sorry your parents are mean.

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Ignore the caption on the second one, there are Straights on my Snapchat but anyway--this is my hair before and and after my last haircut. I actually want my hair shorter and I can't stand touching it like this; it makes me so anxious and mad. It's like, this is it, this is the thing that makes people look at me and go 'that's a girl.' But I was looking at old pictures and I noticed I actually looked (well, to me, anyway) more masculine when my hair is long enough to flip out on the bottom? Does that make any sense? I just thought I'd add that to this, that it isn't always the length but the style.

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All the time.. this is the longest my hair has been in two years, and I can't stand it. I need a hair cut, but my mother doesn't want to "incourage my behavior", and it's gotten to the point where I just want to shave it all off.

Hair Dysphoria???

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