Hair Loss: Emotions of Cancer Survivors - Part 2

Healing in Pink

By Dr. Cathy Chapman

You can help yourself, right now, come to peace regarding your hair.  Being pro-active, claiming your personal power, has immediate positive effects on your mind-body system.

Your body responds with immune supportive chemicals as you move from “cancer victim” to “cancer survivor” to a deeper, more thoughtful you. As a survivor, you send out the message, “I’m here. I’m alive. I’m going to live life to the fullest.”

Everyday is a victory.

When hair loss occurs, getting your feelings out, instead of buried within you, frees energy you need for healing. There are several simple, yet powerful strategies to do this. All involve being honest about how you feel.

1.    Look at yourself in the mirror. Yes, really look. You may have thought, “I can’t stand to see myself,” but, woman of power and strength, your loss of hair did not take away who you are. Speak out loud to that mirror image of yourself and tell her, “With or without hair I can still … ” and list all the things you once did with hair that you can still do without hair. List the things you have always wanted to do, but haven’t … and still can with or without hair.

2.    Be honest about your hair. Sit down with a piece of paper and list all the things about your hair you didn’t like. (You might even want to write a note of apology to your hair because you were so critical.) Next list everything you liked.

3.    Write a “Dear Hair” letter telling it good-bye. Be sure and tell you hair you’ve discovered  life was more important than it, but you hope you can be friends again soon.

Once you release these suppressed emotions, you can find your new look. Have you wanted to try natural curls? Now you can do it. Did you want to see how you looked with red hair … do blondes really have more fun … how about auburn … or a really pretty grey … perhaps your head really looks good bald … or the beauty of a dynamic silk scarf?

Find a hair salon that has a computer program visually showing you what you look like with different hair styles and colors.

You are in the midst of a life crisis – danger … danger … danger AND opportunity … opportunity … opportunity. You have the opportunity to re-image yourself. Take it. Make it an adventure.

Woman, you are a survivor … Live it!

Cathy Chapman, Ph.D., LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker assisting people achieve their dreams of health, wealth and abundance through Mind-Body Psychology. She works from a spiritual and energetic model employing BodyTalk and Psych-K to balance the body and change beliefs.

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