It's all connected!

It seems so weird but when I first got diagnosed and they recommended therapy, I didn't see the point. I went with an open mind because I felt so desperate for a cure but I didn't really believe that it had anything to do with the alopecia. I am now really believing that the holistic healing directly applies to me. According to Grossbart's findings, something like 95% of alopecia outbreaks are brought on by stress. While I might be genetically pre-disposed, the tension and tightening of the scalp could have been all my doing (not intentionally of course). So in that case--how do I turn it around? There was an exercise in the book that asked you to think about 10 things that are positive or have improved since my outbreak. Would you believe I had listed like 15? I couldn't believe it! This inconvenience has forced me to focus on so many other things in my life that I do feel about myself and my life. I probably would not have admitted it before but I used to have a lot of negative self talk. There was always this constant pressure within me to be perfect and have my life totally organized. Now that my secret is out--I am not perfect, I can't do it all myself--it can finally move on and just accept myself the way I am.

I have also been reading Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life. She echos much of what Grossbart says regarding disease and emotions. She says that hair loss is usually associated with anger and tension. By letting go of the anger, tension, negativity, you can allieviate the scalp and beging to heal everywhere. It makes so much sense. I needed the books and the therapy to get me to that point.

After reading and processing this, I woke up today with almost no hairloss. Yay!