Anyone has grey hair anxiety?

I've been having an anxiety for some time now. I have anxiety regarding growth of grey hair, feeling like I'm getting old and missing out on life, as life is imperfect.
Anyone?

I've had this, in my case I think I was afraid of "turning into the mother"
(Never even discussed this reason with useless therapist)
Some years later, still very few grey hairs, they no longer bug me..

Life and it's imperfections

I once had a dream in which my front hair fell (I have a small Elvis) and it looked grey and a little dream twist - looked like dry spaghetti. Must be one of those stress-related dreams, but it's surely related to my hair anxiety.

What is it in your life that you feel you've missed out on, exactly? Perhaps it's time to do those things you've always wanted to do. Make the time for them, eh? Whatever the case -- getting grey hair is a natural part of aging, and or nutrient deficiency (check out William Walsh's book, "Nutrient Power: Heal Your Bio-Chemistry and Heal Your Brain). Either way, simply having or getting the grey hair shouldn't be much of a bother, BUT, I get it, it's not the fact (or so I'm led to believe) that you actually have them, it's the thoughts you're so very conscious of, of what they mean to you and how they serve as a reminder of your disposition in this life.

Lastly -- you haven't provided much information in your initial post (gonna go back a read on in a minute) but, what do you intend to DO to alter the way you perceive what these hairs mean to you?


Very Respectfully,

Malek

Since you're only 22 I think its worth talking about with your doc. These sorts of anxieties, when starting so young, can really put a crimp on your life.

FWIW I'm in my mid-late 30's and have only a few grey hairs that you can hardly see against my blonde hair.

I have had some white hair since I was maybe 18. Now I have even some white hair on my beard when I grow it a little, which used to be pitch black. The first is a sign of stress and anxiety I think (so, be careful, your anxiety of grey/white hair may give you what you fear), but the latter is probably due to age I don't mind both.

I've been getting white hairs since I was about twenty one . I say they are a sign of wisdom! They are prob more likely stress hairs mind u

I've been going grey since I was in puberty. By 45 I was porting a full salt and pepper look which I embraced. I was really stupid to listen to the one person who seemed to have trouble with it and I dyed my hair. Now it is a rut I can't escape. Embrace your hair.

My hair went rapidly grey then white in my late-20's. I began dying it because I hated the white. Dyed it and dyed it. I was in a rut of dying my hair for many years. Then the white became resistant to the dye. At first I was upset. Then I decided that I'd go to a stylist and have her work with the grey/white instead of against it. WOW! She put blonde low-lights mixed in with the white and I've never been more pleased with my hair color. It's so easy now.

Anyway. I could go on about hair color for paragraphs

It sounds like maybe your grey hair reminds you of aging and loss?

I' decided a long time ago that I was going to grow old and grey and fat and bald gracefully!

Well I'm very young but have always had a small bit of white hairs in one spot. They're cool to me (also very cool to look at under a microscope). Just do everything that you can from now on. Everyone misses out on tons of things. In the end it's not a big deal.

Sorry, I don't know if I'm really helping.

My hair is very light which somewhat hides the gray. If it bothers me i remember i have a full head of hair at 65 and most of my friends do not. I did shave my mustache because it was all gray.

I got my first grey hair at 21 and it really upset me - I guess it was the first sign I wasn't young anymore.

Since then there's been a whole load more signs I'm not young anymore so I'm used to it now - it's okay, getting old is a side effect of living.

If it's worry about aging behind your anxiety maybe you can work on that, maybe time to look at why you fear it and also balance your impression of aging with the positive things it has to offer - if that's what your fear is.

I had my first gray hair at 18. My mother's side grayed early so I lived with it. I feel like I miss out on a lot in life because of my MI more than my hair.

Had them for about 5 years now. Oh well!

Getting a rinse next week.

I said earlier that I once embraced my grey hair. Unfortunately several years ago someone talked me into dying it. I did so a dark reddish purple and I now am forced to go through the ritual of maintaining it. I am 50.

I was really hurt and mortified. At my group I overheard two younger women laughing about 'older women who try to dress younger than their age and allow their roots to show'. I can only assume it was me they were laughing about. I was hurt, and humiliated when this happened a month ago and avoided attending since. I couldn't excuse myself any longer so yesterday - even though it had ony been two weeks since the last colouring - I waited unti the last moment to dye my hair. I was so anxious that a root might show and they would laugh about me again. I realized too near everything in my wardrobe is not the norm for a 50 year old (skinny jeans, flowing tops, and hippy stuff). I found myself looking for the most sutable thing I could find.

I am really kicking myself this morning. Why couldn't I walk in there with my head held high? Why did I have to allow myself to fight that battle? They won it.

I'm 40 and believe I seen my first one around 18. In my late thirties I started to see more gray so I started coloring. I'm still not comfortable with gray as part of my hair color...I get it professionally colored. I stick with basic jet black no wild colors.

How old are you? Grey hair in fact isn't so bad as it seems, it can appear even in a very young age (I know such people) Don't be too frustrated about this because its appearing doesn't mean that it's the end of your life...
Also you can always cover it up, using the different hair dyers, there are so many ideas for them, like here http://machohairstyles.com/incredibl...ideas-for-men/ for example And even bright colours can look cool and fit you in the adult age, I saw many examples of it!
And as I know the silver/grey colour became very fashionable during the last several years, so having it can be an extra plus for your style

I never have really had anxiety about turning grey as I've been dying my hair since I was 16. I made the mistake of dying it red a while ago and it isn't growing out well. I was really humiliated a few weeks ago when I overheard a conversation between two very self-centred women who were laughing together s they talked about "older women who let their roots show". It was obvious it was me they were talking about. I was really quite hurt and embarrassed. How cruel of them.

Gray hair anxiety at 22, before you ever have your first gray hair, sounds like you are looking for things to be anxious about. I know it's not intentional, but you are unnecessarilary upsetting yourself.

It was a little humbling when I found my first gray hair, but it was at a ripe, old middle-age when I expected it.

I've highlighted and colored my hair since I was 12! My grandma got a hold of me with a crochet needle and foil. In my family, plain and mousy is a sin.

Not only grey hair but also everything. Why do you anxiety about it. If it's invariant rules why we have to worried?. Not grey hair, mindfulness to look over fear is better

I've started going grey, though I'm in my 30's. My hair is currently dyed half purple and half blue. I'm not worried about going grey, it has just lite a fire under me to make sure I'm doing the things I want to do with my life. I have a so called bucket list and am living it. Grey doesn't have to be a sad thing, it can be motivation at any age.

I'm going to be 30 and last year I had some anxiety when I noticed a hair that might be grey(my hair color makes it hard to tell because it's light brown mixed with dark blond that is in different shades).
In my case, the anxiety isn't about aging itself or the grey hair itself, but it has to do with how I know society perceives women and aging.

I'm a gender non-conforming woman who is very masculine presenting and I would never be comfortable with things like make up or hair dye. It's already been seemingly impossible to be found attractive by any man so far so I worry that turning 30 will make me even more undesirable and that once I start getting grey hairs, that too will add exponentially to it. I know it shouldn't but ...

For me it's less of anxiety and more sheer hatred. So I dye my hair constantly so I don't have to see them. Currently rocking a purple faux hawk

I stopped dying my hair 2 years ago. Have dyed it since I was 22. My grey has grown in and covers 80% of my head. It's more like a silver grey and I'm told it looks good. I am embracing the greys at 56. They are going to come now matter what I do! Of course if I were 30, I don't know if I would be so accepting.