Hi again friends,
Happy Easter. Glad to be out of school for a bit, but I’m sad tonight. I was told that my ongoing habit of playing with my hair was apparently such a nuisance that it was possible that I could be grounded from going to concerts, one of my favorite things to do. Look, habits are really hard to break, from hair playing, to nail biting. I think many of us have had to deal with them. It can take time to get over them, but I don’t think it’s fair to go as far as grounding me for not having done so already.
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Why would you be punished for a personal habit that has nothing to do with anyone else? O.o
I don’t know. Sorry, I forgot to take out the Easter part. It was a draft I started when I was on spring break and I didn’t get to finish it until tonight. I’m doing the best I can with breaking the habit. I’ve been trying to put my hair in a ponytail more often even though it’s not my favorite thing to do. We finally talked a little about it, and I said that I thought it was unfair to ground me for not having broken a habit already. My parents have struggled with things like nail biting and such, so I don’t understand it.
Well, it’s an anxious compulsion that a lot of people with anxiety problems deal with. I used to pull out so much hair that way that I’d shave my head every few months. lol I kind of grew out of it, but I still do it from time to time, just nowhere near so much as when I was a kid. Out of all the nervous habits I had growing up, I think playing with my hair was the least problematic.
I just don’t understand why they’d ground you for it – that does seem unreasonable to me. If they’ve had similar struggles, it’s possible they’re overcompensating because they think they can help you kick the habit before it becomes more ingrained and harder to break, but even then I don’t understand meting out a punishment for not having broken it on a schedule.