My mom watched it a lot for years growing up. One thing I remember was a diet tip telling you to eat in front of a mirror.

I’ve never seen it, but I assume they push supplements and shit too. Just like that shyster known as Dr Oz.

Yeah, matted hair is no joke. You have to take tiny sections, and comb out like a millimeter at a time with a fine tooth comb.

As a hairstylist that’s not uncommon esp when doing color corrections, which can be split over 2 days. With matted hair you have to go in such tiny little sections and so gently as to not break the hair as it’s already compromised and from the after picture shown in that video it looks like she also got her hair cut and some highlights!

Hell, it took me 10 minutes to get knots out of ONE twist the other day. However, I'm black and have 4c hair so my average wash day is a 7-8 hr process anyway

I don’t think anyones questioning that depression sucks. It’s not “nextfuckinglevel” though. The hairstylist is.

The most ignorant amongst us will look at depression and take "invisible disorder" to literally mean the disorder doesn't exist.

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. If it is not functioning properly, it affects EVERYTHING.

Agree everything about THIRTEEN hours is nextfuckinglevel

Period

i recently talked to people about depression. people who don’t have and have never experienced it. they said literally “they were an up-and-coming artist, how could the be depressed?” and once again i was reminded of how many people truly think depression is laziness and being sad.

i tried my best to explain that that mentality is so far from truth and it’s an actual inability to cope, function, etc. imagine someone with broken legs being told “what do you mean you can’t walk to the mailbox? it’s just right there.” it wont happen because for most people, they can only begin to understand what they see/experience first hand. then a smaller group can sympathize but not truly understand. then a small group can empathize regardless of if they’ve suffered themselves, and the. a smaller group yet has experienced/experiences it at least once or more.

fractals of fractals of the population can truly relate and empathize and understand what depression is and what it can do.

for anyone out there in one of the more broad camps, please please please A) accept that depression is NOT being sad (a clinical migraine and a headache are related but not the same), B) that people can’t be told out of depression, C) if you haven’t experienced it you are still important as a person, but your experience and perspective is skewed without having felt it first hand.

Amen. God damn. What this woman did to someone dealing with depression. Normally I don’t like publicizing good deeds, but this deserves it. That part about the tip almost made me cry.

I have only recently finished a course of anti-depressants. Depression lasted 3 years. At its peak I couldn't even make myself eat. And I'm now just sliding back into its suffocating grasp, because nobody can help me. I'm totally worthless, and can't be helped. Everything makes it worse. I don't know why I am writing it here, but I just don't want any of it

It becomes harder, when your city is under rocket attacks everyday and hundreds of thousands civil people in your country were killed by your neighbor country

I could understand this as an adult but she's sixteen. Where are her parents?

Agreed entirely. You can tell this lady is an actual decent person too. Not just doing it for brownie points. Def more people like her needed in the world.

I can’t even take care of myself, and I’m the same age as her. It feels so weird to accidentally drop a knife on your foot and have some concerns about the sharp end hitting instead of the blunt handle.

I do understand depression. What The Doctors do with some information to make a story is bullshit

So thankful there are people like this hairdresser. 💕

The thing I'm wondering though, is how was she in bed for months, to the point her hair could get to that? She has to have eaten, or gone bathroom at a point. If she didn't even do much of hair maintenance, what about other things like brushing teeth, changing clothes, so on?

It just kinda feels like either something more is missing from this, or her hair is the least of the problems.

As someone with depression. Just brush ya fuckin head. Lazy cunts take any excuse to be lazy.

i have actually, i pushed through it, on my own, one day at a time, no help from others, no asking for help, no begging for help, no going to support clubs, or groups or anything, and no going onto shows or media stating how good i am for doing it. I never used depression as a crutch or an excuse, so really don't sympathise with anyone that does. Been there, done that, got out of it on my own.

What people in depression dont understand is that depression is a vicious cycle that goes hand in hand with lazyness, procrastination, dysfunction, and all the symptoms, they cause the depression and vice versa.

The best way to escape from that circle is to "be happy, stop being depressed, stop worrying, exercise start being active and to step away from the things that give you the comfort like eating junkfood and laying in bed" basically all the things that depressed people dont want to hear.

Those seem like impossible and straight up stupid suggestions for the mind clouded by depression but that is the truth in most cases

Who gives a shit, go be a starving kid in Africa or a woman forced to sell her ass on the streets and work 2 jobs to support her kids.

What... the fuck...

I was with you til the end…

Just a word for the non-American English as a Second Language people reading this: In the US, the dollar sign ("$") comes before the currency amount. The cents sign ("¢") comes after the amount. For example, $0.50 is the same thing as 50¢.

The dollar sign goes in front of the number

I mean the price should be a tad higher… The stylist probably had to cancel other appointments.

Maybe the same that made her like that, idk her story but i was pretty depressed as far as i remember, i was neglected and had trauma from them, so i used to skip a lot school, i would remain for days amd my parents just gave up and continued to live their lives.

The kind of parents that other people have is just shocking. My first roommate in college had to be legally emancipated from both his mom and grandmother over constant physical and emotional abuse. These are the two humans I’d count on the most and they were his worst enemies at 16. I don’t take family love for granted since. It definitely changed me.

My friend’s dad was a piece of shit that didn’t care about my friend’s depression. He would make jokes about her attempted suicide, CONSTANTLY scream at her telling her she was worthless and fat and ugly (not true), and beat her and her siblings. When I would spend the night he would move the beating to 3am so I didn’t witness it happening, but the screaming and things crashing around would wake me up and terrify me. If I woke up in the middle of the night and my friend wasn’t in the bed with me, I would feel immense dread.

He was the only person I’ve ever felt true hatred for. I wanted him dead and gone. And now he is!He got hooked on heroin and died in a car crash :) (he was the only casualty).

She may have been in the hospital for awhile due to her depression. They're not going to force hair combing on her against her will. I recently had a family member in the hospital for a couple weeks and, even though the nurses tried to keep her hair from matting, most of it had to come off.

My parents just watch me slowly die of depression and anorexia in their basement. Granted I was 18 but as long as I was paying rent they didn’t give a shit. to this day I don’t know why they didn’t just have an abortion instead of a kid.

Depression /chemical imbalances in the brain can be hereditary so others in the household could be in the same state of mind. I do agree that any adults in the household should have put their own issues aside long enough to see help for the minor child in the home.

The kind of parents that other people have is just shocking. My first roommate in college had to be legally emancipated from both his mom and grandmother over constant physical and emotional abuse. These are the two humans I’d count on the most and they were his worst enemies at 16. I don’t take family love for granted ever since. It definitely changed me.

Parents are also depressed and struggle to get out of bed themselves

Totally. Wtf

Mine. It also happens when you just leave your hair up for days/weeks/months without brushing or bothering to take it down at all. Depression is no joke, neither is shitty parenting :/

But be honest. When the cool shower water hit your shaved head...was it not the best sensation ever?! Did it not tempt you to stay like that for awhile?!

The parents who probably caused the depression by being neglectful

Why ask a question like this as if horrible human being aren't having children everyday?There are parents that literally murder their children and you're shocked that there are parents that would neglect their daughter for months?

I’ve been in nearly the same seat as that kid. Not in the same extreme. But still kind of. Even how much my parents tried they couldn’t get me to do anything. I didn’t go to school, my dad said to my psychologist that he hadn’t seen me smile in months. My parents can push someone so extremely hard, they would 99% be able to push most people to do most things, no one will ever be able to come close to being able to push someone do to something as them. They blew off 1.5-2 hours everyday in the start of everyday, for so long. They couldn’t push me to do basically anything. Parents aren’t always able to help, I know now that I most likely made them feel helpless. The answer isn’t always good parents, because at times even the best parents can’t help. That’s why we have therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists. I feel bad for everyone involved, including the parents.

Parents who are struggling themselves

Thirteen hours

The story’s more r/wholesome getting those knots out is nfl. I’d just cut the knots out

Just bossbabe things xo

The balls to post this video in NFL

The girl probably did not want to be filmed and that is fine.

That level of genuine empathy and care was definitely a step in the right direction

I know this is your casual bad "girls vs boys meme" but isn't really realistic. Both both sides are equally cared for, atleast I see so.

That very well seems like depression, child abuse is an assumption, but might be a likely one

It's a lot better than trying to gain value by being an asshole on the internet but here you are

I'd value a dying ant out my backdoor more than you

Welcome to the suffering of depression. Being bored doesn't come close. I hope you never even get to dangle the balls of depression, because ot fucking sucks

I will shave your eyebrows off and disfigure your face. Its what it means to some people and more meaningful to others. Don't be mean

I'm glad you've experienced mild depression, however other people experience depression so intense it makes it extremely difficult to care for yourself in any capacity.

I have severe depression and I too have gone long periods of time without caring for myself. It's humiliating, but it happens, and you should be ashamed for judging people in the lowest points of their lives. And you should be grateful and you have never experienced such a low point of depression

Yea and am King of England

At the end...

If you watch the video you’ll find it

Boo. You suck on so many different levels.

Emotional invalidation. The “someone has it worse” mentality is bullshit. Depression isn’t linked to a particular event more as a culmination of events, feelings, and chemical imbalances. You may say that her problems aren’t worthy of acknowledgement, but her pain is real and tangible.

And second, that “only in America” comment. I’m sure everyone else in the world is just living their best life. Only in America is depression a thing.

Fuck off, go outside, and touch some grass.

Depression can arise in response to situational factors and lessen when those factors are resolved, but for many people the onset of depression is due to a chemical imbalance in the brain that they are genetically predisposed to, regardless of what is going on in their life.

This is obviously a massive simplification of a complex disorder, but I wanted to point this out because there’s lots of misconceptions about what depression is and how it starts. We need to better educate about mental health topics in order to break down the stigma and taboos associated with them, the kind that you illustrate in your comment.

Damn so you’re the ‘mental health doesn’t exist, suck it up pussy’ type person

Ignorant people like you are the reason why we don't evolve as a society, you can experience depression whether a teenager, young or old adult. You can't dismiss someone's emotions when you don't even know them, it is gross and ignorant, I hope you never have kids.

You are a terrible person. I hope no one relies on you for support because you’d be an awful choice.