Everyone changes as they grown up. Some changes are unavoidable -scary puberty changes! But some are conscious, a direct result of your decision. Is I've gotten older, of course, I've changed! But one part of me that has changed countless times is my hair colour.
I probably change my hair colour once every couple of months and is a small obsession of mine. On the outside my ever changing hair probably looks like a rebellious quirk but is in fact a product of one of my first OCD fixations.
When I was younger I watched a film called 'scott pilgrim Vs the world' it quickly became one of my favourite films. In this film there is a girl named Ramona Flowers played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Her defining features included rollerblades and hair that changed colour every couple of scenes. She was so cool!
I can't rollerblade for toffee but (as soon as I was old enough) I started dying my hair. At first I was subtle, my hair was mostly natural colours but then came the blue era! I dyed my hair electric blue and was hooked!
I loved the bright colours of the dye, the process of dying it (which I always do myself) and the way it looked, strangley enough I finally felt that I looked the way I felt... LOUD! I began to ritualisticly dye my hair... It almost became a problem a couple of times, I felt like I couldn't possibly socialise or take a photo unless my hair was bright! I still feel like this now but am better at controlling the urges.
When I dye my hair it's a release for me. I tic very little because I am fixated, I get out specific towels, mix the dye, apply it logically and then rest until it's time to rinse! It's all in all a very satisfying process... For me anyway!
As OCD fixations go I guess it's not a bad one, I often wonder if it will last into later life, I don't know. I see no signs of stopping soon... I wonder what my next colour will be?