Does anyone else find their new length surreal?

[browneyedsusan]

My hair has been shoulder length or shorter all of my adult life. (I think it was longer when I was about 8, then abruptly cut.) Even though it has taken a few years to grow it this long, it still seems new and strange. I've seen lots of threads about cutting hair and feeling different or sad after, but I'm the opposite. Long hair feels different than what I've been accustomed to. I really like it: the ease of care, and variety of styles it provides; but it still feels "new" sometimes.

Anyone else in this boat? Is your hair longer than it has ever been? Are you used to it yet? Does your new length sometimes catch you by surprise?

ETA: Oh my goodness! There is a typo in the thread title! oopsie!

[two_wheels]

I feel like after several years of not being "me", my hair is approaching my "me" length. It's surreal and familiar at the same time

[jasper]

Mine is longer than it has ever been, but it has been such a gradual change that I am mostly used to it. It catches me by surprise sometimes when people comment on the length, because I am so used to it. But I have worn different lengths over the years, so yeah, maybe that's why you feel differently. Long is new for you, and that's pretty special.

I like your "Aug 2014" pic in your signature. You hair is really looking good!

[Theobroma]

I feel like after several years of not being "me", my hair is approaching my "me" length. It's surreal and familiar at the same time

Yes, that describes my feeling too! I have a few inches to go before my hair becomes longer than it's ever been before (I think I must have been at or near fingertip when I was 12 and I'm at classic now), but for the first time in my adult life I've reached a length that feels "right".

[gossamer]

I definitely find mine surreal! It's felt that way since the first time I felt it brushing on my upper calves. Since then, it's only gotten weirder, not in a bad way, but still in a strange-to-me way.

[MsPharaohMoan]

I remember a few years ago I just didn't cut my hair… I wasn't actively growing, I just didn't cut it! Every once and a while in the shower I would feel where on my spine my ends were. As the months passed, it definitely became surreal! Like "Wow, is my hair really at that length??" Heh. Of course, now that I'm actively growing I'm a bit less patient but no less happy to reach new milestones.

I imagine for you it's like suddenly having a tail! I'll admit, as a lurker I had read your story. Seeing your progress pic in your sig… Wow! Knowing you haven't had long hair before it's as if every bit of growth is more amazing than the next. Cheering you on!

[jacqueline101]

Yes I do find mine surreal and stunning in terms of how much it's grown. It's even more amazing in terms of progress towards the health of my hair.

[Caraid♫]

yes, sometimes! Before I started growing, the longest I'd had was bsl, so it's been the longest I've ever had it from there all the way until now, below hip. Since it's been gradual of course, I'm mostly used to it, but it's when I catch a glimpse of it in a mirror that's from a distance, or in my shadow that it just looks really long to me and I sort of just stop and go "woah it really is getting long!"

[Madora]

Yes, most definitely surreal! I rarely wear it down because I loathe tangles, but I did so a few weeks back...a braid that started in the front and hung down past my waist..and then some. The tassel was about 4 inches long and it just seemed strange to have a braid that long. When my hair is down for brushing, it seems incredible that I can actually feel the ends touching the backs of my knees. I never, ever, thought I'd be able to achieve such a length (though I had relatives in Ecuador who had hair even longer than knee).

[lapushka]

It feels all the more comfortable the longer it's getting. This might be due to the layers that were put in, because unlayered waist was about my limit whereas comfort goes.