The Trauma of Mixed Girl Hair | Hair Journey & Storytime

I got boho braids for the first time and unlocked a whole new personality because of it! But what started as a cute, carefree hairstyle quickly turned into a full-blown hair horror story... one that had me genuinely contemplating shaving my entire head… and unexpectedly unraveling my identity as a mixed girl.

In this episode of The Naked Puppet, we dive into the unique grief of having mixed hair - from childhood teasing and chemical straightening to the lifelong feeling of being “too much” or “not enough.” I bring two of my parts on stage to explain why that appointment triggered a full internal team face-off in my brain: the part that wanted to laugh it off… and the part that wanted to disappear.

This episode is storytime, nervous system realness, and a love letter to the messy, complicated journey of learning to wear your texture, and your identity, without apology.

TW: microaggressions, identity trauma, dissociation/OSDD discussion, emotional distress. Personal experience only; not medical advice.

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✰VIDEOS MENTIONED✰
Growing Up Mixed in America -    • GROWING UP MIXED IN AMERICA | My Experienc...  
I Hated College -    • I Hated College - Here's Are My Regrets | ...  

✰CHAPTERS✰
0:00 Intro
2:57 When Braid Felt Like Healing
7:32 The Unbraiding Disaster
15:05 Mixed Girl Triggers
24:57 INTERMISSION: Hair Journey
41:44 Growing Up with Mixed Hair
51:58 The Cultural Affect of Being Mixed
1:02:10 Rewriting my Mixed Identity


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