Reader Submission
This reader didn’t write to us because she changed her look.
She wrote because, in one quiet moment, she realized something important about fear—and who it really belonged to.
The following is her story, shared with permission and lightly edited.
For a long time, I thought I was afraid of getting older.
I thought that was why I kept my hair the same.
Why I kept it long, why I kept coloring it, why I avoided anything that felt like a “statement.” I told myself I just didn’t want attention.
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