A psychic medium from Kent who has a phobia of haircuts – known as tonsurephobia – says it is “nothing to be laughed about” and wishes people would stop treating it as a “joke”. Tracy May, 51, only realised she had tonsurephobia at the age of 25, but she thinks that seeing clips of the film Edward Scissorhands may be one of the primary causes.
She hasn’t yet been able to find an effective treatment, but she said spirits have supported her, reassuring her that “it’s going to be OK”. Up until the age of 25, Tracy had only had her hair cut in a “home environment” – either by her dad, who was a hairdresser, or a family friend – and so her first salon experience was “traumatic” for her.
She said: “I remember just closing my eyes and feeling really emotional and thinking, why am I here? Wherever I looked, there was people, you know, there was too much going on, and I think it was a bit of anxiety, probably a panic attack, and (thinking) why am I here?
