This man is an inspiration. This isn’t a shit post. I’ve struggled with alopecia my entire life. I went completely bald in 5th grade, and it took a huge tole on my self confidence.
I went from being friends with everybody, and having a ton of friends, to being ostracized because I looked weird. The impact alopecia has on people’s lives is incredibly understated. I have an extremely loving family, but even they tell me “oh it was just a hair thing. nobody really cares.”
But the reality is, it did matter. I immediately noticed a difference in the way I was treated when it first happened. I was an amazing baseball player, but completely lost confidence when people would stare at my head in the dugout instead of my eyes. I would hit a double, and score, and have to hi five my teammates as they stared at my head.
Of course they meant no harm, but they had never seen a bald kid. They thought I had cancer or some shit. I went into middle school wearing a beanie every day. I saw the characters in South Park and thought “oh people will see it as normal in time.” Nope. All of the girls I liked, didn’t like me back. I had no hope for romance, despite being a good looking person despite alopecia.
I was always great at sports. I loved it more than anything. But ill never forget my warmup in highschool football, where we were supposed to have a show of intimidation. We were all supposed to take our helmets off at the same time, and I was the only person that didn’t. I was a dominant DE, but couldn’t do it. Shoutout my coach for talking to me after and understanding, but fuck. I wish I could have just played the game I loved.
But anyway, Josh Dobbs is a fucking beast. For all of us alopecia brothers, to see a guy dominant in life, as a rocket scientist and an NFL QB, we needed it. Thank you dobbs for the inspiration. Much love ❤️ 💯
I know he isn’t the first. Shoutout Ryan Shazier. But to dominate in all aspects of life, fuck yeah man. I Love Josh Dobbs.