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Stop Being Okay With Not Being Okay – Decode Yourself | Varsha Nalin Shah | TEDxDSCE


hello everyone today for the first time

hello everyone today for the first time globally on a platform like this so I

globally on a platform like this so I

globally on a platform like this so I want to confess how I fell in love with

want to confess how I fell in love with

want to confess how I fell in love with my hair once again when I was in school

my hair once again when I was in school

my hair once again when I was in school I looked something like this

if you’re not guessing Who am I

if you’re not guessing Who am I let me make it easier for you when I was

let me make it easier for you when I was

let me make it easier for you when I was at school I looked something like this

at school I looked something like this

at school I looked something like this but ever since I always and always had a

but ever since I always and always had a

but ever since I always and always had a desire to have rolled short hair I was

desire to have rolled short hair I was

desire to have rolled short hair I was into sports I played cricket at a

into sports I played cricket at a

into sports I played cricket at a national level I played carom at a

national level I played carom at a

national level I played carom at a national level and I saw always think

national level and I saw always think

national level and I saw always think wow shorter would be so cool but I

wow shorter would be so cool but I

wow shorter would be so cool but I didn’t know I didn’t know that life

didn’t know I didn’t know that life

didn’t know I didn’t know that life would take me too short hair in a way it

would take me too short hair in a way it

would take me too short hair in a way it did on 27th of November 2007 I did

did on 27th of November 2007 I did

did on 27th of November 2007 I did something like this I went ahead I got

something like this I went ahead I got

something like this I went ahead I got this done I always wanted to shave off

this done I always wanted to shave off

this done I always wanted to shave off my head and I went ahead I did that and

my head and I went ahead I did that and

my head and I went ahead I did that and you know all of you all who had very

you know all of you all who had very

you know all of you all who had very little hair when your hair starts

little hair when your hair starts

little hair when your hair starts growing back after you shave it off it

growing back after you shave it off it

growing back after you shave it off it looks something like this

and in order to not have my hair all

and in order to not have my hair all around like a porcupine

around like a porcupine

around like a porcupine I started gelling my head and this is

I started gelling my head and this is

I started gelling my head and this is where my real story began one day when I

where my real story began one day when I

where my real story began one day when I was just touching and feeling the

was just touching and feeling the

was just touching and feeling the texture of my hair I happen to pluck out

texture of my hair I happen to pluck out

texture of my hair I happen to pluck out one of the hill it happened only once I

one of the hill it happened only once I

one of the hill it happened only once I thought it’s okay it must be happening

thought it’s okay it must be happening

thought it’s okay it must be happening to a lot of people a week past two weeks

to a lot of people a week past two weeks

to a lot of people a week past two weeks past three weeks past a month past and

past three weeks past a month past and

past three weeks past a month past and after two months when I was studying for

after two months when I was studying for

after two months when I was studying for my finals here I’m studying and I don’t

my finals here I’m studying and I don’t

my finals here I’m studying and I don’t realize that my hand is in my head after

realize that my hand is in my head after

realize that my hand is in my head after 15 minutes when I looked down everywhere

15 minutes when I looked down everywhere

15 minutes when I looked down everywhere it’s only here it’s only here one day

it’s only here it’s only here one day

it’s only here it’s only here one day I told myself that this has to be

I told myself that this has to be

I told myself that this has to be something why not look into Google I

something why not look into Google I

something why not look into Google I remember that night very clearly I was

remember that night very clearly I was

remember that night very clearly I was wearing my shorts t-shirt sitting at

wearing my shorts t-shirt sitting at

wearing my shorts t-shirt sitting at home physiology was down was not feeling

home physiology was down was not feeling

home physiology was down was not feeling very good about myself and I looked at

very good about myself and I looked at

very good about myself and I looked at it and I typed in plucking hair in

it and I typed in plucking hair in

it and I typed in plucking hair in Google and this came out

trichotillomania trick is your hair

trichotillomania trick is your hair pillo listable

pillo listable

pillo listable mania as you know is a disorder it’s are

mania as you know is a disorder it’s are

mania as you know is a disorder it’s are their impulse disorder to pluck your

their impulse disorder to pluck your

their impulse disorder to pluck your hair and I thought I was alone you know

hair and I thought I was alone you know

hair and I thought I was alone you know I thought I was really alone but when I

I thought I was really alone but when I

I thought I was really alone but when I looked into statistics 2 to 5% of the

looked into statistics 2 to 5% of the

looked into statistics 2 to 5% of the world’s population that is around 150 to

world’s population that is around 150 to

world’s population that is around 150 to 350 million people all across the globe

350 million people all across the globe

350 million people all across the globe go through this every single year you

go through this every single year you

go through this every single year you know what’s worse it red 95% of the

know what’s worse it red 95% of the

know what’s worse it red 95% of the people who have trichotillomania never

people who have trichotillomania never

people who have trichotillomania never get out of it

get out of it

get out of it my heart broke I was shattered at the

my heart broke I was shattered at the

my heart broke I was shattered at the same time I was determined I said no

same time I was determined I said no

same time I was determined I said no nothing doing you know I’m gonna be

nothing doing you know I’m gonna be

nothing doing you know I’m gonna be amongst that 5% and I’m going to change

amongst that 5% and I’m going to change

amongst that 5% and I’m going to change myself so I did a lot of things to give

myself so I did a lot of things to give

myself so I did a lot of things to give you a little about how I looked from the

you a little about how I looked from the

you a little about how I looked from the front if you see my hair would be all

front if you see my hair would be all

front if you see my hair would be all proper but if you come next to me in a

proper but if you come next to me in a

proper but if you come next to me in a slight way it would look something like

slight way it would look something like

slight way it would look something like this chartered accountant working with

this chartered accountant working with

this chartered accountant working with one of the best MNCs also a trainer

one of the best MNCs also a trainer

one of the best MNCs also a trainer addressing thousands of people together

addressing thousands of people together

addressing thousands of people together and having hair like this I thought I

and having hair like this I thought I

and having hair like this I thought I was alone but when I read up more I

was alone but when I read up more I

was alone but when I read up more I realize that so many people go through

realize that so many people go through

realize that so many people go through it and I was thinking then why don’t

it and I was thinking then why don’t

it and I was thinking then why don’t people come up and talk about it

people come up and talk about it

people come up and talk about it shameful guilt fear embarrassment people

shameful guilt fear embarrassment people

shameful guilt fear embarrassment people go to all expense to hide it and I went

go to all expense to hide it and I went

go to all expense to hide it and I went to when I would sit down and my hand

to when I would sit down and my hand

to when I would sit down and my hand would be ideal what I would do is I

would be ideal what I would do is I

would be ideal what I would do is I would tape my fingers I would tape my

would tape my fingers I would tape my

would tape my fingers I would tape my fingers so that I don’t feel the texture

fingers so that I don’t feel the texture

fingers so that I don’t feel the texture of my head I would wear a cap it went to

of my head I would wear a cap it went to

of my head I would wear a cap it went to an extent where when my dad told me for

an extent where when my dad told me for

an extent where when my dad told me for every

every

every hey you pluck I will lose one day of my

hey you pluck I will lose one day of my

hey you pluck I will lose one day of my life I stopped I stopped for two days

life I stopped I stopped for two days

life I stopped I stopped for two days and I came back I came back and I

and I came back I came back and I

and I came back I came back and I thought about how could I come out of

thought about how could I come out of

thought about how could I come out of trichotillomania as I was reading

trichotillomania as I was reading

trichotillomania as I was reading further and knowing further twenty

further and knowing further twenty

further and knowing further twenty percent of the people who have

percent of the people who have

percent of the people who have trichotillomania a trick of a jerk that

trichotillomania a trick of a jerk that

trichotillomania a trick of a jerk that means they not only pluck their hair

means they not only pluck their hair

means they not only pluck their hair their eyebrows must touch hair all over

their eyebrows must touch hair all over

their eyebrows must touch hair all over your body

your body

your body sometimes your pets head and it doesn’t

sometimes your pets head and it doesn’t

sometimes your pets head and it doesn’t stop there they eat it I’m gonna eat

stop there they eat it I’m gonna eat

stop there they eat it I’m gonna eat that head it forms a lump forms cancer

that head it forms a lump forms cancer

that head it forms a lump forms cancer and people die people time and I said I

and people die people time and I said I

and people die people time and I said I won’t die I’m not gonna do this to be

won’t die I’m not gonna do this to be

won’t die I’m not gonna do this to be very honest I suffered this disorder for

very honest I suffered this disorder for

very honest I suffered this disorder for eight long years of my life and trust me

eight long years of my life and trust me

eight long years of my life and trust me eight long growing years of your life is

eight long growing years of your life is

eight long growing years of your life is a huge time then I decided to do

a huge time then I decided to do

a huge time then I decided to do something I decided to stand one day and

something I decided to stand one day and

something I decided to stand one day and I decided I’m going to decode myself

I decided I’m going to decode myself

I decided I’m going to decode myself instead of working on my behavior why

instead of working on my behavior why

instead of working on my behavior why don’t I look at what is going on within

don’t I look at what is going on within

don’t I look at what is going on within me what is this impulse

me what is this impulse

me what is this impulse you know people bite their nails some

you know people bite their nails some

you know people bite their nails some people bring their eyes when they talk

people bring their eyes when they talk

people bring their eyes when they talk you know some people snap I said this is

you know some people snap I said this is

you know some people snap I said this is one of that and I should come out of it

one of that and I should come out of it

one of that and I should come out of it so instead of thinking about why I’m

so instead of thinking about why I’m

so instead of thinking about why I’m doing this behavior I went to what is my

doing this behavior I went to what is my

doing this behavior I went to what is my code why am I doing this

code why am I doing this

code why am I doing this what is the language which I am using

what is the language which I am using

what is the language which I am using what am i focusing on and that came my

what am i focusing on and that came my

what am i focusing on and that came my first thing which I want to ask you

first thing which I want to ask you

first thing which I want to ask you today I want to ask you do you know

today I want to ask you do you know

today I want to ask you do you know which is one of the most used words in

which is one of the most used words in

which is one of the most used words in English one of the most recognized words

English one of the most recognized words

English one of the most recognized words one of the most understood words in

one of the most understood words in

one of the most understood words in English and this is the word we use very

English and this is the word we use very

English and this is the word we use very often take a moment think to yourself

often take a moment think to yourself

often take a moment think to yourself what could be this one word which you

what could be this one word which you

what could be this one word which you use every single day of your life and

use every single day of your life and

use every single day of your life and that word is the word okay do you use it

that word is the word okay do you use it

that word is the word okay do you use it often

often

often right most often than not we use it to

right most often than not we use it to

right most often than not we use it to tell people if they ask us can I do this

tell people if they ask us can I do this

tell people if they ask us can I do this can I do that and you say okay but my

can I do that and you say okay but my

can I do that and you say okay but my trouble comes not when people ask you

trouble comes not when people ask you

trouble comes not when people ask you not when people ask you okay when people

not when people ask you okay when people

not when people ask you okay when people ask you how are you feeling and you say

ask you how are you feeling and you say

ask you how are you feeling and you say okay people ask you how is your life

okay people ask you how is your life

okay people ask you how is your life going and you say okay how is your

going and you say okay how is your

going and you say okay how is your relationship going and you say okay now

relationship going and you say okay now

relationship going and you say okay now say okay once again and tell me what

say okay once again and tell me what

say okay once again and tell me what emotion do you feel what emotion do you

emotion do you feel what emotion do you

emotion do you feel what emotion do you feel when you say the word okay do you

feel when you say the word okay do you

feel when you say the word okay do you feel happy you feel excited do you feel

feel happy you feel excited do you feel

feel happy you feel excited do you feel enthusiastic or do you feel sad you feel

enthusiastic or do you feel sad you feel

enthusiastic or do you feel sad you feel compromised do you feel sacrificed and

compromised do you feel sacrificed and

compromised do you feel sacrificed and idolized I used to say it’s okay it’s

idolized I used to say it’s okay it’s

idolized I used to say it’s okay it’s okay that I pluck my hair in fact you

okay that I pluck my hair in fact you

okay that I pluck my hair in fact you know you get very defensive and I say

know you get very defensive and I say

know you get very defensive and I say tell people all geniuses had a problem I

tell people all geniuses had a problem I

tell people all geniuses had a problem I have one and I realize this is such bad

have one and I realize this is such bad

have one and I realize this is such bad use of language to my own self I thought

use of language to my own self I thought

use of language to my own self I thought it said it’s okay it will grow back and

it said it’s okay it will grow back and

it said it’s okay it will grow back and that came to the next point

that came to the next point

that came to the next point every time you say okay to yourself you

every time you say okay to yourself you

every time you say okay to yourself you are in your comfort zone you’re in your

are in your comfort zone you’re in your

are in your comfort zone you’re in your comfort zone but you don’t want to take

comfort zone but you don’t want to take

comfort zone but you don’t want to take any action because you’ve already told

any action because you’ve already told

any action because you’ve already told yourself it’s okay to have unsatisfying

yourself it’s okay to have unsatisfying

yourself it’s okay to have unsatisfying couriers it’s okay to have incomplete

couriers it’s okay to have incomplete

couriers it’s okay to have incomplete dreams it’s okay to have relations which

dreams it’s okay to have relations which

dreams it’s okay to have relations which have no soul no love no empathy I didn’t

have no soul no love no empathy I didn’t

have no soul no love no empathy I didn’t change I didn’t change the day I stopped

change I didn’t change the day I stopped

change I didn’t change the day I stopped plucking my hair I changed the day I

plucking my hair I changed the day I

plucking my hair I changed the day I stopped being okay with not being okay

stopped being okay with not being okay

stopped being okay with not being okay when I stood up to myself and I said I

when I stood up to myself and I said I

when I stood up to myself and I said I am NOT here to live a life which is

am NOT here to live a life which is

am NOT here to live a life which is mediocre I am NOT here to live a life

mediocre I am NOT here to live a life

mediocre I am NOT here to live a life which is average I am here to make a

which is average I am here to make a

which is average I am here to make a difference I was having a very handsome

difference I was having a very handsome

difference I was having a very handsome salary earning really well working with

salary earning really well working with

salary earning really well working with a global giant but when I used to come

a global giant but when I used to come

a global giant but when I used to come back home I had no personal fulfillment

back home I had no personal fulfillment

back home I had no personal fulfillment I quit my job to become perhaps the

I quit my job to become perhaps the

I quit my job to become perhaps the world’s first chartered accountant

world’s first chartered accountant

world’s first chartered accountant turned happiness

turned happiness

turned happiness coach I started working with people to

coach I started working with people to

coach I started working with people to understand what is the code like I

understand what is the code like I

understand what is the code like I started working with people to

started working with people to

started working with people to understand if I could help them and

understand if I could help them and

understand if I could help them and assist them change the language in which

assist them change the language in which

assist them change the language in which they talk to themselves made them aware

they talk to themselves made them aware

they talk to themselves made them aware of the words they use for themselves

of the words they use for themselves

of the words they use for themselves make them aware that everyone is capable

make them aware that everyone is capable

make them aware that everyone is capable enough to achieve whatever they want to

enough to achieve whatever they want to

enough to achieve whatever they want to life would be a better place and people

life would be a better place and people

life would be a better place and people often ask me but sure you think you did

often ask me but sure you think you did

often ask me but sure you think you did it because you had the determination and

it because you had the determination and

it because you had the determination and I tell people I didn’t do it because I

I tell people I didn’t do it because I

I tell people I didn’t do it because I had the determination I did it because I

had the determination I did it because I

had the determination I did it because I decoded myself and this is what I do

decoded myself and this is what I do

decoded myself and this is what I do today I have worked with more than

today I have worked with more than

today I have worked with more than 15,000 people in the last two years to

15,000 people in the last two years to

15,000 people in the last two years to help them and support them to decode

help them and support them to decode

help them and support them to decode themselves to understand and identify

themselves to understand and identify

themselves to understand and identify what drives them to do what they do to

what drives them to do what they do to

what drives them to do what they do to identify how can this stop being okay

identify how can this stop being okay

identify how can this stop being okay with not being okay and people often ask

with not being okay and people often ask

with not being okay and people often ask me if he stopped being okay what should

me if he stopped being okay what should

me if he stopped being okay what should we be what should we do and I always

we be what should we do and I always

we be what should we do and I always tell them life has given you a choice we

tell them life has given you a choice we

tell them life has given you a choice we awesome when people ask you how will you

awesome when people ask you how will you

awesome when people ask you how will you say I’m awesome even if you are not

say I’m awesome even if you are not

say I’m awesome even if you are not because that will Fossey

because that will Fossey

because that will Fossey to raise your life to where it deserves

to raise your life to where it deserves

to raise your life to where it deserves do you agree with me yes and I have one

do you agree with me yes and I have one

do you agree with me yes and I have one more thing which I really want to stand

more thing which I really want to stand

more thing which I really want to stand here and share with you

here and share with you

here and share with you I lost my dad three years ago and I

I lost my dad three years ago and I

I lost my dad three years ago and I think that is the most painful thing I

think that is the most painful thing I

think that is the most painful thing I ever ever ever went through once when I

ever ever ever went through once when I

ever ever ever went through once when I was walking back from office I met a

was walking back from office I met a

was walking back from office I met a girl and she would always talk to her

girl and she would always talk to her

girl and she would always talk to her dad and she kept talking to her dad and

dad and she kept talking to her dad and

dad and she kept talking to her dad and I used to tell myself you know it’s not

I used to tell myself you know it’s not

I used to tell myself you know it’s not okay it’s not fair that I lost my dad

okay it’s not fair that I lost my dad

okay it’s not fair that I lost my dad and people can hear talk to their

and people can hear talk to their

and people can hear talk to their fathers and that’s the day when I was

fathers and that’s the day when I was

fathers and that’s the day when I was talking to her she told me yeah my dad

talking to her she told me yeah my dad

talking to her she told me yeah my dad is very protective about me because I

is very protective about me because I

is very protective about me because I lost my mom when I was in the 6th

lost my mom when I was in the 6th

lost my mom when I was in the 6th pandered and I felt so bad and that’s

pandered and I felt so bad and that’s

pandered and I felt so bad and that’s the day I decided

the day I decided

the day I decided and I’m gonna bless everyone who comes

and I’m gonna bless everyone who comes

and I’m gonna bless everyone who comes across because everyone is coded

across because everyone is coded

across because everyone is coded differently everyone’s journey is coded

differently everyone’s journey is coded

differently everyone’s journey is coded differently and I am sure that if each

differently and I am sure that if each

differently and I am sure that if each one of us today can stop being okay with

one of us today can stop being okay with

one of us today can stop being okay with not being okay we can all be one thing

not being okay we can all be one thing

not being okay we can all be one thing and that is be awesome so all I want you

and that is be awesome so all I want you

and that is be awesome so all I want you to do right now is look to your neighbor

to do right now is look to your neighbor

to do right now is look to your neighbor and say be awesome look to your other

and say be awesome look to your other

and say be awesome look to your other neighbor and say be was him and said

neighbor and say be was him and said

neighbor and say be was him and said with conviction look to people behind

with conviction look to people behind

with conviction look to people behind you and say be awesome

you and say be awesome

you and say be awesome and can you now all my dear friends as I

and can you now all my dear friends as I

and can you now all my dear friends as I come to the end of my talk look at me

come to the end of my talk look at me

come to the end of my talk look at me and say be awesome thank you so much

and say be awesome thank you so much

and say be awesome thank you so much thank you no ask you thank you very much

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