A haircut can make someone feel ready before the circumstances around them change at all.

Nothing outside changes when the hair comes off, and yet something does. A person under pressure often has very little available to alter, and choosing one visible thing can restore the feeling of acting rather than only enduring. That is not vanity or avoidance, it is a small proof that you are still someone who decides. The circumstances stay exactly as they were, and you meet them differently.

If you are stuck, pick one small thing that is genuinely yours to change and change it this week. Notice how much energy comes back before anything else has moved.