My hair is matted,Please help me.

On another note, and I am sorry to sound like a mother here, but get yourself into a doc. and get put on some antidepressants. And look into therapy, too. While I can understand (and identify) with moping around, there might be some chemical imbalance that is triggering the emotional funk.

[n.b. I am being funny]

About the depression - I didn't realize, based on your original post, that there was a reason for the moping - if it's not a long-term thing, then avoiding the antidepressants makes more sense. (Though Prozac doesn't turn everyone into Zombies - and some of the others have minimal external effect, but internally they take the edge off of things and make coping easier.) Anyway, I'd still suggest the counseling, or at least some good self-help books - learning strategies for coping with painful situations can be a good self-preservation move.

So hang in there, and the best of luck with your hair *smile*

Try asking if they've ever undone dreadlocks. For what it's worth, my hair tangles and mats painfully if I leave it loose for too long. (Usually I braid it when I sleep or if I know I won't be able to wash it for a while.) When that happens I take a fine-toothed comb and a lot of detangling spray (leave-in conditioner) and work at the edges of the individual snarl. It still hurts (from pulling), and a lot of my hair tends to break off (one lock near my face seems never to grow out). Afterwards you might want to go to a salon, to have a professional cut your hair into an attractive style.

In the meantime, you say you don't want to blame everything on depression, but you might want to think about why you're not taking care of your hair after you've washed it (wet hair is especially fragile, and if it has any tendency to curl the likelihood of matting escalates).

Don't worry, the black bars at the top and bottom of your screen are normal.