The Louisiana woman who used Gorilla Glue spray adhesive on her hair has given a glimpse into how the whole ordeal impacted her mental state, particularly as jokes and memes proliferated across social media.

“I go in the bathroom and cry because I didn’t want my children to see me crying,” she told Big Boy TV. “And I was talking to my [three] little girls … and I talk to them every day, telling them, ‘Hey when you go to school, if somebody says something, laugh it off and keep going.’”