My Journey to halt/end my psoriasis

[Sheila]

Now....addressing stress in my life in relation to my psoriasis flare ups. Where should I start? If I haven't mentioned it before, I will say so now. I am a survivor. I have PTSD due to being sexually abused as a child. I have it also because of the physical abuse I suffered at the hands of my Father and my Mother at times. All those memories intrude on my life fairly regularly, although less often these days. I seem to have been given a bit of a reprieve. When I do get the flashbacks, I become suicidal, because it's so devastating. At those times, I usually wind up in locked hospital environs, while the doctors dream up a new treatment plan. It is also during those times, that my psoriasis goes a bit haywire. To be honest, I can't remember when the flare ups started, but I barely remember when this stress wasn't a part of my life.  See, I started my journey to healing when I was 25. I had psoriasis then, in my scalp and behind my ears. I just chose to ignore it.  It wasn't until the last 5 years, that I have allowed myself to go and get treated for psoriasis.  You all know that part of my story.

I know that in the past 8 weeks, my stress has been going down, as I see some of my body clearing up. It seems to be kind of a bio feedback kinda thing. The more I see the psoriasis go down, I feel less stressed. What sealed the deal in how psoriasis is affected by stress for me, was my son coming to visit. You all saw his behavior and how piggish he is and the stress it caused me.  Since his arrival, my face has broken out and gotten worse and my elbows and behind the ears flared up as well.  Before this, all those areas were under control. As of now, it isn't. Those areas are dry, itchy, scaling. We all know the routine.  Anyways, that's all I have to say. It isn't a good day, for me.


Cheers!



Wintrman