Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I've had ongoing problems with acne since my teens and it's one of the major reasons I get anxious. I breakout with a blemish here and there several times a month. Problem is when I get them, they are inflamed, red and hard to cover with make-up which makes me very self-conscious. Then I obsess over how I look and I get depressed. I'm doing all the right things - seeing a dermatologist, taking medication, eating right, etc. My problem is I get so worried about how I look that I can't think about anything else. I'm too old for this (don't ask...) and ashamed that I still breakout. When I look around me everyone else seems to have beautiful skin and doesn't have to worry about breaking out. Of course being anxious about my skin doesn't help at all. Any suggestions?
I CONSTANTLY worry about the way I look, but this past year I have been trying to learn that I am who I am and I cannot help that I have acne. It helps that my hubby is very supportive and still get an occasional break out.
It is horrible for us to have to worry about this at our age, but it is some what of a fact of life for those of us that suffer. Plus I hear when women reach peri-menopause stage, it only makes it worse...Oh lucky me!
I gave up on make up....summertime with humidity and make up just do not mix. I wish I had some wonderful advice to make it go away and make our self worth better, but I don't. I just try to remember that I am who I am and I am a beautiful person inside and beauty is only skin deep!
Many hugs to you