Im new to this

[Fred]

I hate, hate, hate my skin. I cant wear short sleeves,nice skirts or dresses. I avoid social occassions at all costs and I have found myself distancing myself from my friends etc as I cant even face going out for nights out. Everyday I face a battle with what I am going to wear and how I can hide my skin. I don't even like my own family seeing my skin. My husband tries to reassure me but no-one can fully understand how we psoriasis suffers feel inside. I was bullied throughout school for it and this has stuck with me. I would love to tell those bullies how messed up they made me feel. I feel people look at my skin like I am unsanitary because it looks so dirty and flakey. People's ignorance can make me feel very depressed. This year in particular my skin has really irritated me. I have finally had enough of it. Wish I could have a skin transplant!!!

Don't hate your skin. I know deep down you do, but you must try to learn to live with it. there is no cure but there are things that can help you live with it. Hating your skin or yourself is not a good move as you need to keep a positive attitude. Try to look on the positive side of things, you have a good husband and no he can't fully understand and never will, but having his support will go a long way.

Bullies and people who look at you in disgust are not worth even thinking about, It's their loss if they don't have a life and have to spend their time picking on others or staring. I can think of much better things in my life to do than being that type of person.

Try exposing your skin or talking to your friends and family if they are genuine they will want to help. If you’re not sure about exposing your skin, use long sleeved shirts with the arms rolled up, you can always pull them down quick. Same applies to trouser legs. If you have long hair tie it back with a scrunchie, when someone comes nearby let your hair down. For short hair wear a sun hat to cover your scalp and take it off when no one’s around.

Talk about it it's not contagious so no one can catch it from you, in fact you're more likely to catch things like colds from them. tell friends and family to look at some of the threads on this forum and get themselves educated about what it is and how it makes people feel. If they are not interested then they are not worth worrying about.

I can't see you but you sound a nice enough person to me, and it wouldn't bother me what you look like.