Guest guest Posted August 31, 1999 Report Share Posted August 31, 1999 Firstly JR, i was not having a go at you. my only reason for making the comment about you constantly posting to the group about your worsening condition was to point out that you must obviously be looking in the mirror with some degree of regularity to note how your skin looks each day. My point about not looking in the mirror for periods of time is simply this....by not looking in the mirror and agonising over the physical appearance of your skin, you are taking an important step in removing one element of the perpetuating psychological syndrome that rosacea suffers undergo. Depression, stress, anger, resentment, we all feel it when we look in the mirror and see dilated, broken blood vessels, pustules, papules, erythma,etc. by not seeing it, one wouldn;t worry AS MUCH about their condition. Perhaps this only applies to those of us who experience little or no pain in the face. Unfortunately, as i gathered from the tone of your reply, you thought i was suggesting that we sufferers ignore the problem, and that would make it go away. well i am not. we must all fight it with lifestyle changes, in addition to medications and dietary alterations. by not looking in the mirror, some suffers would alter their lifestyle to avoid the numerous bouts of depression and stress that seeing this disease causes. SOME SUFFERERS, far from all. >From: jako@... >To: rosacea-supporteGroups >Subject: Re: Stopping Looking in the Mirror >Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:41:05 -0700 > >A M... I did try your little suggestion but with little success. When >one's skin is sore and burning, simply stopping looking in the mirror >is of little comfort. Yes the suggestion does appeal to me and I still >make a point of not staring at the problem in the mirror in neurotic >fashion, but so what? I am more inclined to think that there is no >point in burying our heads in the sand and ignoring the fact that this >skin condition is a definite problem. Just because one doesn't view it >everyday in the mirror doesn't mean that it's not there and that it is >not causing physical discomfort, or for that matter getting >progressively worse. Again, I think that trying not to become consumed >by the problem is a good thing because life must go on but at the same >time if I was going around thinking that hiding from it was going to >fix it I would more or less just be fooling myself... don't you think? >J.R. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >eGroups.com home: /group/rosacea-support > - Simplifying group communications > > > > ______________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 1999 Report Share Posted September 1, 1999 A M... I did try your little suggestion but with little success. When one's skin is sore and burning, simply stopping looking in the mirror is of little comfort. Yes the suggestion does appeal to me and I still make a point of not staring at the problem in the mirror in neurotic fashion, but so what? I am more inclined to think that there is no point in burying our heads in the sand and ignoring the fact that this skin condition is a definite problem. Just because one doesn't view it everyday in the mirror doesn't mean that it's not there and that it is not causing physical discomfort, or for that matter getting progressively worse. Again, I think that trying not to become consumed by the problem is a good thing because life must go on but at the same time if I was going around thinking that hiding from it was going to fix it I would more or less just be fooling myself... don't you think? J.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 1999 Report Share Posted September 1, 1999 I agree! I'm depressed in the morning before I even look in the mirror due to the physical discomfort. jako@... wrote: > > A M... I did try your little suggestion but with little success. When > one's skin is sore and burning, simply stopping looking in the mirror > is of little comfort. Yes the suggestion does appeal to me and I still > make a point of not staring at the problem in the mirror in neurotic > fashion, but so what? I am more inclined to think that there is no > point in burying our heads in the sand and ignoring the fact that this > skin condition is a definite problem. Just because one doesn't view it > everyday in the mirror doesn't mean that it's not there and that it is > not causing physical discomfort, or for that matter getting > progressively worse. Again, I think that trying not to become consumed > by the problem is a good thing because life must go on but at the same > time if I was going around thinking that hiding from it was going to > fix it I would more or less just be fooling myself... don't you think? > J.R. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > eGroups.com home: /group/rosacea-support > - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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