The Beginning of My Journey With Psoriasis
Hi guys, I’m 23 and was just diagnosed with psoriasis two weeks ago. I knew for years exactly what it was due to (googling my symptoms) however the doctors just weren’t pinning it on that. It took the doctors 3 years to finally diagnose me with psoriasis. I finally, and I say “final” not because it’s like “oh yay I’ve finally been diagnosed. But because now I can get started on treatment to help settle it.”
A new psoriasis journey
It began on my scalp for about 4-5 years and just recently at the end of 2019 it started spreading on other areas of my body. Being young I always think “how can I get a job and look professional with my head flacking the way it does.” One time I came home from school and it was hot out and my head felt like I was holding it over a hot burning stove. I cut my hair all the way up to my shoulders. Then regretted it after, my hair was down to my butt.
Psoriasis affects my emotional health
I have also been diagnosed with morning depression and anxiety at a young age and come to find out it’s because it’s been a side effect to psoriasis. There had been times where I go out of town and I can literally feel psoriasis on my head clearing up. I’ve communicated this with my doctor and this was another way they came to the conclusion that it is psoriasis.
I feel like I'm chained down
I went to a church Winter Retreat camp in December for 3 nights and 4 days and my head had completely healed the WHOLE 4 days I was there. I was so happy and I felt so free like I was no longer held by chains. Having psoriasis is like wrapping chains around your shoulders and trying to hold them up without your body going down with them. I called my mom and was telling everyone who knew about my psoriasis, “My head! All the psoriasis is gone! It’s just gone!” I knew it was because I wasn’t home stressing or because the weather change is where I felt at peace I was in snow for those three days.
Psoriasis is now a part of my life
I also knew how to keep it covered because obviously I wanted to stay warm. The same day I came back home it was as if my psoriasis had never went away to give me a break. I knew it would come back but it was just that little bit of freedom that set me back to wishing I was the kind of person who didn’t allow my psoriasis to hold me down in chains.
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