07/05/2026
Sat on holiday and feeling that I am ready to set up a parody account. . Its been 31 years of psoriasis affecting my life. From mental health, to jobs to even dating this awful confidence busting autoimmune disease has taken so much emotional and physical energy from me.
Tbh every aspect of life is affected. Some of it's funny some of it heartbreaking.
From dating when a guy assumed I had ringworm. To weekly when I facepaint and kids ask if I burnt myself.
The shame I feel when showing my ankles out in public. At private health checks you know the one ladies.. where the comments really should stay in their head. Its a factor daily I couldn't be a goth in the 90s, in the 2000 I loved wide bottom jeans that hid every inch. The 2010 when vacuums were clear cylinders to see every piece of dust and dirt. So friends.. (who I love) asking why I don't shed like a snake. To friends who have brushed my shoulders too often to be kind.. its 3 decades of making peace with this unspoken, almost considered dirty disease that affects almost 1 in 50. Or in proper number 1.1 to 1.8 in the UK. Thats 3%.. I know that's a soft cider
