Ahhh, I do this all day, the mirror is my worst enemy. Thank you and I appreciate your content. It helps my mental health. I think your skin is beautiful and you are amazing.
I love this post Lex. As a person who was so guilty of this a few years ago - and now in a much better place, I feel sad for the girl who spent hours glued to the mirror and felt terror if I couldn’t “check” - your piece will go a long way in helping people realise it doesn’t have to be that way and you can be more at peace with the uncertain nature of rosacea x
It's so sad to look back at our previous selves isn't it? I so wish I could speak to younger Lex. Hopefully my writing can reach others and help them x
This absolutely resonates with me. So much about rosacea seems to be about control, controlling triggers, controlling emotions, so it's only natural we end up checking our skin all the time! It is extremely difficult to make peace with the situation, but this is great perspective to think about the amount of time this takes & try to do something else instead, maybe that's the key!
Thank you for linking to my post. It does so much resonate with me, as you can well imagine. I have tried to let go of it more lately, but I do wonder if some of us are more predisposed to anxiety in general when it comes to this. It’s also, as you mentioned, important to remember that the societal expectations on men and women are very very different
Ahhh, I do this all day, the mirror is my worst enemy. Thank you and I appreciate your content. It helps my mental health. I think your skin is beautiful and you are amazing.
Thank you so much for commenting and your kind words x
I love this post Lex. As a person who was so guilty of this a few years ago - and now in a much better place, I feel sad for the girl who spent hours glued to the mirror and felt terror if I couldn’t “check” - your piece will go a long way in helping people realise it doesn’t have to be that way and you can be more at peace with the uncertain nature of rosacea x
It's so sad to look back at our previous selves isn't it? I so wish I could speak to younger Lex. Hopefully my writing can reach others and help them x
This absolutely resonates with me. So much about rosacea seems to be about control, controlling triggers, controlling emotions, so it's only natural we end up checking our skin all the time! It is extremely difficult to make peace with the situation, but this is great perspective to think about the amount of time this takes & try to do something else instead, maybe that's the key!
Thank you for linking to my post. It does so much resonate with me, as you can well imagine. I have tried to let go of it more lately, but I do wonder if some of us are more predisposed to anxiety in general when it comes to this. It’s also, as you mentioned, important to remember that the societal expectations on men and women are very very different