Skin problems

[Sophia__Colley]

Hey,just wanted to know if anyone else here experiences dry skin due to anxiety. Like I've noticed that whenever I'm anxious my skin becomes dry and tingles,itches,burns. I've experienced very severe burning skin feeling like a year ago for some time due to anxiety and depersonalization , I couldn't sleep or anything. But now it comes in waves.

[Babe1213]

That is a perfectly normal reaction to the intense times we have had worldwide from the pandemic. Buy yourself some Cetra-Ve cream and use it regularly to 'HYDRATE' your skin, this is much more important than moisturising, this also stops itching, burning, and the other symptoms you mention - I still think you should change your number 666 to something else.

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress (of dry itchy skin) - Explain depersonalization please

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

Hi,thanks for your reply. Depersonalization is when your brain turns on this defense mechanism when your brain is too overwhelmed and it just locks you out of world. It's a terrible and a very scary feeling. It feels like your body doesn't belong to you,no emotions,feelings. Can't feel the weight of things even your body. It's like you're a robot. It was worse like a year ago as it happened after my bday while doing sports bcuz I got a huge panic attack. But now it comes and goes.

[Babe1213]

Sophia666 - Then its time for you to treat the cause rather than pander to the anxiety. Cetra Ve is a very good and medically recommended hydrating cream, that can be gently rubbed over your skin to hydrate (which is much more important than moisturising your skin). In can also be used as a soak in the bath. However I notice when you are given ways to help yourself, you don't. Why? You also do not respond to replies which ask you to explain what you have said. We live at opposite ends of the world, expressions vary across the globe. There is an old saying, you can lead a horse to water - but you cannot make that horse drink!

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

Sorry for not replying,I haven't checked this site in some time. I tried using moisturizer,it's helpful,but when it's due to anxiety, it doesn't help. I keep hydrated tho. I'm a very allergic person. So I used to get allergic reactions to some foods,so whenever I eat something now it makes me anxious and my skin just starts to itch,I feel like it's like ptsd

[Babe1213]

Hi Sophia - for some reason this has just hit my computer - 5 days after you sent it - I still don't know how these things work (technology/HU) does it go for some checking before being sent on, I wonder. If it does 5 days can make a huge difference when someone is suffering. However back to your reply - the skin is the biggest organ of our bodies, and invariably it will be the skin that suffers them most when we struggle. Moisturiser on skin, maybe helpful, but you cannot easily administer moisturiser all over your body. You say you 'keep hydrated too', does that mean you 'drink plenty of water?' It is good if you do, BUT.... it is not enough to hydrate the skin. If the skin is not hydrate sufficiently it could be attacked by various spots, lesions, dry patches, ulcers, itching. The hydrating cream I mentioned is put into your bath water for you to soak in for a while, this when used regularly will form a barrier over the skin which will not allow vira (plural of virus) and helps prevent all of the above. It far exceeds the properties of moisturising. I used to purchase Cetra-Ve from the pharmacy, nowadays I receive a prescription from my GP who gives me Cetraben emollient, which does the same job only better. Do try it, see your doctor. Have you always had allergies? Or recently diagnosed? My daughter who is now 50 never had an allergy until she turned 43, then developed a 'nut allergy', for which she must carry an epipen in case of anaphylactic shock - before this was prescribed she had to have testing's to discover just exactly what her allergens were. If you've not had these tests, ask for them. They should include food testings. When you get the itches, try not to scratch, this will only heighten your anxiety, and make you more aware, and possibly convince you more that something sinister is happening. Its not, it is the natural anxiety that brings fear of the unknown - in your case, 'Why it's happening, what is causing it!' Get it tested out, once you know what it is you will feel more at ease and learn to live with it. What medication are you taking? Both prescription and over the counter!. It may be you need to take an anti-histamine, especially if you take two or three or more different meds - which could slightly interact with each other.

Sophia, you are still a young woman, with a lifetime ahead of you, please don't think I am being patronising, I am not! But please take some time to think about yourself, why this is happening to you, when did it start, it could be something going back even to childhood, past hurts that have been unresolved, broken relationships. I wish someone had sat me down when I was 23 and advised me to think of myself and shown me how to get through. For more than 40 years I was like a zombie, I lost nearly half of my life to anxiety which I could have avoided if only I'd known how. It actually took a diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation and a long chat with my cardiologist with culminated in him going through my meds and taking me off all the medication that had been given to me over many years, that doctors had kept me on. Only you can make that first step. The first day of the rest of life is today - use it wisely!

Do please let me know how you are getting on.

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

Thank you for your reply. I know exactly the reason why I get panic attacks and anxiety attacks. It's connected to my childhood. I'd say it's like ptsd. Like my mom has heart problems and we'd had lots of family issues when I was a kid,so I would wake up in the middle of the night or in the morning to my mom crying or feeling very bad and I feel like those things traumatized me and now I get super anxious whenever I wake up,I feel like something happened to my mom and sometimes I would still wake up to her feeling bad (like heartache) it scares me a lot that one day I'll wake up to her feelng worse. I get anxious when she goes out alone and stuff. Also yes I've always been an allergic person,I'd say it used to be worse when I was a kid. I've been to doctors and they said my skin problems. are due to anxiety. So like when I'm anxious the nerves on my arms,legs,face,etc get irritated so my skin feels itchy,pins and needles,etc... and yes,I'm trying not to let anxiety ruin my life. I've been feeling better there past couple of days. Hope you're feeling good too. And I also get nightmares a lot which includes my mom and her not very good partner,so

[Babe1213 in reply to Sophia__Colley]

Hi Sophia, Thank you for your reply and for sharing. Quite a lot of what you have said, I can relate to myself, and I just wanted to let you know there is nothing here that CANNOT be overcome. But I need to ask the question, How much of this have you ever opened up and spoken about - I mean seriously spoken about ? And how much do you keep under wraps to yourself? You see, when we hurt it is our natural instinct to put barriers up to stop any more hurt getting in. What we don't realise at the time is that we are also stopping the hurt from getting out. What has happened to you in your past, just as what happened to me in my past, MUST BE RELEASED. This is something only we can initialise for ourselves. Do you have a Priest, Minister, Good friend you can trust to a) keep confidences, b) not to judge - someone who will listen and stand by you? I'm not sure yet how to go about it, but I understand on this forum we can chat 'personally on a one to one' Do you know how to start this it might be helpful. What part of Australia are you in? I spent 6 weeks in Sydney 1n 2000 - loved it!

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

hey. No I don't really have any friends,I just never liked making friends. It's really hard to find a very good,loyal friend,so I decided to be on my own. And Ive tried to talk to my mom abojt my anxiegy,but she just changes the subject every time. Doesn't take me seriously. I usually don't show my emotions,I'd been feeling very bad for some time like 2 months ago(suicidal thoughts,alcohol withdrawal symptoms,very anxious) and no one knew about it. I also hide what I'm feeling bcuz whenever I've tried to talk to someone they ignored me,so. I have one very close guy friend,but he's in the army now. He knows about my problems. But my mom dowsnt like him and tries to make me hate him too

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

also I'm from Sydney

[TrashazTrev in reply to Babe1213]

Very informative!

[TrashazTrev]

Hey

The skin change is due to anxiety. My aunt also felt the same when she is in the treatment period. The doctor advised to be hydrated all the time.

[Babe1213 in reply to TrashazTrev]

Hi TrasazTrev - Thanks for the response. 'Very Informative.' I thought I would take more time on this subject because quite a few people get confused with being moisturised and being hydrated. Some seem to think if we drink lots of watery drinks we will be okay, but the reality is watery drinks concentrate of the 'inner body', and the skin is left thirsty, but the creams I suggested actually have the hydrating formula's that help inside and outside the skin. May I ask what is the 'treatment period', for your aunt. Is there anything I can pray specifically about for you/her?

[TrashazTrev in reply to Babe1213]

Yeah, She was in anxiety and took the PT session for reducing anxiety.... But now she is okay and mingle with us as usual. She suffer a lot. She is very anxious about very small things. Her skin is also like whatever she said. Anyway thanku for your response. I could learn so many things from your message. Keep in touch!

[Sophia__Colley in reply to Babe1213]

Yes,I've read an article about this a few days ago. Drinking only water wouldn't make us hydrated