Psychology of Psoriasis – Psoriasislife

Healing psoriasis has happened, and continues to happen to people. Persevere with hope that it will happen to you.

Psoriasis is recognised by World Health Organisation as a disease that causes painful, debilitating, highly visible physical symptoms. It is also associated with a multitude of psychological impairments. For many reasons, psoriasis can be psychologically devastating.

If psoriasis gets you down, you’re not alone and there is a way up again.

Your life may become difficult when psoriasis is present in highly visible areas of the skin such as the face and hands.Related psychological problems can affect every day social activities and work. It causes embarrassment, lack of self-esteem, anxiety and increased prevalence of depression. Other emotions like anger may also present themselves. If this is what you feel then think of it as just a temporary state.

Ask yourself whether your current feelings will make any difference to your life in 1 or 2 years from now if you decide to take action to control psoriasis. What you do now to heal yourself is a gift to your future self.

Here is a list of what you need to control or heal your psoriasis:

Money

No money is no excuse. Healing psoriasis does not cost money. Healthy, wholesome food and mindset should not cost any more than processed foods. PsoriasisLife has plenty of articles about foods for psoriasis.

Time

Time plays a role in your stress levels. More time usually means less stress. Time management and delegation can gain you more time to spend on affirmations or meditation. Just 15 minutes a day of deep breathing and clear thinking can get you started. Fast food is not necessarily faster than whole foods. Remember that it also takes time for the benefits of your actions to assimilate through your body. Some of the research case studies have measured benefits to psoriasis 3-6 months after action was taken.

Hope

Bottle it. You’ll need plenty of hope and store your surplus for when you are on the edge of giving up hope. Hope for healing psoriasis is real. The case studies and scientific articles in PsoriasisLife are proof of this.

Knowledge

PsoriasisLife is dedicated to giving you factual information, at no cost. Each article offers a solution that you can learn about and apply to your own treatment.

Self discipline

When you make a plan to think, eat, drink, breathe and move according to your goals for a healthier lifestyle, you need to stick to it. All success begins with self-discipline. It starts with you.

Determination

Failure will not happen if your determination to heal is strong enough. Your determination can be the most optimistic distraction for you when you are overcome and psoriasis gets you down.

Three useful tools to help you with your determination are affirmations that you chant based on what you are going to achieve; goals that are visible to you throughout each day; making yourself accountable to those around you so they can support you.