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I dont understand why me? Had pretty alright skin, one or two spots here and there (even though i complained about those a lot), now its the worst skin of my life. Closed comedones all over my cheeks/chin, weird lumpy rash on my other cheek, spots on forhead which are leaving marks.
Feel depressed all the time, dont want to go out, just want my life back!!
Keep trying-- you'll get your life back! In fact, try to go out and "forget" about your acne for a while! The only way to get your life back is to not let it affect you so much and to continuously try to treat your acne until you find what works for you!
>I`m breaking out at the moment because I`m eating crap and not looking after myself. Today I feel truly disgusting inside and out. I`m a thoroughly horrible person both physically and emotionally. Maybe this world would be better off without me because then I wouldn`t hurt and upset anyone. I`m a complete a******e.
If you were a truly horrible person, you wouldn't feel guilty about feeling horrible. You wouldn't realize that you hurt people-- you would just do it and be done with it. Trust me, you deserve to be in this world and you deserve to be happy. You'll get there again, you just need a moment to snap yourself back into positive progress.
Thanks Heitea. I`ve not only upset and hurt a friend really badly, I forgot about a colleague`s retirement at work and due to being depressed, I`ve distanced myself from my family (although I`m seeing my dad this evening). I feel very guilty about all of that so if that is a sign that I am not horrible and I do care, I`ll accept that. Hope I do feel happier soon but in terms of whether I deserve it, I have a lot of making up to do with quite a few people first of all.
I went to see my doctor today just for a phsyical exam for my school. It's been 4 years since I visited him. I am clear with just two zits. He asked me if I wanted to medicine for acne... what the.. he was like "you want medicne for "acne" " then pointed on his cheek.. . I thought my skin was looking good ! I'm against medicine because of chemicals, etc. I am more into natural healing.
I've had a rough few days so promptly I've eaten the worst junk food of my life and had sleeping habits that would make static interference jealous. On the upside I've been dogmatically consistent with my skin care routine. I'll start behaving properly again when I have a moment to myself to take care of my body the way it needs.
I went to see my doctor today just for a phsyical exam for my school. It's been 4 years since I visited him. I am clear with just two zits. He asked me if I wanted to medicine for acne... what the.. he was like "you want medicne for "acne" " then pointed on his cheek.. . I thought my skin was looking good ! I'm against medicine because of chemicals, etc. I am more into natural healing.
don't listen to him! I swear thats all doctors do when they see even the mildest of acne.. natural healing is the way to go, good on you!
The worst thing about acne is scarring. When you are clear there are still scars to look at, and when your breaking out and have scarring and active spots it a lose lose situation until you learn to deal with it, if that possible. If your just dealing with acne take time to cherish the days that you are clear and do not have to see the scars.
But to answer the question I feel alright today, after a while its just like ehh whatever, but that doesn't mean I am not actively pursing a way to be clear indefinitely.
I broke out for the first time in months, and I think it's because I started oil pulling 3 days ago. It was quite a shocker to walk into my bathroom, look in the mirror, and notice 4 new pustules on my forehead. I'm not going to let it bring me down, though. I've made too much progress for that to happen.
My acne bickering gave way to a pointless debate with aanabill (Don't know where she is these days).The topic of the debate was ridiculous.I was of the opinion that acne is sometimes more debilitating than fatal diseases like cancer . I quoted "Cancer kills you once but acne weakens you everyday".Aanabill opposed this and said i'm completely wrong.We fought and finally she won.She told me how immature i was . Even though i accepted my defeat i had this nagging doubt in my mind .
The doubt has been cleared.What a fool i have been.I have taken life for granted.I have taken all the happy things in my life for granted.
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Recently my grandmother got her inner cheek biopsy done (She complained of a chronic ulcer).To our horror the biopsy report said it was squamous cell carcinoma.My grandmother is one of those few people in this world to whom i'm very attached.My mother despite being a doctor broke down in tears (well a mother is a mother).After many years i cried.And i remembered my debate with aana. My ugly ideology made me squeamish... I felt repentance. Now my grandmother had her mandablectomy done and the cancer has been removed.She's convalescing in the hospital.I have changed my views.This life changing event has made me wiser.
(I miss talking with aanabill on various topics . I guess she was a popular figure here.)
I've been mentioning lately that my skin has been breaking out quite a bit even though I'm still using the regimen. Yes, I'm only using it at night - but that is what had been keeping me close to clear with only a few breakouts and not loads or larger painful ones (like I used to get and am getting now). But I think I've realised why - the BP I've been using expired in December and I only just realised. I'm surprised it seems to loose it's effectiveness so quickly / right on the expiry date because I think december was when I noticed I was breaking out quite a bit again.
I definitely still think diet over the holiday period could have contributed and stress with uni and possibly the hot weather too
But I've been wondering lately whether to continue BP or look into something else - whether it be a new topical or some sort of oral medication and in conjunction with diet change. Not sure exactly what to do yet
My skin is doing pretty well, went through a rocky phase for awhile there but The Regimen continues to keep the vast majority of my acne at bay.
Right now though I'm struggling with depression about other things in my life though. Feeling very sad and discouraged when I see so many of my male friends who have girlfriends or wives and I seem to just remain perpetually alone. I see girls all the time that I'd like to start conversations with and get to know and some of them even smile at me and give me signs that they'd be open to talking, but I'm just so damn shy that I never can take the initiative and make something happen in those situations. It's so disheartening because I'm just in this stagnant cycle right now where I work and then on my days off I basically just stay at home or go out and run errands alone. I want to be going out on dates and enjoying my 20s and I wish more than anything that I had a girlfriend to talk to, share life's moments with, someone to laugh with, etc...but each day that passes I feel like that's just never going to happen for me.
My skin is doing pretty well, went through a rocky phase for awhile there but The Regimen continues to keep the vast majority of my acne at bay.
Right now though I'm struggling with depression about other things in my life though. Feeling very sad and discouraged when I see so many of my male friends who have girlfriends or wives and I seem to just remain perpetually alone. I see girls all the time that I'd like to start conversations with and get to know and some of them even smile at me and give me signs that they'd be open to talking, but I'm just so damn shy that I never can take the initiative and make something happen in those situations. It's so disheartening because I'm just in this stagnant cycle right now where I work and then on my days off I basically just stay at home or go out and run errands alone. I want to be going out on dates and enjoying my 20s and I wish more than anything that I had a girlfriend to talk to, share life's moments with, someone to laugh with, etc...but each day that passes I feel like that's just never going to happen for me.
imo you should integrate into a social group, like having some friends to meet.
that will take care of both getting a gf AND making the relationship work (what will you do with ur eventual gf? rhetorical q)
My skin is doing pretty well, went through a rocky phase for awhile there but The Regimen continues to keep the vast majority of my acne at bay.
Right now though I'm struggling with depression about other things in my life though. Feeling very sad and discouraged when I see so many of my male friends who have girlfriends or wives and I seem to just remain perpetually alone. I see girls all the time that I'd like to start conversations with and get to know and some of them even smile at me and give me signs that they'd be open to talking, but I'm just so damn shy that I never can take the initiative and make something happen in those situations. It's so disheartening because I'm just in this stagnant cycle right now where I work and then on my days off I basically just stay at home or go out and run errands alone. I want to be going out on dates and enjoying my 20s and I wish more than anything that I had a girlfriend to talk to, share life's moments with, someone to laugh with, etc...but each day that passes I feel like that's just never going to happen for me.
Literally just launch yourself into it.
I know it sounds ridiculous. People talk about games and dating techniques. I tried all that and it didn't work out so well. What did work out was putting myself out there more by starting random conversations, getting people to talk about themselves and being confident. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that confidence is a natural intuitive thing that they lack. It's not. Most of the confidence in the world is a front, an act. I'm not saying don't be yourself; be you, but louder. More alert. Stand taller, smile lots. Eventually you'll get to a position where you're comfortable with yourself and more relaxed in different situations, but at first it'll all be fake - and that's not a bad thing. The more you act a certain way the more you become that person.
My acne's not doing too bad. A few spots hurt a bit but the ACV is really burning into them now. I'm picking up hyperpigmentation like nobody's business.
Stand taller, smile lots. Eventually you'll get to a position where you're comfortable with yourself and more relaxed in different situations
you cannot put confidence and smiles toghether. smiles are sign of lack of confidence, mainly work in 2 ways/components:
1 closing the eyes, not necessarily all the way, indicates pure fear. like children do so that the threat/animal/person suddenly dissapears. this is the sign of a true smile. fake smiles can't usually emulate this part.
i would not smile around agressive people..
2 showing the teeth which is saying "keep out", usually a thought that leads to a dead end regarding our part
Thanks. Interesting points: we'll have to agree to disagree on the smiling for a couple of reasons. Whilst not likely to happen at very first it's fairly easy to learn how to smile with the eyes. I can do it on demand now whether or not I'm actually happy because I've studied how my face looks and feels when I'm genuinely smiling and I just copy that. Even my family can't tell the difference. They can tell the difference between a smile and a fear response however. To my knowledge most people can. Not everybody smiles with their teeth either - I certainly don't unless I'm laughing. Anyway, snarling and open mouth smiling look a lot different to me because snarling involves a curling of the lips whereas a smile is a curving of the lips. It's pretty off-topic and irrelevant anyway since I'm sure Randall will pick whatever he wants to do for himself. He seems to have an awesome smile in that picture anyway 
On 1/13/2014 at 12:14 AM, Spotthedifference said:He seems to have an awesome smile in that picture anyway
lol
i was googling to see what "snarling" means and hit the images button. it's mainly wolves and their eyes are not closed.
also was curious at seing "fear" and it's eyes wide open (looking for a solution), or kids with eyes closed (fear) but no teeth, or curved lip (no agression/ fight back), but rather open mouth (shock/surprise). it deosn't matter if teeth are showing, the involuntary act of muscles raising the lip targets the showing of eventual teeth.. if one still has teeth ha
On 1/13/2014 at 12:42 AM, DanTheNewWorld said:On 1/13/2014 at 12:14 AM, Spotthedifference said:He seems to have an awesome smile in that picture anyway
lol
i was googling to see what "snarling" means and hit the images button. it's mainly wolves and their eyes are not closed.
also was curious at seing "fear" and it's eyes wide open (looking for a solution), or kids with eyes closed (fear) but no teeth, or curved lip (no agression/ fight back), but rather open mouth (shock/surprise). it deosn't matter if teeth are showing, the involuntary act of muscles raising the lip targets the showing of eventual teeth.. if one still has teeth ha
i've searched for snarling herbivores to see if there's a canine or predator type instinct, and it seems to be. so i'm not that offtopic, it proves that we are not herbivores. lol
Thanks. Interesting points: we'll have to agree to disagree on the smiling for a couple of reasons. Whilst not likely to happen at very first it's fairly easy to learn how to smile with the eyes. I can do it on demand now whether or not I'm actually happy because I've studied how my face looks and feels when I'm genuinely smiling and I just copy that. Even my family can't tell the difference. They can tell the difference between a smile and a fear response however. To my knowledge most people can. Not everybody smiles with their teeth either - I certainly don't unless I'm laughing. Anyway, snarling and open mouth smiling look a lot different to me because snarling involves a curling of the lips whereas a smile is a curving of the lips. It's pretty off-topic and irrelevant anyway since I'm sure Randall will pick whatever he wants to do for himself. He seems to have an awesome smile in that picture anyway
Spotthedifference, your advice is always appreciated and I think that's a great way to constructively build your confidence up to a level you're comfortable with. Goes back to that old saying "fake it until you make it" and that has worked for me in the past when it comes to piecing my confidence back together brick by brick.
I really need to work on smiling more. I usually just smile at people with kind of a reserved, closed-mouth smile but when I'm genuinely happy/laughing about something then I open up my smile a bit more and show some chompers, lol.
Spotthedifference, your advice is always appreciated and I think that's a great way to constructively build your confidence up to a level you're comfortable with. Goes back to that old saying "fake it until you make it" and that has worked for me in the past when it comes to piecing my confidence back together brick by brick.
I really need to work on smiling more. I usually just smile at people with kind of a reserved, closed-mouth smile but when I'm genuinely happy/laughing about something then I open up my smile a bit more and show some chompers, lol.
The greatest thing is if you get out of your comfort zone and smile a bit when you encounter people who maybe also looked glum and they smile back at you genuinely. It's a total rush, haha. I'm usually one to keep my head down in public because I get anxious, and I've been told I have a perpetual "bitch face" because of my natural expression. When I've pushed myself to smile a little I always feel enormously better for a bit. Sounds corny, but it totally worked!
Haha, just on the subject of smiling if I started putting on a false smile, people would wonder what`s wrong with me. I`ve started breaking out a bit on my chest and back today. Due to being quite badly depressed recently, I`ve increased my anti-depressant dose (Citalopram) from 20mg to 40mg and I`m also taking 20mg of Temazepam a day to help me sleep. Really hope that these medications aren`t causing me to have more acne.
Also on the subject of smiling and how doing something as simple as smiling at another person when you walk by can completely change their day...
I often see an elderly man out on his morning walk while I'm on my way to uni. When I first saw him about a year ago I just happened to smile out of politeness as I passed by him. Every time I've seen him since then (only a few times), he stops me and says hello and tells me to have a beautiful day This morning I saw him again he did the same - said hello, wished me a beautiful day and new year and also gave me a little rose flower he'd picked on his walk. He has no idea how that changed my day! I'd woken up in a miserable mood, just not in a very happy or good mindset at all and was just feeling ugly and sad. But he did something as simple as saying hello / wishing me a good day and it completely snapped me out of my miserable mood - really cheered me up (And I was reminded of it the whole day because I kept the flower)
Just goes to show, you never know how doing something simple like smiling or saying hello, might change someone's day or mean a whole lot to them. And it's simple to try and do (And getting in the habit of doing this - smiling at people - I think helps confidence too. It makes you keep your head up, make eye contact and interact with people even in a little way).
Life wise every thing is great! Just moved into a really nice home and slowly but surely its coming together 
As for acne I only have one tiny zit that no one can even notice. I'm really loving the Spiro its been my life saver!!!! I didn't think it would work as fast as it did but I'm very thankful it is!
Valerie, have you noticed any weight gain or loss of libido on Spiro? I was going to try some natural alternatives a while back but was worried less androgens would affect my figure and sex drive.
Due to my job I've had to censor everything in my public galleries. I now have a friend only gallery where you can see the photos without restrictions. This is just so I can add people I know are genuine members on the site and have more control over who sees my pictures.
Hey Spotthedifference I haven't had any side effects except maybe some hair loss but that has passed and wasnt bad enough to stop Spiro. Ive only had good effects from it, like a lot less oily skin, I have a nice glow, haven't had a cyst going on 2 months now, my menstrual cycle is cut short to only 2 days YAY lol and when I do get a pimple its very small and goes away literally the next day. Finally after 28 yes 28 years lol I am finally getting my acne under control. I recommend Spiro to anyone who has hormonal acne.
I would love to see your gallery, you can add me if you like