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We are so obsessed with our skin that we believe life has truly screwed us. It's so easy to think life can't get any worse.
Here is something I sometimes do:
Close your eyes, and try to do the things you normally do. Pretend you are now blind, and continue on with your day. Life suddenly seems 100 times more difficult. For one, you can't even see your skin anymore. But simple things like going up and down stairs now take much longer. Cooking is next to impossible. T.V and the internet now seem to have lost their edge. Basically, just live with your eyes closed. After a while, open your eyes again, you'll see that you appreciate things A LOT more, even if just for a bit.
For some people, that is their reality. It's so easy to feel victimized and that life is as hard as it can be w/ no confidence, but it can get worse. That's just one of many situations that can totally shatter and change your life, and there are so many other things that can go wrong. Not even just to you, but to the people around you.
Basically, sometimes we need to step back and just acknowledge that we are fortunate in other ways.
It really is easier said. Okay, there is so many things worse of in the world than acne but to acne sufferers it's the worst thing to them and it's hard not to recognise that. People shouldn't have to feel guilty that they're not worse of than other people because there is people who are better than us, there is two sides to it really and to everyone who has something, it's the worst thing to them and it's okay to say that people are worse off, in my opinion it still won't make me feel any better in myself for ever, maybe for a few minutes but there is a big difference between minutes and months.
I meant to get to this last night but then got sucked into a few threads at My Fitness Pal :/
I like this idea. Calm, centered self-reassurance. While it's no substitute for feeling better (I actually have several objections to the cult of 'positive thinking'), it IS a great way to momentarily brake the slide into self-hate and anxiety.
And I could ALWAYS use more of that! Thank you for sharing this.
It is true that we shouldn't take our health for granted. Our skin organs aren't the best but some people do suffer daily physical pain. Also, my step grandma is actually going blind with macular degeneration and I see how horrible that reality is for her. She is 86 and people can say she's lived her life, but now she had to deal with fighting the depression because of it, just like anyone would at any age. Seems easier to fight the depression of acne when you know other challenges like that exist out there. BTW I don't actually have acne but just permanent scars now for which I have to accept there is no cure.