Tired of trying to get better.

Hello guys!
I am Inga, I have been having perioral dermatitis since i got 14, till now. During the period of this illness i had better moments, when its just cracs of my mouth corners, and worsens all around my face with inflamation when i can barely move my face skin. Since then i have tried... basically anything new that come up. All my free time i was searching for solution from this tiring sickness. But now i dont want to speak about treatment.
I want to speak about how you deal to this emotionaly?
For me being young person, when you dont feel atractive, and comfortable in social situations its a hard thing to deal. And this led me to distancing from most of my friends, as whenever i got worse i dont want to see anybody to cost me more suffer.
Tired. I feel. Of thinking what else could i do, to bring happy life back. I know reasonable would be to say, not to think about it, and live on. Believe me i tried. But more i live with this, i start to believe in it l as sign from my body saying me something.
How do you see your illness? I am especially interested to hear from people who been suferring chronic illness. :)

I am not sure if you are still checking this, but I hope so.
Believe me when I say I know your suffering, I have severe psoriasis and man does it suck, I have had it for more than half my life. All I can say is be strong and talk about it, even if just with family, share your feelings and hurt that comes with this disease. Dont suffer alone, it's not worth it. Stress is a big trigger so learn to talk about it and share your feelings, don't keep it bottled up.
Good luck and happy thoughts.

Hi Kiki,Inga,Danny and Chotti,
I am sorry to hear about what you have to go through and how depressing it can get. My husband suffers from a pretty similar skin condition only i think it's worse because it affects the whole body; Ichthyosis. When we find ourselves in certain situations we can't reverse at all, the best thing to do is to try and accept it and do the best we can with what we have. Because of my husband's skin condition, his eyelids are pulled down exposing the red inner part of his eye. He has had to live like that all his life and for the longest time when he was a teenager, people guessed his age to be 40 something because of the way his skin looked. But all that never stopped him from being what he ever wanted to be. He is now a pilot;. His skin is better now though people hardly believe it's him.

When I met him, I was completely blown away by his attitude towards life. As I got to know him, I just couldn't believe it; he would crack and bleed and would be so sore and stiff yet he still made it to work everyday and never ever used his skin as a crutch( he still doesn't). That really appealed to me and I found myself wanting to get to know him more and more.
What I am trying to say is, take what you have and do the very best you can with it. Things will work out ok.
Just believe in yourself and change your innerself. if people are curious about your skin, just explain it to them, you will be shocked at how once people know what it is, it will no longer be an issue and you will make a lot of friends; you won't be alone. people are only scared of what they don't understand
When I asked my husband why his skin was the way it was, he explained it to me and I remember asking him if it would kill him. After that, it was not a big deal all.

I wish you all the best. Feel free to email me whenever