My seborrheic eczema is affecting my mental health

@Thedoc83 Hello thedoc83, thank you for opening this discussion. I'm sorry to hear you're having a hard time with your seborrhoeic eczema. Let me tag some other members who can potentially share with you.

Hi everyone, how are you doing? Do you ever find that your condition affects your self esteem or your mental health? Does it make it hard for you to talk to others or even to leave the house? How do you cope with this?
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Feel free to share your thoughts and advice here, we're all here to support one another!

Take care,
Courtney

It's not just my skin it's my mind my anxiety my routine i am not depressed but I get depressed and mymmind spirals out of control because life can be pretty hectic if you want the best life always on the go sorting things on an hourly basis 

For instance if I was to have a gf have a job have a kid have a house to look after have thongs to do everyday id struggle. I have all my limbs on check I am not saying I should be exempt from doing these things like a free pass in life but I'd struggle. If someone said to me there was an event tomorrow funeral an outing and we had to be ready by 8 in morning go stay over come back next day I'd worry I can't do it coz of.my mind my skin my routine my anxiety and that's just one scenario

Or if I had to do school run everyday is struggle different and all things worry me 

Try not to worry about things you can’t control or situations you are not in.  Easy to say as know but often thinking about things is ten times worse than actually doing them.

seborrhoeic eczema is horrible.  I have it too.  It’s in and around my ears and hairline. Itches like hell and my hair tickles it but also acts as a cover so other don’t have to see it.  I use four different creams, including anti fungal and am never sure which cream to apply when so it’s pretty hit and miss!

But instead of worrying, I prefer to release how lucky I am not to have an illness which could kill me or make me seriously ill.  So I look for the positives taking a holistic approach.

I’m sure mine isn’t brought on by stress. No idea consciously what aim stressed about right now, probably covid and that I haven’t seen my daughter or grandkids for a year now as they live in the US.  But I know this will end and so, in the meantime, I just take things one day at a time and try to keep busy.

So, to coin and old,phrase, my advice is to keep calm and carry one.