A Letter to the Person Who Shattered Me, and the Lessons I Learned from the Pain This letter is something deeply personal, written to a person who played a major role in my life, someone who broke me in ways I never expected. But sometimes, the greatest growth comes from the greatest pain. In writing…
At times, I sense that my skin rashes completely reflect emotions I’ve suppressed throughout my life. Growing up in a war-torn country and adapting to a new culture and language as a child was overwhelming. The correlation between trauma and my eczema and Topical Steroid Withdrawal has become evident throughout the years. Moving to the…
TSW, caretaking, and the grief of being a burden I think one of the hardest things about Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) I’ve had to grapple with, and still do – almost daily – aside from the pain, burning, itching, sleeplessness and even shame is knowing and seeing what it does to the people you love…