What twelve years of TSW taught me about healing, and myself by Nina Twelve years is a long time to be at war with yourself. I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. I thought I was healing. I thought I was fighting for my health, my skin, my life back, and I was, in…
As I approach my 10 year TSW (topical steroid withdrawal) anniversary on June 15th, sitting in my bed – the bed that has been both my prison and sanctuary on and off throughout these years, in a body that has felt more like a cage than anything else. The body that, in the present moment,…
My definition of healing has continuously shifted throughout my healing journey with Topical Steroid Withdrawal. When I first started TSW over a decade ago, my definition of healing was having clear and essentially perfect skin. I never expected my journey would take as long as it has, and that I would still be dealing with…
