Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Media. Show all posts
This winter has been rather brutal in regards to my skin and psoriasis. It's been super cold and it has been snowing more often than I have ever seen here in my hometown in Scotland. My skin is not a fan of this weather at all. I also want to talk about Instagram censoring psoriasis hashtags. They must not be a fan of our skin? (Warning, pictures of psoriasis will feature on this post)
My skin has been flaring up since just before Christmas. Partly to do with uni stress but mostly to do with the weather. Patches reappearing quicker than the blink of an eye. I never understand how it appears so damn quickly. I've had a few mornings where I have woken up where my body feels like it is on fire. It's so unpleasant and so frustrating. There's also embarrassing moments such as when I may scratch my arms without really being aware of doing so, go to take my cardigan off and boom there's little bits of skin flying out of the sleeves. I do try to take moments like this as funny but sometimes its rather hard.
All I've been doing is trying to keep up with my Aveeno moisturising which only helps so much. Soon I will probably have to head to the doctors and get more creams and gels to get it back to normal. Sometimes I do just want to hide in my bed when my skin flares up but I also know that I'm fortunate that my flare ups aren't as severe as others. I try to remain positive as you end up falling into a vicious cycle. The worse you feel can aggravate psoriasis even more. I can not wait for Summer and some warm weather so my skin can stop being so sore.
Instagram
Over the past couple of days there has been an issue with Instagram and the psoriasis community. Hashtags which have built up a community and support system for those who have psoriasis have been blocked and censored. I only learned this through youtuber Shaun Alexander (watch his video below if you want more info) and was deeply saddened that something like this has happened. Hashtags such as #getyourskinout #psoriasisuk #psoriasisawareness and a few more. People with psoriasis are already tough on ourselves for the way we look and we shouldn't have to hide what we have on Instagram just because a few people don't like seeing it. This is our skin, we may find it hard to love ourselves but we don't need further stigma and having a support system taken away.
There is currently a petition set up by the Psoriasis Association on stopping censorship of psoriasis on social media. If you wish to sigh the petition please do so. It would mean a great deal.
Thank you so much for reading this post. Does winter really mess with your skin? How do you cope with it? What are your thoughts on the censorship? Let me know below.
Even though I hate Facebook to an extent I still have it and I still post on it so I apologise if I do sound like a hypocrite because I probably am. First of all the main reason I am on there is so I can keep in touch with my family and friends. Mainly my best friend who lives at the other side of the world. I like posting my pictures and keeping like a sort of online scrapbook of my life. Only the good parts mainly. Which I guess is the same for most people on there. You only see the highlights and not everything that is going on in their life. I have come across those people however who do post every little thing "no Christine I do not care that you made a lasagne from scratch". Or people who post every 5-10 minutes about the same thing over and over again such as politics or sports. I get it! You hate the Tories, don't we all? I'm also just there for the cute animal videos.
So why do I hate it? Maybe hate is a strong word and it's maybe not the website but more so Facebook Messenger. Also texting. I'm not the most talkative person on the planet. I don't always have something to say, I don't always manage to carry conversations and honestly I like my own company a lot of the time therefore don't want to be glued to my phone or any other device because people are hoping to have a conversation. With technology a lot of people have this need for instant replies and 3 hour conversations. I'll try my best honestly I will but I don't like talking every single minute of the day or constantly having notifications popping up on my phone. I understand some people enjoy that but for me? I really enjoy leaving my phone in my pocket or to the side. There are other social media platforms that I also enjoy such as Twitter and Instagram where not a lot of interaction is required. When I'm not around people then I like to be in my own wee world and doing my own thing. I love being connected to people but sometimes I feel too connected and feel like I need to pull back.
I'm sure it's just the way I am and I know I'm not alone in this feeling but sometimes there's that feeling that people think that you don't want to talk to them, or you have stopped liking them or being interested when it's totally not the case. Most of the time I prefer having conversations face to face. It's not always about what I want and I get that and if someone really wants to text or message then that's absolutely cool and I try my best and it is the only way my best friend and I can communicate but even we don't chat every single day and that's probably why we are such good friends. We have the same approach to these things and are both a bit of a hermit.
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