Re: My anxious head
- From: Evil_Nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:24:34 -0800 (PST)
On Nov 4, 2:07 pm, maelstro...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I find it difficult enough coping with fairly low-level depression and
anxiety so I really hate it when, like today, things are more acute.
I have a bit of the skin complaint psoriasis, fairly mild as psoriasis
goes but one of the areas it tends to crop up on is the scalp. It's
been flaring up there for the past week or two and not only has it
been driving me nuts with the itching but it's been causing me a lot
of stress.
When my hair was thick, I didn't worry about the scalp psoriasis too
much - it only meant a bit of dandruff would be visible to people.
Now that my hair is much thinner and receeded I worry about people
being able to see the red, scabby patches that are the psoriasis
plaques themselves. Worse still, my job involves contact with a lot
of people. I dont think I can cope with comments, questions and
stares about the state of my head on times when I get such a flare up
as I have recently. I worry about when exactly that time will come
and could it be here already? Perhaps people have noticed but are too
polite or unsure to say anything?
Maybe I will have to change my job to something that involves dealing
with less people. But I really like my job. There's a good bunch of
people there and it's a really understanding organisation with respect
to sick leave etc. It is so demoralising to think I may have to quit
for no other reason than the way that I look. That I will, in effect,
be too ugly to work there. I don't want to go to a job where I only
see a handful of people as I like the interaction (mostly anyway) with
large numbers of people. But I dont see how I could ever be strong
enough to just carry on if the psoriasis is so bad on my scalp.
Whatever strength people with visible 'differences' have to do these
things...I just don't have.
The company and my co-workers are understanding about when I have the
odd day off work like today. But what will I do long term? I just
don't know :(
I can understand your problem - there was a story in the tabloids
recently about a restaurant worker who kept getting turned down for
jobs because of unsightly benign tumours on his face.
Have you talked to your personnel manager? He/she should be able to
reassure you and ensure you're not disadvantaged by your problem. On
the personal side, could you wear a baseball cap or some other form of
headgear? Your company might even have its own range with the company
name/logo on it, then strangers wouldn't even notice.
Evil Nigel
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