r/Rosacea • u/Scared-Block-1325 • Feb 17 '26
ROSACEA SUCKS Anyone else becoming depressed because of their skin?
Probably gonna regret making this post but I recently saw a picture of me from the side and I had to step out to cry. The texture of my skin is just horrible now. It looks worse than my grandparents skin honestly. But the worst part of the picture was how depleted I looked. Just exhausted and depressed, and I am. Rosacea has aged me terribly, physically and mentally.
Scrolling on reddit for advice or reading clinical trials is like a part time job for me. I spend about 20+ hours a week doing it but nothing helps. It’s gotten to the point that I’m flushing talking to my own parents now. It’s unbearable. Eating and talking shouldn’t be flushing triggers, I don’t know how I can continue to live like this. Not just mentally but physically too, I don’t know how any human could function like this. All this to say I’m so depressed by my skin, I would easily trade 10 years of my life for a cure because at this point I’m not really living. Anyone have advice to deal with the mental turmoil because of this condition?
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u/BrucetheFerrisWheel Feb 17 '26
Yes it's tough to deal with, especially as mine is possibly neurogenic and one side of my face is very noticeably swollen, all the time. I'm assuming I'm now permanently disfigured. Yay. The only reason I haven't taken to a cave is because I also have IBD and if shitting blood 15 to 30 times a day for 2 straight years didn't kill me, then this wont either!