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The first sign of cooler weather and my skin decides to fall off.
It amuses me how people give me horrified looks and say, "You need to use moisturiser!"
Like I've never thought of that before

^I'm the same, expect I usually don't care what my face looks like.

I want gluten free crumpets!

I've been in bed most of the day because I'm sick with a cold. I didn't go to Vancouver Chinatown today, because I didn't want to make everybody in the clubhouse van sick with my cold. I've saved myself $50-$100. I would have done a lot of shopping if I went.

Sorry to hear you don't feel that good CockneyRebel

Hugs.

Hope you're better soon.

Thank you for thinking about me. I'm sipping on a Frozen Original Lemon-aide from Tim Horton's. It's helping to sooth my sore throat.

Thank you. I've been taking it easy all day.

I know how to offer support
yet, I don't know how to ask for it
I admire and envy those
who can, so easily, express their woes
That's all, I suppose
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nice poem, catches the sadness

I feel like I'm falling apart.

Whats wrong Raleigh?

We can have a pity party together if you want, I am not doing great myself. My brother blocked me on everything and its kinda pissed me off. I mean if I can pretend to tolerate his worthless existence for the sake of the family I aspect him to as well. That has officially pissed me royally, he can't even pretend to treat me civil when I do for him. I totally just blocked him from everything, he can't even treat me like a brother on an adult level. Not only did he screw up any chance of a relationship with me as a child but now he is making it worse. It is in his best interest to make amends with me since his only hope in hell to avoid homelessness once our parents are dead and gone is me and I am willing to listen and forgive but instead he is a coward and can't own up to anything he has done.

Man I am so over this dude, I hope he loses his job and kills himself.

If you have very dry skin try putting a nice fairly heavy coat of Vaseline on before bed. Not enough to lay on top like bacon grease but enough so you feel like you want to wipe it off but don't. Then put something cottoney on over it so it will hold it on. Something fairly fitting and not too loose. In the morning it will be absorbed and your skin will be softer and more hydrated. I do this with hands, feet, arms and legs as need be.

Also when you shower, before you dry off with a towel get some baby oil and rub on your wet skin. Start at the top and rub downward to kind of push the water off with the oil. Then pat dry.

A decoction of slippery elm root in a compress can help too, as can one with comfort root.

That's really all I know but I hope you try it and it helps you. It does me.

doctors give advice similar to what OOM suggests for dry skin except that after a bath one should pat, not rub, dry (which leaves some moisture), THEN apply baby oil or some lotion that will seal in the moisture. also, bathe in warm, not hot (too drying) water with a mild soap like dove. my father had dry, itchy skin and just switching from ivory to dove did the trick for him.

I'm allergic to Vaseline and baby oil.
Baby oil would give me welts - I'm not joking.
I wouldn't put that stuff anywhere near a baby.

I don't shower at all.
I use the oil cleansing method with olive or coconut oil.
I can only use completely raw, natural products like Shea butter, castor oil or Moo Goo.

My skin is chronically dry.
And yes, I've done all the dietary and supplementary stuff too.
I do get a lot of sun on my skin, but I'm allergic to sunscreen, even the natural ones.
If they don't make me itch and come up in hives, they make my eyes red and sore.
I do try to cover up when I'm in the sun.

The skin underneath my feet is so cracked it's starting to bleed but nothing I do seems to help.

It's ok.
I've lived with it for a long time so I can live with it a bit longer.
But I do feel like I want to die when people look disgusted and think I'm so stupid that I don't try to do anything about it.

f**k people.

My skin cracks and flakes off in winter like a whole body dandruff.
The thing that upset me yesterday was someone looking at me like I was the most revolting thing on this earth and saying, "Ooooo, is that your skin on your shoes?"
I happened to be wearing black shoes, and they were covered in flakes.
And then the person said, "Haven't you heard of moisturiser?"
I laughed it off at the time but I went home and cried for the rest of the afternoon.
Because I'm sick of f*****g trying and sick of having every f*****g chronic condition under the sun.
I want to give up.
I'm sick of all this s**t.
I'm sick and tired of trying all the time.
Sick of life.

try not to let the turkeys get you down. they ARE turkeys. it's them, not you.