you deserve to believe that you are the amazing, awesome, hardworking person that you are. and if a LCSW can help you see that, well... it certainly can't hurt your health. i wish you luck in finding someone good. (^_^)
i really think it could help you a lot, too. stress and emotion can do SO MUCH in terms of making allergic reactions worse. ever since coming to korea my hand eczema has almost entirely disappeared and has only made a brief return on the couple of occasions that things have gotten more stressful at work. it could be related to allergens that were affecting me in the US that are simply not present here, but... it's hard to see it as a coincidence that even though culture shock etc. is very stressful in its own way, now that i'm doing what i've been wanting to do for so long, my stress eczema clears up entirely after making me miserable for more than one year.
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i really think it could help you a lot, too. stress and emotion can do SO MUCH in terms of making allergic reactions worse. ever since coming to korea my hand eczema has almost entirely disappeared and has only made a brief return on the couple of occasions that things have gotten more stressful at work. it could be related to allergens that were affecting me in the US that are simply not present here, but... it's hard to see it as a coincidence that even though culture shock etc. is very stressful in its own way, now that i'm doing what i've been wanting to do for so long, my stress eczema clears up entirely after making me miserable for more than one year.