Consultants insist it really works but can talking about your emotions clear up

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Duno if anyone has seen this in the Daily Mail, just thought I'ld share 

Story on someone who treated her P with counseling

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[Starburst]

Well there have been people on this forum who have used hypnotherapy to clear their P so I think counselling could definately help.

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My P came about when my dad died, obviously lots of stress there. Ever since ive been stressed about my P. I'm considering giving it a go!

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[Darren.]

cbt therapy has been used by alot of members myself included, ive also had other councelling over the years

to say it helps, well its prob more accurate to say it may help, or to give someone another thing to use in dealing with clearing up psoriasis

have to say the lady in the article was fortunate to have councelling for over a year.... what you have to bear in mind tho is other factors may have also played apart in the remission

ie lifestyle change... might of had a holiday and got some great uvb rays... it may also have gone into remission of its own accord as p does with some people

[Luvvi]

I think it helps to talk about possible stresses/triggers which perhaps contributed to your psoriasis and it would certainly help to discuss how having it makes you feel but I don't know if I believe that "talking = cure" 

[Maria2]

Totally agree with you Luvvi

[Darren.]

luvvi, i cant see anywhere mentioning it stating a cure ?? talking helps, remember the bt ads 

[SJ]

That was pretty good for the Daily Fail.

I 100% believe psychodermotology has a place in the treatment of P. That is, alongside whatever else an individual needs to help them control symptoms.

I do not believe it is for everyone, but I do believe it would be very beneficial for many alongside prescription treatments or, indeed, anything else anyone wants to try (diet, for instance).

Regardless of the arguments for and against, depression is a huge part of living with P for many. If this can help, I am behind it completely. I would like to see a model in dermatology where all patients with skin disease are *offered* it.

We should never underestimate the odd nature of P! The double blind studies of many drugs, where half the patients took a placebo, often had many taking the dummy experiencing positive clearance. The mind can have an affect on the skin for some....

[MULLINDE]

An interesting article but I am not entirely sure which way round the chicken and the egg are.

I may not explain this very well, but I will try. I used to have a particularly stressful job, and way of life, but no P. When P came along, I went through a whole series of emotions, but I wouldn't call any of them "stress". I can best describe it as being optimism, dashed by consistent failure. When I first had treatment I though "ah well, that will do the trick". Only to find that it didn't. After a few (and then many) years of various treatments, this gets rather wearing with hopes being raised, and then dashed. And then I think that the conclusion arises that "I am stuck with this for the rest of my life", so that even when in periods of remission there is the constant worry that all is not well and it (P) can return in the bat of an eyelid.

Can anyone else relate to this?

Regards,

Daryl

[waco]

goodness me.......must be the best thing I have ever seen come from the DM.