navinslave

i have been very stressed out lately. this week is really bad. i am on prednisone for a bad outbreak of poison ivy along with endless things that i have to get done at school plus my job plus the list goes on and on. the steroids are not helping my stress… i caught myself in the mirror trying to find something and squeezed on my chin for a total of about 2 seconds. i am still counting today as a day since there was no damage done and i stopped myself. So we are on day 16…still counting…not giving up

well, i caught myself once today trying to find something in the mirror, i stopped myself when i started to touch my face. yesterday i squeezed something on my forehead in a “normal” way, if you know what i mean…it wasn’t ocd or anything, i think any normal person would have done it. it lasted about 30 seconds and i didn’t move to any other spots so i am still counting it as a day. i am over the two week mark. this is where it starts to get a little bit easier. i have had a terrible bout of poison ivy which has been distracting me a lot. this week is very stressful so it will be a big test for me. we shall see…not giving up!

going strong…it is getting easier. as i get farther and farther along i can sort of see this problem from the outside…instead of being trapped on the inside. the poison ivy is VERY bad and has really helped me to be distracted. for once! a positive side to the miserable experience of a poison ivy rash. two full weeks come tomorrow!!!