Tag: perfection
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Limpet Syndrome
It’s funny. Sadistically speaking. For a full two months, I was traveling non-stop, navigating time changes and cancellations, suffocating my emotional unrest, and even taming the self-imposed responsibility that I must do justice towards the TSW community. A lot on the shoulders; a lot on the mind. In all of that, my health barely wavered.…
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Leaning In
Narcissus, in greek mythology, is a god who falls in love with his reflection. Enthralled by his outer beauty, he sits by a bank of water and stares at his face in the water’s reflection, ignoring any hunger or thirst. He eventually dies right there, unable to meet his bodies needs because he was so…
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Peter Panning
Topical Steroid Withdrawal is a large facet of my life, an overarching theme that overshadows the rest. Over the summer, I tried running from it. I didn’t want to talk about it, think about it, argue about it, post about it. I just wanted to be. As if it were behind me. Then, boom, a…
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Jen’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Jennifer Powers Age: 36 Work: Self employed/Coaching business, but business has suffered majorly due to TSW Date of Withdrawal: Dec 1, 2021 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Protopic, Elidel, Elicon, Prednisone, and many others (*did not specify…
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Perfection is a Sickness
I always thought it was everyday people who perpetuated the need to have beautiful skin. To have it glow, be silky-smooth, and never have a blemish in sight. But maybe I am wrong. Maybe it starts inside a doctor’s office. Ever since being diagnosed with Topical Steroid Withdrawal almost eight years ago, it’s as if…