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May Is Mental Health Awareness Month. Any Advice For Someone Newly Diagnosed With HS?

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San Francisco, CA
May 15
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Smoking pot helps me. A lot...it helps a whole lot.

May 15
A myHSteam Member

Spotify has a great Playlist called "Songs about being strong, not giving up on yourself or whatever you are facing". Christina Anguilera's Fighter and Beautiful are my favorites. Find your strength in your favoirite music that uplifts you. Find strength in your hobbies (For me, it's art). Find your strength in your family and friends. Find strength in your internal reflection(Meditate?). Do not deny yourself that moment of self pity. Your pain is real. But find ways to move on and keep going forward. We've got this!

May 15 (edited)
A myHSteam Member

Magic healer will be your best friend. Be ready to keep gauze, bandages and petroleum gauze on deck. Be ready to limit activity at times because of issues with mobility. Pain meds etc. there’s definitely a community of people to support you, you aren’t alone!!!

May 16
A myHSteam Member

I see a psychiatrist. That helps with my depression and anxiety over the condition and subsequent conditions I have gotten due to side effects.

May 15
A myHSteam Member

see a therapist or psychiatrist and journal

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