Shhhhhh! “You cannot talk about it!” “It’s shameful.” “Nobody talks about it!” “You are too young to have that!” “It comes from being abused as a child.” Yes, I have heard it all.
Every one of those sentences above have been said to me when I have tried to discuss my condition with doctors or family. To look at me you would never know that I have struggled from early childhood.
The need to itch has always been there. I was made to feel ashamed for touching myself when all I wanted to do was scratch the constant itch!
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