Vitiligo and Anxiety
I am seeking some coping mechanisms for anxiety/stress/depression.
I have recently been told I have vitiligo - an autoimmune skin disease that makes your sign pigment go away randomly. It can come and go, get bigger or smaller randomly. There is some treatment but no cure.
Despite it being minor and isolated on my lower chin/neck area at this stage, it is still making me very anxious.
At the moment the patch covers easily with makeup and is barely noticeable unless I point it out - but it's the prospect of it getting more noticeable that is causing me high levels anxiety and stress
I'm trying to focus on the positives but I still find myself sitting here upset, worried and unable to concerntrare on my normal life... I just want to be able to "get over it and get on with it".
Deep down I realise that in perspective it is very small and there are people out there with actual life-threatening illnesses - this is just pure vanity - but I just can't shake the anxiety!
Why is it that our looks form so much of our identity and self-worth in this society (which is a shame)?
I wondered if anyone had any coping mechanisms for this type of anxiety. I feel like a hypochondriac. I really don't want it to affect me anymore. I want to have more gratitude for the things I have rather than worrying about what I cannot control.
Help :( 
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