[personal] Fixing my skincare routine has made my depression a little more bearable.

Beauty Tips For Body Care
My skin has always been really oily and prone to breakouts. If I breathed on it wrong, I’d have 5 new marks. I assume because I wasn’t treating it right. But after a couple months of working out what my skin actually needs, it’s totally different. I can go days without washing it or using acids or moisturizing and it’s fine. A little gross and oily, yes. But only little pin-head pimples, if anything. And that’s where my depression comes in.I’ve had it under control for the most part the past few years, but it’s reared it’s ugly little head since I started law school. Sometimes I won’t shower for 2 or 3 days. I definitely won’t do more than splash water on my face. But since I got my skin under control, that’s enough at that time. I don’t have to worry about turning into an oil slick or looking like the Himalayas. I don’t need to think about my skin on top of everything else that’s weighing on me. It doesn’t stress me out at all anymore. I can just splash some water on it and lay on the couch until the moment passes, and it’s just fine once I’m up and moving again.Of course my skin being good hasn’t solved anything, but it’s really nice to have one less thing to stress about when dealing with a mental illness.
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