The NPF understands that psoriasis has a physical impact on the skin, but it also affects people's feelings, behaviors and experiences. Recognizing and acknowledging the social implications of psoriasis is an important step toward learning to cope with the disease, and the NPF is here to help with services, advocacy and information. The public may react with great insensitivity and ignorance at unsightly patches of psoriasis, because they don't know what it is and it's something they're not used to seeing.
Frustration Having psoriasis can generate great feelings of frustration.
People may not understand why they developed psoriasis, or even what the disease really is. There is no cure, and it can take lots of experimentation before an effective, tolerable treatment is found. Finding someone to talk to who empathizes with the physical and personal struggles of psoriasis can be difficult. It is not uncommon for people with psoriasis to feel sadness, despair, guilt, anger and low self-esteem. A person's sense of self-worth can be affected.