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Psoriasis, someone angered me about it
I have a friend Megan who has fairly visible psoriasis on her head. Rumors have been going around school that she has lice. Well my other former friend was talking to her boyfriend about it. Now here's a little about Megan, she loves Johnny Depp. Heart and soul. Now my former friends boyfriend looks at me and says "Johnny Depp doesn't like lice." I looked at him, puzzled. He glanced at Megan and they both started laughing, looking at me. I was disgusted. So disgusted I yelled at him screaming "You don't make fun of someone for having Psoriasis it's not something you can control!" Megan was confused looked at me and said "What about Psoriasis?" I yelled "These assholes are making fun of your Psoriasis by calling it lice!" I was so ANGRY! I've never been so disgusted with those two before. They are so... RUDE! D:< I just wanted to kick them both. Making fun of someone for a skin disorder. It's horrible. D:
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What is it? Is it like a bad case of eczema?
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No. Psoriasis is more like a build up of dead skin because of fast cell death and regrowth.
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I'm really sorry to hear about this. People can be horribly mean and offensive. I've never heard of this disease before and I doubt that many others have either, but that doesn't give them an excuse for their actions. I mean... I would never had said anything, even if I didn't know about the psoriasis. That's just rude. :evil:
Way to go and stick up for your friend though. I don't know if I would ever be brave enough to yell at other people like that, even if they did deserve it. I think you did the right thing. Megan is really lucky to have a friend like you. :) |
Some people are assholes.
As you get older, you just learn to just not be around those people. No, it doesn't make it right... making fun of people openly is elementary school stuff. Once you get to highschool, usually it's less blatantly said. Then out of school it gets a lot better. Don't worry. |
People that make fun of other people's diseases oughta try get that same disease themselves and see if they would like it, a harsh opinion but still my opinion. :3
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Actually Pixore, I've yet to meet someone who doesn't know what it is, until I peeked into this thread.
I suffer from psoriasis on my head as well (or, in my case, what is referred to as 'adult cradle cap', basically lesions on the scalp, but mine thankfully only take the form of a few itchy scabs and bumps here and there, similar to acne, I've seen worse cases), and it's a total pain; thankfully, mine isn't as visible or as severe as her's sounds. I've had lice in my younger days as well, like anyone has when they go off to summer camp. :roll: Very, very, very different. I have to concede however I don't think you're announcing what they were saying to everyone in the room is any better than their whispering it in terms of helping your friend, as even if she didn't show it externally, both psoriasis and the accusation of lice are extremely embarrassing topics. Out of curiousity, what age bracket are you all in? An exceptionally immature thing to mock, that is. |
(How could they laugh at that?! Isn't it uncontrollable?)
Wow. Talk about being rude. I would definitely be offensive. It's not nice to point at the obvious, especially when using a role model/inspiration. Good thing for sticking up for your friend. That takes a lot of courage. Your friend is lucky to have someone to stand up for her. (I wish I did.) ^_^. |
I actually have that on the back of my neck and in my ears. It's a pain to take care of, requiring a cream every day, twice a day, to clear it up for an amount of time before it comes back to irritate you all the more.
Funny thing is that it looks nothing like Lice to me, even when on the head, which I've seen once. It looks more like bad dandruff, which isn't much to be ashamed about? One way or another, it is rather immature to jump on people about conditions or physical quirks they may have. Nevertheless, it's unavoidable, simply due to general nature. You just can't avoid people catching something to talk about. Shouting about it may have been a bit more embarassing, might have been better to just talk to him quietly about your friend. D: But if she's having issues about school, it might be time to chat it up with a teacher or the principal. If it's wide-scale, anyway. But, agh, that sounds irritating. >> |
I had a friend who had psoriasis and his own cousin and her best friend made fun of him all of the time, his cousins friend was a friend of mine in elementary school. I just wanted to smack both of them. I think they were mad because the friend liked him at one point and he rejected her. People are just cruel to others to make themselves feel better for their own shortcomings, if it doesn't bother your friend, it shouldn't bother you.
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