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If you don’t mind sharing - what kind of rashes?

Tempest1981 7y ago
From https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317631.php https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317631.php "It is also possible for emotional stress to trigger an outbreak of hives. There can be a number of hormonal or chemical changes that occur in response to stress. These changes can trigger blood vessels to expand and leak, causing red and swollen patches of skin."
- cynicalreason 7y ago
  yeap .. I see this in myself occasionally and so far they seem to coincide with periods of stress
- speedplane 7y ago
  > It is also possible for emotional stress to trigger an outbreak of hives. No doubt, stress has physiological effects, but so does laughter and excitement. Having stress is a normal part of being a human. In reasonable doses it's fine.
  - arethuza 7y ago
    I've always found it ironic that one of the best antidotes for day to day stress is to be in a situation where you get "stressed" in a completely different way... (the main factor in the 'positive' stress situations for me being in fairly complete control, confidence in your own abilities and requirement to focus on the matter in hand for a few hours).
    - JoeSamoa 7y ago
      Good observation.
mkagenius 7y ago
They are small bumps (lots) which are not red but has same color as my skin. They retain water in them. They fade away in a week with dead skins at those spots. In two weeks they leave no trace.
- hoseja 7y ago
  Dishydrosis. Weird how many people mention this ITT. Must be very common stress marker, with seemingly not much research done on it.
kaoD 7y ago
Not OP, but I've had this happen to me during a very stressful period of my life. In my case, small patches of skin went really dry and itchy, and eventually fell off, like dead skin after a sunburn. My dad had it on his scalp once too. He had a few circular patches (~3cm) with total hair loss, which eventually grew back. Neither of us had that happen again.
arethuza 7y ago
I've had occasions where I get small patches on my hands where the skin dries and cracks - I had no idea what was causing them and wondered if it might be stress. I was pretty sure it wasn't anything physical. My GP simply recommended using superglue to seal the cracks up and that did help!

Tempest1981 7y ago

From https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317631.php https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317631.php "It is also possible for emotional stress to trigger an outbreak of hives. There can be a number of hormonal or chemical changes that occur in response to stress. These changes can trigger blood vessels to expand and leak, causing red and swollen patches of skin."

cynicalreason 7y ago
yeap .. I see this in myself occasionally and so far they seem to coincide with periods of stress
speedplane 7y ago
> It is also possible for emotional stress to trigger an outbreak of hives. No doubt, stress has physiological effects, but so does laughter and excitement. Having stress is a normal part of being a human. In reasonable doses it's fine.
- arethuza 7y ago
  I've always found it ironic that one of the best antidotes for day to day stress is to be in a situation where you get "stressed" in a completely different way... (the main factor in the 'positive' stress situations for me being in fairly complete control, confidence in your own abilities and requirement to focus on the matter in hand for a few hours).
  - JoeSamoa 7y ago
    Good observation.

mkagenius 7y ago

They are small bumps (lots) which are not red but has same color as my skin. They retain water in them. They fade away in a week with dead skins at those spots. In two weeks they leave no trace.

hoseja 7y ago
Dishydrosis. Weird how many people mention this ITT. Must be very common stress marker, with seemingly not much research done on it.

kaoD 7y ago

Not OP, but I've had this happen to me during a very stressful period of my life. In my case, small patches of skin went really dry and itchy, and eventually fell off, like dead skin after a sunburn. My dad had it on his scalp once too. He had a few circular patches (~3cm) with total hair loss, which eventually grew back. Neither of us had that happen again.

arethuza 7y ago

I've had occasions where I get small patches on my hands where the skin dries and cracks - I had no idea what was causing them and wondered if it might be stress. I was pretty sure it wasn't anything physical. My GP simply recommended using superglue to seal the cracks up and that did help!