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10 Things Everyone With Psoriasis Wants You To Know

1. NO! It is NOT contagious! 2. No, I cannot just slap some lotion on my elbows and make it better. I have tried 27 different lotions! 3. YES! It DOES hurt! At times, my skin will crack and bleed, and it burns like hell! Especially in the summer when I'm sweating! 4. It is NOT just DRY SKIN! It is literally my immune system attacking itself, causing dead skin to overproduce itself, and cause plaques. 5. I am WELL AWARE that I have flakes of my skin in my hair and on my collar, please stop pointing it out. 6. YES, it CAN cause other issues. Arthritis, heart disease, and skin cancer are just a few. 7. It may be something I've lived with all of my life, but I will ALWAYS fear taking my clothes off in front of you and allowing you to see my scaly body. 8. It is by no means because I am dirty or don't take care of my skin. I moisturizer head to toe at LEAST twice a day, thank you very much. 9. YES, it can appear anywhere. And I mean ANYWHERE. 10. I still love myself, and am very comfortable in my skin, despite the fact that my skin itself is extremely uncomfortable. For more information, and how you can help, visit psoriasis.org. Educate yourself, spread awareness, contribute to finding a cure. This is more than a skin rash, it is a very common autoimmune disease that affects millions of people all over the world. It is uncomfortable, painful, and the damage is far more than skin deep.

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10 Things Working In Nursing Has Done To Me

1. Desensitized me to all things disgusting. Nothing surprises me anymore. 2. Prevented anyone from wanting to eat with me, because I forgot not everyone enjoys my gorey work stories 3. Made me fear the full moon to the depth of my core. 4. Made me answer my phone with "This is Holly, 4th floor, how can I help you?" 5. Dream of call bells for the last three years. 6. Ruined medical shows that are even a little bit inaccurate, no matter how good the story. 7. Assess and diagnose everyone I meet within the first five minutes. 8. Lose all hope of a social life due to crazy hours. 9. Fear for the worst every time I get a slight pain anywhere in my body. 10. Assume I have CDIFF and am going to die any time my stools are even a tiny bit loose.

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10 Ways Grey's Anatomy Fucked Me Up

1. MC-FREAKING-DREAMY, MAN! 2. Cristina Yang, the cardio goddess, and hero of my future surgical career was torn away from me. 3. Arizona and Callie broke up and my heart still hurts. 4. I now refer to myself as either "bright and shiny" or "dark and twisty" and nothing else. 5. Every time I go to work (in a hospital) I'm constantly looking for places to hide in the event of a shooter. 6. I'm constantly disappointed that I don't get nearly as many exciting traumas as Grey-Sloan gets. 7. I giggle every time I see an on-call room. 8. I can no longer buy any scrubs that aren't from the Grey's Anatomy line. 9. I'm desperately in search of a ferry boat scrub cap. 10. I cry at random times remembering the emotional turmoil that Shonda Rimes has put me through.

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Why I Have Only Guy Friends

1. They don't care if you date their ex 2. They don't care if you burp 3. They'll watch football with you 4. They'll tell you if you really do look like crap 5. They don't want to gossip 24/7 6. They make better wingmen than girls 7. It's awesome to be THEIR wingman 8. Drinking contests!!! 9. They like boobs as much as I do 10. They don't freak out if you're attracted to them

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Why I Don't Watch Scary Movies

1. Every noise is suddenly a serial killer 2. My parents won’t let me sleep in their room 3. I cover my eyes the whole movie 4. Sometimes when I get scared I fart 5. I don’t like looking like a scared little bitch 6. I get mad that people go towards the noise in the basement 7. They ALL have unnecessary sex scenes 8. They make me believe I’ll die during sex 9. I don’t like having 30 mini heart attacks in one night 10. They make me scared to be alone for at LEAST a week

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Why The Internet Is Evil

1. Stupid people live there 2. Cyber bullying 3. LAG!!! 4. It’s accessible virtually anywhere to distract you 5. Diminishes amount of face to face interactions 6. It calls to you at the most inconvenient times 7. Hipsters live there 8. Over zealous bible thumpers live there 9. “If you don’t repost this…” posts live there 10. It’s 3 am, and I’m stuck on Tumblr and I work at 10 am

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Why I Should Live In A Cave

1. I wouldn’t have to shave my legs 2. I could escape the evils of internet 3. I could play with fire all I want 4. Harry Potter stayed in one once 5. I could understand my ancestors and their struggles 6. No homework 7. No rent or utilities payments 8. I can be as loud as I want 9. Did I mention Harry Potter stayed in one once? 10. I could color on the walls and not get in trouble

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Things I Am Good At

1. Trying to flash a flirtatious smile and looking like a creep 2. Trying to be funny and failing miserably 3. Tripping over things while trying to look cute 4. Forgetting deodorant 5. Forgetting my age 6. Forgetting how to talk around attractive people 7. Attracting unattractive people 8. Forgetting not to burp in public 9. Picking my nose 10. Making myself look unattractive on the internet