Crippling acne and social anxiety

SocialJusticeFighter

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I'm a middle aged man and still suffering from terrible acne. Nothing I do is helping, I apply acne treatment to my face, shower every few days, my wife changes the sheets and pillow cases but my acne still persists. It is very embarrassing to have such bad acne at my age and it's really holding me back.

On top of this I have crippling social anxiety. This is the reason I spend most my time on this forum. Recently my wife has been really bugging me to get a job as I haven't had one in a couple years and she supports me but interacting with people outside of the house in real life is so difficult with me. I went and tried to apply at a local grocery store and almost had a panic attack trying to turn in my resume. I'm so self conscious about my acne and on top of that I just get this weird feeling in my chest when talking to people.

I even got a job interview on Friday but it was later in the day at 6 PM and that is when the Bellator event started in my time zone so I couldn't miss the Bellator event and didn't go to my job interview. I get a lot of anxiety of missing any events and on top of that I don't have any nice clothes to wear at all I generally just wear sweats and Tap Out shirts everywhere.

To show you how bad my social anxiety has gotten, I got paired with a girl sparring partner at my gym and I just totally panicked and couldn't even say anything to her she asked my name. I totally messed up in sparring and couldn't even parry because I was so nervous about being paired with a girl. Literally the only person I can interact with is my wife who is super down on me, and this is just because of the familiarity of being with her for so many years.

Please any advice helps.
 
Shower every few days? Dude.

Don't be afraid of soap and water, bro. Wash your face a few times a day. Don't use soaps that make your face even more oily.

Stay away from greasy, salty food.

You're welcome.
 
You missed out on a job interview to see a Bellator event? What is this I don't even
 
Im thinking the acne is must likely the result of a bad diet, or caused by your stress&anxiety. But im no doctor so imo you should see a dermatologist.
But since you are in such bad situation, why in the fookin fook do you miss a job interview to watch whatever ??!!
You think your wife is gonna endure you forever ? What will be of you if she leaves ?
I would also suggest you to go see a psychotherapist , cause you are crazy !!
How dafook do you miss a job interview to watch bellator ?! Oh you get anxiety ? How much anxiety will you feel , or how many mma events will you watch if your wife leaves you, and you will be left at rock bottom ?
Youve gotta be fkin kidding
 
SocialJusticeFighter said:
I'm a middle aged man and still suffering from terrible acne. Nothing I do is helping, I apply acne treatment to my face, shower every few days, my wife changes the sheets and pillow cases but my acne still persists. It is very embarrassing to have such bad acne at my age and it's really holding me back.

On top of this I have crippling social anxiety. This is the reason I spend most my time on this forum. Recently my wife has been really bugging me to get a job as I haven't had one in a couple years and she supports me but interacting with people outside of the house in real life is so difficult with me. I went and tried to apply at a local grocery store and almost had a panic attack trying to turn in my resume. I'm so self conscious about my acne and on top of that I just get this weird feeling in my chest when talking to people.

I even got a job interview on Friday but it was later in the day at 6 PM and that is when the Bellator event started in my time zone so I couldn't miss the Bellator event and didn't go to my job interview. I get a lot of anxiety of missing any events and on top of that I don't have any nice clothes to wear at all I generally just wear sweats and Tap Out shirts everywhere.

To show you how bad my social anxiety has gotten, I got paired with a girl sparring partner at my gym and I just totally panicked and couldn't even say anything to her she asked my name. I totally messed up in sparring and couldn't even parry because I was so nervous about being paired with a girl. Literally the only person I can interact with is my wife who is super down on me, and this is just because of the familiarity of being with her for so many years.

Please any advice helps.
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what exact medications are you using?

also have you slept anywhere else for a week straight? if your acne improves you have to change the detergent you use.

don't know if you're trolling or not, some ppl wouldn't mind helping. how bad is your acne? face? body?

is your backne as bad as rorys ?
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SocialJusticeFighter said:
I'm a middle aged man and still suffering from terrible acne. Nothing I do is helping, I apply acne treatment to my face, shower every few days, my wife changes the sheets and pillow cases but my acne still persists. It is very embarrassing to have such bad acne at my age and it's really holding me back.

On top of this I have crippling social anxiety. This is the reason I spend most my time on this forum. Recently my wife has been really bugging me to get a job as I haven't had one in a couple years and she supports me but interacting with people outside of the house in real life is so difficult with me. I went and tried to apply at a local grocery store and almost had a panic attack trying to turn in my resume. I'm so self conscious about my acne and on top of that I just get this weird feeling in my chest when talking to people.

I even got a job interview on Friday but it was later in the day at 6 PM and that is when the Bellator event started in my time zone so I couldn't miss the Bellator event and didn't go to my job interview. I get a lot of anxiety of missing any events and on top of that I don't have any nice clothes to wear at all I generally just wear sweats and Tap Out shirts everywhere.

To show you how bad my social anxiety has gotten, I got paired with a girl sparring partner at my gym and I just totally panicked and couldn't even say anything to her she asked my name. I totally messed up in sparring and couldn't even parry because I was so nervous about being paired with a girl. Literally the only person I can interact with is my wife who is super down on me, and this is just because of the familiarity of being with her for so many years.

Please any advice helps.
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If nothing else... you sure made me feel pretty good about myself.
 
If you can handle the burn, rubbing gasoline on your face daily will cure your acne
 
Come on... middle age, acne, biweekly showering, handing in a resume (a resume) to work at a grocery store... also has the words Social and Justice in his name.

Just because I wish this was true doesn't make it so
 
SocialJusticeFighter said:
I'm a middle aged man and still suffering from terrible acne. Nothing I do is helping, I apply acne treatment to my face, shower every few days, my wife changes the sheets and pillow cases but my acne still persists. It is very embarrassing to have such bad acne at my age and it's really holding me back.

On top of this I have crippling social anxiety. This is the reason I spend most my time on this forum. Recently my wife has been really bugging me to get a job as I haven't had one in a couple years and she supports me but interacting with people outside of the house in real life is so difficult with me. I went and tried to apply at a local grocery store and almost had a panic attack trying to turn in my resume. I'm so self conscious about my acne and on top of that I just get this weird feeling in my chest when talking to people.

I even got a job interview on Friday but it was later in the day at 6 PM and that is when the Bellator event started in my time zone so I couldn't miss the Bellator event and didn't go to my job interview. I get a lot of anxiety of missing any events and on top of that I don't have any nice clothes to wear at all I generally just wear sweats and Tap Out shirts everywhere.

To show you how bad my social anxiety has gotten, I got paired with a girl sparring partner at my gym and I just totally panicked and couldn't even say anything to her she asked my name. I totally messed up in sparring and couldn't even parry because I was so nervous about being paired with a girl. Literally the only person I can interact with is my wife who is super down on me, and this is just because of the familiarity of being with her for so many years.

Please any advice helps.
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Shower ever single day. Even twice a day. Unless you have some kind of hormonal imbalance there's no reason why you should have bad acne as a middle aged man. Proactiv is a great treatment. If that doesn't work you should see a dermatologist. As for social anxiety if it is extremely severe try group therapy. Otherwise you and your wife should get involved in some social activities.
 
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