Does hives limit you?

If there's one thing that most people living with hives talk about, it's the list of limitations that the disease causes.
If you have UCE – spontaneous urticaria, you don't need to worry about there being something causing your symptoms, that's a fact! But it is your symptoms that cause many things!

Symptoms of hives they are agonizing! They itch a lot and cause tremendous discomfort. This is because they give a very bad feeling of heat, and when we rub anything on them – even our clothes – we feel uncomfortable.
There were many times when I had symptoms that I preferred the lightest clothes possible, just so I wouldn't feel a worse burning sensation. But you know: There are several tips on what you can do in your day if you wake up full of symptoms.

Anyone living with the disease is in imminent danger of feeling congested and thus ending up losing sight of other things in life.
I understand you! You really can't do a lot of things when you're full of symptoms and all you want is for it to go away as quickly as possible!
But what I want to bring out in this post is that most of the story is about a choice that only you can make.
Wait, I'll explain:

Urticaria can cause many things to us, but every day we feel more down because of our illness we will have an important choice to make: whether to let it limit us completely or not.

Let's look at a practical example:
If you wake up full of symptoms and have to cancel your appointments due to angioedema all over your face, for example – well that's a real limitation. Then you stay at home, trying to get well soon. And in that time you can listen to music and have a chapter of a book you like or get depressed thinking about your limitations – well that's a choice.

I say this very carefully because I have been through this countless times. And after a long time I realized that the disease was becoming increasingly complex for me because I myself made choices that made it difficult every day. I needed to keep doing what I liked to do: like going to the movies and writing texts, my symptoms didn't stop me from that. I was the one who was giving the disease this strength!

YES! Hives have a reputation for getting in the way of plans. of many people, but this is still not definitive. You can continue being who you are, and not letting yourself be limited in more areas that are not necessary.
I recently wrote a post for CDD – daily chronicles – about this. About Us we love our lives and our routine more than we hate our symptoms and the limitations they cause.

Well, in the end one thing is certain! You are more than the limitations that appear to you – be it symptoms of hives or any other situation in life – being okay with yourself and moving forward always ends up being our choice alone. Even so, what do you think about following this path together?