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.
Se você tem UCE – a urticária do tipo espontâneo, você não precisa se preocupar com a existência de alguma coisa causando seus sintomas, isso é fato! But it is your symptoms that cause many things!

Symptoms of hives são agoniantes! Coçam muito e causam um incômodo tremendo. Isso porque eles dão uma sensação bem ruim de calor, e quando friccionamos qualquer coisa por cima – até mesmo nossas roupas – nos sentimos incomodados.
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:
Se você acorda cheio de sintomas e tem que cancelar seus compromissos devido à angiodemas sobre todo o rosto, por exemplo – bem isso é uma limitação real. Aí você fica em casa, cuidando pra ficar bem logo. E nesse tempo você pode ouvir músicas e ter um capítulo de um livro que gosta ou ficar deprimido pensando sobre suas limitações – bem isso é uma escolha.

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 – crônicos do dia a dia – sobre isso. Sobre nós 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 – sejam sintomas de urticária ou qualquer outra situação da vida – ficar bem com você mesmo e seguir sempre acaba sendo uma escolha apenas nossa. Mesmo assim, que acha de seguirmos por esse caminho juntos?