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New Year’s Eve, 2014. You and your family are outside setting off small fireworks to celebrate the new year. Your husband checks the mail and finds a letter from your doctor.

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Living with Crohn’s disease means navigating a complex and often unpredictable journey, but it also fosters immense strength and resilience.

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Living with Crohn’s disease is more than managing flare-ups and symptoms. Sometimes overlooked, Crohn’s can have significant emotional and psychological impacts. Managing Crohn’s and mental health is a deeply personal experience—there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.

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My name is Marcus Muhammad, and for the last 31 years, I have been living with and battling a virus called HIV. To be clear, I was diagnosed as HIV positive at birth.

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Managing your mental health while living with eczema isn’t just a challenge—it’s a deeply personal, emotional battle that can feel relentless and isolating.

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My longest running relationship, outside of the one I have with myself, is the one I have with my toilet and my bathroom.

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How has Eczema made you feel through the years? Let me guess, self hate? Sad? Down? Negative in general at times. If you’ve felt this then you’re not alone.

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Navigating life with a health condition as heavily stigmatised as HIV presents significant challenges and can lead to profound feelings of isolation. This stigma can severely impact the emotional well-being of people living with HIV.