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vitiligo victims themselves believe, hope, and keep faith that they will get well soon.
Marcela Romero says, “I will begin a homeopathic treatment for vitiligo. The treatment was suggested by an acquaintance of mine and the treatment from
India. Wish me luck with it.” And Rosco Freeman shared his vitiligo treatment by consuming herbal organic baby red and green romaine, chilantro, salad, banana,
and celery. And Rotua Meyly is also consuming these to cure vitiligo.
3.4 The Steps of Overcoming the Psychological Problems
Stress has three factors that examine it. Firstly, it is about personality factors. Certain personality characteristic help people cope more effectively with
stress and make them less attacked to illness. This is the hard part for the vitiligo victims to get the certain personality in order to cope the effective way with stress.
And that is why many vitiligo victims get worst with the vitiligo condition on their body, the more stress caused the vitiligo spreading easily.
In this personality factor there are three distinguishing pattern in coping stress as apply the good personality in the vitiligo victims’ life, the Type B
behavior pattern, hardiness, and personal control. The Type B behavior pattern includes being relaxed and easygoing. The vitiligo victims understand and choose
to stay healthy with positive psychology. Hardiness—which involves a sense of commitment, a sense of control, and a perceptions of problems as challenges
rather than threats—is a stress buffer and is related to reduced illness. This personality factor is simply makes the vitiligo victims to control the emotion of
thinking that caused the stress itself, but in another aspect also it is the hard part to
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control the feeling of act common towards people that the vitiligo victims meet in the street or college, or school, or another public place where going outside. The
vitiligo victims considered the different color on their face is just the uniqueness that makes them different from others, of course this is very much hard
controlling the emotion of thinking. And the last is about the personal control. Personal control is the important aspect of stress to extent people in controlling
and reducing stress. A sense of personal control over stressful has been related to emotional well-being, successful coping with a stressful event, and behavior
change that can help to make a good health. Many ways are there to overcome the psychology problems among the
vitiligo victims and the simplest way to have it is to accept the condition for who they are. Menakshi says, “I don’t find vitiligo to be a hindrance in my personal of
social life. I am still the same old confident person with a strong will. Be confident, love yourself the way you are, because no one can replace you. Be
strong for yourself. Do not negativity of others to put you down, at the end of the day it is just your morals and self motivation that is going to stay. I always believe
that confidence takes you higher each day.” Just stay positive and healthy life. Divya Bharathi says. “Personally, I used to work a lot to get over my judgment
towards vitiligo, initially it did hurt me and I thought it really affected my life. Now I feel much more confident, it is all about our mindset. I consciously work
towards being stronger when it gets to disturb me. I feel that people with vitiligo can be really confident if they don’t make a big deal about it. Physical beauty is a
very small part of what a person really is.” So, through the vitiligo victims
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April 2014 was the day that changed everything in my life. It was the day when I should join on a
test of the Student Changing around the world. God is strengthening me. He whispered and help me get along through this all depression and the pain of mind
in my life. Jesus is my savior, He is good at all the time. He is my best friend, He always there to listen my story in happiness and sadness, He encourage me at all
the time. I do not know even that I get along this through difficulties into the blessed thing in my life. I just need time and the patience to get His miracle in my
life to get my repigmentation of skin because as long as we still have faith and keep believing in Him, everything is possible. God’s promises never expire, He is
there on the right time.” Actually, the most powerful thing that can change our mindset and act towards the condition that happened on us is our beliefs in God.
That is back to Him again.
3.5 The Steps of Overcoming the Sociological Problems
