When you are required to meet those quickly approaching deadlines, feuding with your partner, or worrying what your children are up to does psoriasis start to flare up? You are not the only person in the world that is going through this. Stress is the number one factor in triggering psoriasis. So, what does that mean? You need to try to work on improving your emotions so that this does not occur. 

What makes psoriasis flare up when you are stressed? There is not a clear physiology answer; however, psoriasis can be affected when changes occur in your immune system. Certain hormones are released during different emotions that can cause effects to your skin. Some physicians have stated that people that are suffering from psoriasis often have a particular pattern in their personalities such as they are on the go all the time, especially overdrive mode. When the person is in this mode their skin could be doing the same. 

You will want to identify the emotion that is triggering your flare up and try to control your emotions.