When you live with a chronic autoimmune disorder or a condition like Alopecia, your relationship with your body can start to feel like a fractured friendship. One day you’re in sync; the next, it feels like your body has staged a coup against you. In my 23 years of counseling, I’ve seen how these conditions are rarely "just physical." They carry a heavy emotional weight—a specific kind of grief for the version of yourself you thought you’d be, and a constant anxiety about wha