Is the skin illness something that can be managed with treatment? I've had chronic skin stuff before and found that you often have to really bug your doctor to get them to be serious about treating it. And then the treatment itself can be time-consuming and annoying.

Plenty of people have chronic skin conditons. I just know from experience that it's easier to work on social anxiety if you don't have to deal with worrying about the skin issues as well. Sometimes you do, though.

I'm glad that you are asking yourself these questions. One place that has been good for me to go is to do volunteer work at animal or wildlife rescues. The people doing that sort of work generally are more non-judging and accepting than people in average, in my experience.