Julie Reid does not leave her house during daylight hours.
The Clearwater, Florida, woman said she developed a condition which, in short, means she is allergic to herself.
She gets severe hives with any physical activity that causes her to sweat.
Even Reid's tears or a hot shower can cause a reaction.
Her condition is called cholinergic urticaria, which makes her skin hypersensitive.
"It's torture living like this, it's torture," Reid told WFTS. "I just feel like a monster now."
Reid, 28, said she became aware of her immunological condition three years ago when she was working as a dance and gymnastics instructor.
"Any physical activity I do, I develop hives everywhere," she said.
Reid said she developed agoraphobia and because she can no longer work, she lost her health insurance.
To pay for doctor visits and bills, Reid said she sold all of her furniture.
"It's destroyed my life," she said. "I have nothing. No friends. No furniture. No help. No family here."
On Reid's website, where she writes about her experience with the condition, she said she gained over 100 pounds from becoming depressed and coping with food.
"I went from being a gymnast and a dancer to not being able to walk through the grocery store during the day without receiving hurtful stares," Reid wrote on her website. "It is just as emotionally painful as it is physically."
ABC News reported that, according to the National Organization for Rare Diseases, the disease usually happens spontaneously and can leave spontaneously as well, but there is not a timeline for that process.
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