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Overcoming BDD with Manly Makeup – The Great Cover-UP

By Stephen

18 months ago after I sustained my first facial laceration my wife tried to help by purchasing a product called “foundation”. I think I am spelling that right? Her intentions were good, but unfortunately the idea of covering my inch-long cheek scar with a female skin care product horrified me quite possibly more than the […]

Filed Under: Facial Scar, Gratitude Journal Tagged With: BDD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Cover, Makeup, Man, Manly, Scar

Daily Gratitude Day 4

By Stephen

Today I am grateful for this really wonderful iPad app called blog pad pro, it surely makes the whole blogging process seamless and easy.  I am grateful for these down pillows I am lying on, was sick all last night with the stomach flu and having a comfortable bed was something I am grateful for.  […]

Filed Under: Gratitude Journal Tagged With: Acceptance

Daily Gratitude – NOT!

By Stephen

Today I am having a hard time finding anything to be grateful for. It was a hard day.  I received the biopsy results from the curious lesion growing on my nose yesterday, and they were negative. For this I suppose I should be grateful… and I am. But now I have to figure out how […]

Filed Under: Facial Scar, Gratitude Journal, Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: BDD, Fuck It, PA, worthy

The One Word That Describes Body Dysmorphic Disorder

By Stephen

SHAME Shame is basically the fear of being unlovable – It’s the total opposite of accepting our bodies and feeling worthy. Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging. Shame keeps worthiness away by convincing us that self-acceptance will lead to people […]

Filed Under: Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: BDD, Shame, worthy

Worthy Now

By Stephen

First gratitude: I am grateful for this quiet early morning, the kids are still asleep and there is silence, pure motionless silence and that is blissful. I am grateful for children: Their smiles and their laughter, their joy and when they are little at least, their innate ability to love. It is a breath of […]

Filed Under: Gratitude Journal, Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: BDD, Gratitude Journal, worthy

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