I started going to church again this week. It has been a while… Certain things happen in life and I am not sure if there is a reason for them or not. But my recent trip to Haiti landed smack dab in the middle of the worst depression and anxiety I have had over my […]
What People Say Matters – Can we be Convinced of our own Delusions?
One of the hardest parts of overcoming BDD is that it is extremely hard to separate reality from my distorted self-images. Even if I know my self-image is distorted it often doesn’t make a difference. All the self-help books advise family members to avoid providing reassurance against a perceived image flaw. I understand why this is the case and it makes […]
Mirror Checking, Hiding and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
I can’t seem to stop myself, last night I woke up at 3 am and turned on the bathroom light. This is an activity assured to bring great distress. But I did it anyway even though I knew deep down I shouldn’t have. There it was, the scar. It looked horrible at this time of […]
Assessing The Cost of Appearance Concerns and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
This is my first exercise from Feeling Good about the Way You Look: A Program for Overcoming Body Image Problems. Kindle location 1109 at 24%. What is My Poor Body Image Costing Me? Having struggled with poor body image for quite some time I have adjusted life to accommodate my problems. I was no longer […]
Anxiety and Fear – Overcoming Agoraphobia and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
It has been a while since I have been out with a group of people that I did not know well. This has been out of fear mostly, my belief that my facial deformity would be too distracting for others to accept has kept me homebound. Most of this is because of a scar to my […]