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Twelve Lead BDD

By Stephen

The Cure for BDD is inside each of us. It is hidden below layers upon layers of fear and rejection and the comfort that comes with avoidance. I spent three years avoiding everything that scared me, and I lost a wonderful three years and millions of perfectly decent heartbeats. Our heart only beats once, so […]

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One Day at a Time

By Stephen

Today begins a new day, I have said it 1,000 times. Today I feel great, tomorrow better, the following day like shit again. Kind of an endless cycle. It has been well over three years and not a day goes by where I don’t ponder my existence living with a scarred face. Get on with […]

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Life Marks

By Stephen

Strong, Confident, unbreakable Weak, broken, fragile somewhere in between this is the reality of living with BDD life exists as a series of adjectives. today I feel strong, confident, unique tomorrow who knows so I live for today, I give up the notion that I have to be perfect to be of value I accept […]

Filed Under: Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Poems

Sleep, the Secret Elixir to Feeling Better About Your Body

By Stephen

It sounds like a terrible cliché, hell even the image attached to this post is. Honestly, I rarely sleep like this guy, all curled up so nicely on his pillow without a care in the world, but when I do, it’s pure bliss. One way to avoid being terribly disappointed in yourself is to get […]

Filed Under: Feeling Good About The Way You Look, Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: Sleep

Checking in

By Stephen

It’s been tough lately, we are headed home. I can’t believe it has been a year since we left California on a 24-hour flight to South Africa to begin a year of travel around the world. We have spent the last month in Taiwan, and it has been more than I could have ever imagined. […]

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