This is an email I received from blog reader “Jade”… have been reading your archives because I’m looking for validation in my emotions as I have BDD. The main reason for my message to you is to tell you my perception of your scar. I know you don’t like people to comment on your scar […]
The Mask of Vanilla Skies – Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Intrigued by a scene of Tom Cruise disfigured after a car accident, I paid $2.99 to rent Vanilla Sky on Amazon Prime. In the movie, Tom Cruise portrays a rich entitled playboy who inherited his father’s multi-million dollar business and is disfigured in a car accident. Because his top-notch team of surgeons cannot reconstruct his […]
Going to Counseling and Finding a Psychiatrist – It Ain’t Easy!
If you have ever read my rants and blog posts you may know that I have never made the step to go to counseling. I had a lot of lame excuses: Not enough money Not enough time Not enough insurance Not enough confidence (this may have been the single biggest reason) Like many others, I […]
“LUCKY”
In the exam room chair, a chair where 1000’s of other anxious souls have sat before me, they took 15 minutes and a 10 blade and they cut into my nose. What was left, was a gaping 1 inch hole. They called me a week later to tell me the results were benign, they told […]
Selfie
I was at the falls with my kids. The sun was pouring through the mist, the emerald green of the trees and bouncing off the lichen… it was spectacular. I snapped some shots of the kids and then my daughter asked me to take a “selfie.” So I leaned down and flipped the camera lens […]