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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 […]

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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.  […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Gratitude Journal – Day 1

By Stephen

Finding happiness instead of focusing on my image concerns – Overcoming this Damn BDD

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