When I was in high school the first dance I ever attended was during my sophomore year. It was the winter formal and I was asked to attend with my friend as part of a double-blind date. Although it wasn’t placebo-controlled. I was excited. I had never had a “real date” before and this was […]
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 […]
Does BDD run in Families?
My body image concerns started at a young age when I struggled with acne, but my lack of confidence began way before this. I remember a friend of mine in grade school making some off-handed comment about a generic Yankees baseball cap I was wearing and I felt self-conscious for months. I felt the same […]
Change is Going to Come
Here is something that may not surprise you. Things don’t change on their own, you have to change with them, or maybe more like – you have to change for them… to change that is. 6 weeks into our around the world adventure and I found myself slipping into the doldrums of self-hate and isolation. […]
From the road
I shouldn’t have taken the Ambien… It never leads to a good night’s sleep. 30 days on the road and I am left with a feeling of emptiness, something must be wrong, everything seems wrong. But that is because I hate myself. I cannot stand the way I look in the mirror. No matter what […]
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