If you have severe appearance concerns, you might think others notice your flaw and are repelled by it. I worry that anyone I talk to will look at my defect, and then I feel ashamed of it. I’m extremely suspicious of compliments, maybe that is why I hardly ever get them. I tend to think […]
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 […]
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 […]
How Family Can Help – Body Dysmorphic Disorder – A Letter From My Wife
I will wait for you. I love you. Right now you are on a journey that only you can traverse. I want to be your partner in this and try as I may. I will always be doing the wrong thing most of the time. This doesn’t mean I’ll give up. It means I will […]
Starting an SSRI (Lexapro) for My Body Dysmorphic Disorder
I am reading a wonderful book, if not the only real book on the successful treatment and management of BDD. It is called Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Katharine A. Phillips. It has been helpful. It has given me both clarity and confusion. Sometimes as a BDD sufferer the hardest thing to do is to differentiate […]