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Life is For The Living So Live It (Or You’re Better off Dead)

By Stephen

Maybe you already know this so quite possibly this is not such a big deal. But depression is just fear and anger and sadness all wrapped up in a bundle of hopelessness. I believe it has a lot to do with the feeling (or belief) that tomorrow will be just as bad as today, and […]

Filed Under: Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: Change, DOWNS, FORWARD, grief, MOVING, Moving Foreward, Moving Forward, test, Testing, Testing Theories

10 Months After my Facial Scar – Falling Back Into Old BDD Habits

By Stephen

Sometimes I just can’t believe it happened:  The scar, the injury, the entire incident. It doesn’t seem fair, but then again, life often isn’t. And we just have to accept these things as they are. ON THE ROAD I am away from home, on the road, in a hotel room. Alone with mirrors and overhead lights. I […]

Filed Under: Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: Anxiety, Bad Habbits, Bad Habits, BDD, Depression, Facial, Facial Scar, Fear, Kris Kross, Michael Jackson, Scar, Social Obligations, Star Struck, Testing

Hopeful – Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques to Test My Body Image Concerns

By Stephen

After last night’s depressing, over-tired post, today turned out to be a good day. I have been going to church again, mostly for the kids, so that they may know God and understand that somebody may have their back in the bad times, and the good ones. This has helped me through my BDD, and […]

Filed Under: Feeling Good About The Way You Look, Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder Tagged With: BDD, Body Image, CBT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Techniques, Faith, God, Religion, Rituals Mirrors, Testing