its ruining my life I leave places because I feel everyone is laughing at how ugly i am! I look in the mirror a lot to make sure I'm ok and I find new things wrong all the time! my counselor told me I have bdd and that I'm not ugly at all and I need to realize this! my friends don't take me serious because they believe I'm beautiful but my best friend believes me because she has seen me breakdown and cry about my looks and seen me leave places because of my looks.does anyone know how to deal with bdd?
I didn't know the term for it, since I thought many girls had it naturally to some degree. But is it something where maybe hypnosis is known to help? Or, maybe dress up and have some nice photos done. Let your closest trusted friends pick out the better ones and put them where you can see them and be reminded that you are like anyone else - if not better. But see what the counselor thinks of that idea first. Sometimes an idea sounds good on paper but because you see yourself differently, it may not work the way we expect. We all have something wrong. Our eyes aren't the same, our nose isn't centered, our feet are two sizes.and other parts too. I would think that the more people say you look good, that you would start to hear them. But I know a little how that works. Some of us feel like imposter's in our jobs. We know we don't do things right. It's just that other people haven't discovered it - yet. And they will any day. I think they have it together and I don't. Yet I won't listen to them when they tell me I do great. And many many people think like that. But remember this.your friends who say you are beautiful DO take you seriously. it's just hard for them to understand how you cannot see yourself as they see you. Just like you think they must surely see you the way you see yourself. Are there groups of people with bdd who talk to each other? Just some of my thoughts.
Bdd can't be cured its like no matter how much weight you lose or how much plastic surgery you have you will never be happy and you become suicidal its not just like having insecurities or bad days I wish it was but its not! your not meant to get plastic surgery if you have bdd! I just was wondering how other people deal with it as I'm not dealing well at all with mine if someone even says the slightest negative thing to me I automatically think its because of the way I look and I want to kill myself I've tried twice and it didn't work I just want to be normal but the fact is I can't be . I don't know if there is a group were I live - 7 months ago
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I don't know about the can't be cured. I'll agree that no weight loss or surgery will do it. You have to fix what makes you think this way. Many people don't view the world correctly and they can learn to with the right help. I won't say anything about the suicide tries. I have some experience, but I'm not highly trained or licensed. Hang in there and check into the group thing, even if you have to drive a ways. - 7 months ago
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Yeah it can't be cured I've done research on it it was on oprah as well - 7 months ago
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I'm sorry but Oprah is NOT where you want to be getting advice on a problem like this - even when she has an "expert" on. You need a one-on-one kind of counselor who looks at your situation alone and asks you the penetrating questions. - 7 months ago
I've never had bdd, or to be honest ever heard of it. But if it's self confidence you need, then you need to start breaking things down. First off, you need to realize that it's all mental. You need to realize that no one scrutinizes yourself more then you do. We are all a lot harder on ourselves then other people are. You need to realize that we can't attract everyone, it's impossible. Everyone has different tastes, desires and likes and dislikes. So don't worry if you don't attract a guy. We can't control what we like or don't like. Attraction isn't a choice. Either we are attracted to someone or we're not. No real reason to explain it.
What is body dismorfia? No matter what it is, beauty shouldn't be measured on how you look anyways. Real beauty is inside. By feeling the beauty inside, you gain more confidence, because you don't care how you look, and beauty is naturally radiated from you, making you appear more beautiful without your knowledge. Being at peace with how you look gives you a sort of glow. What the main point is: beauty radiates from within and is also in the eye of the beholder. You seem to care, and that makes you a beautiful person.
Look up bdd and you will see its very complicated people have to take medication for it sometimes depending on how bad their case is - 7 months ago
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If you can't find a group around you, maybe you can find an online group or something. I think its good to talk to other people who understand how you feel, and are going through/have been through the same thing.
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