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I wanted to talk about this issue I have well the other day I emailed my BDD Specialist/DR for some advice given that he is a professional&expert in this area of course.Well the other week I had this problem which it has happened a few times now being on the train there was a number of high school children females mostly and they had very nice noses&teeth&some with braces.There was some young males as well so it can usually be anybody really,but this occasion I felt very intimidated by the BDD and so ugly really not that of course anyone was doing anything to me.

It got quite bad for a little while I was so down,anyway I emailed my BDD specialist/DR I didn't want to bother him as he is away on leave but felt I should email him.He's always said to me to contact him if I needed any such advice anyway.Anyway he ended up saying to me it would be better to discuss this issue with my Psychologist and I really thought given he's a real expert in this area he'd have some advice what to focus on in these difficult moments.

Usually I'd been coping quite well but there are times there that I can really struggle and these are classic one's that I just described.I usually of course try my best but sometimes it gets so overwhelming really.In this situation I felt maybe as I was unshaven,felt dirty as I hadn't had a shower and had old clothes that may've contributed to me feeling quite down.It was maybe just the typical BDD of course,also feeling disgusted as in my weight as well I think.

It was quite strange as for e.g before this happened it wasn't really a bad day I was feeling ok but then it was maybe just a typical random BDD attack that can come out of anywhere as well perhaps also.I tried not to get down about it but I did feel I bothered my Dr with the email and I felt initially contact him even if he can tell me something over in an email as I always try to do with him or anyone else I see take things on board and try my best to use those strategies.

I was wondering if anyone please has any such advice in these situations what would you do? I would really appreciate it so much Thanks very much Ace(Steve) :original:.

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Hi Steve.That definitely has to be a classic BDD attack because as you say they didn't do anything to you.Those thoughts were put there obviously because you saw them as perfect but in fact they probably have imperfections that you didn't notice but that they don't like about themselves.Your doctor/specialist seems a bit offhand with you.Has he been in any more contact and how are you feeling about it now?

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Hey there lov thanks very much for your reply I really appreciate it mate.I didn't want to get upset about the issue with contacting my Dr because I know how it would make me feel,but I guess at the end of the day i felt even by email perhaps he could give me some advice of what to perhaps do in these situations given he's an expert in this area?.

I haven't had further contact with my BDD specialist Dr I see him again next month,I just emailed him back saying Thanks after he said to me via email this is an issue I should be discussing with my Psychologist i just thought isn't he an expert in this area and wouldn't he have some good advice to give maybe so to speak? without any offence towards him of course.I'm going to talk to him when I see him again and tell him about all my concerns hopefully on the day with him as much as I can.

I'm still a little bit down about this but I'm trying hard to not get too down about it I guess and just trying to look at what i can do instead.I spoke to my Dr(psychiatrist)& Psychologist about this issue well when being on the train etc etc in these situations some handy advice of what to do they were really good as always.I'm just feeling a bit depressed really at the moment yesterday was a pretty bad day it wasn't really at first but the end of the day it just all overwhelmed me and I was as low as hell really,wanting to give up etc etc.

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It's all good Lov thanx mate :original: ,it was one of those days I think well I was supposedly fine then bang I just got this message reply from this female I caught up the other day it made me feel quite down all of a sudden then bang my mood just went really low& I felt horrible for a fair while.It can happen at times I try very hard things seem fine then bang really out of nowhere I just get so down and it gets so hard to get back up until I have to really wait til it passes eventually.

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