Guest AlwaysLookingUp Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Aswell as OCD I also suffer from BDD and recently I'm suffering really bad and need advice on how to go about overcoming it. So how do you overcome Body Dysmorphic Dosorder. Is there any literature you can reccomend? Is it even possible to overcome BDD? Any advice from sufferers? Thank you! Link to comment
lovid Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 there is a good book called overcoming body image problems including body dysmorphic disorder that I found really helpful.Also a lot of people have overcome it with cbt.Are you getting any treatment? Link to comment
Guest AlwaysLookingUp Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I'm not getting any treatment for it no, It's not as bad as it use to be but I feel I may be relapsing I'm going back into my old ways of mirror checking for long periods of time etc and it's starting to get me down. I'll look for that book though Link to comment
lovid Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Definitely try to avoid long mirror checking exposures bit by bit if necessary.Time yourself and aim to reduce the time a little each day.If you're putting make up on then don't look to scrutinize as much as possible but purely use the mirror as a tool for a limited time only. Link to comment
lovid Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Oops sorry I mean to get shaved Link to comment
Guest AlwaysLookingUp Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Haha yea that's okay honest mistake to make! But yea when I'm shaving I do tend to check Link to comment
lovid Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yea and me too but I find it makes me feel worse in the long run.Have you had any luck yet with reducing the time you scrutinize? Link to comment
Guest AlwaysLookingUp Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Sorry I hadn't checked on this part of the forum for a little bit, I still do it now but I manage to pull myself away and just accept I am who I am :-) Link to comment
lovid Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 That sounds like a good philosophy to have Link to comment
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