I suffer from Body Dismorphia Disorder and i think its affecting my relationship!
Question: Recently i have relapsed to the point of struggling to leave my house. Because i think everyone is staring at me and talking about me even though there lips arnt moving. Im really strugglin to even look at myself in the morning to get ready to go out. And when i do i get so obsessed with my appearence and have to get everything perfect, if its not i dnt leave the house and if i do im miserable all day.
I get so workd up that i self harm, without even really thinking. When i realsie what ive dne it makes me even more upset. I also turn to alcohol, sometimes in the morning il drink straight vodka to help me calm down.
I no its affecting my relationship why would anyone want a gf with such majour problems. Do you think i sud seek some help? Maybe anti depressants?
Answers: Recently i have relapsed to the point of struggling to leave my house. Because i think everyone is staring at me and talking about me even though there lips arnt moving. Im really strugglin to even look at myself in the morning to get ready to go out. And when i do i get so obsessed with my appearence and have to get everything perfect, if its not i dnt leave the house and if i do im miserable all day.
I get so workd up that i self harm, without even really thinking. When i realsie what ive dne it makes me even more upset. I also turn to alcohol, sometimes in the morning il drink straight vodka to help me calm down.
I no its affecting my relationship why would anyone want a gf with such majour problems. Do you think i sud seek some help? Maybe anti depressants?
I have it,too. I go to therapy and it helps a lot. Sometimes it's really bad though where I can convince myself I'm the ugly one in my grup of friends and no guy will ever look at me. I go through what you're going through on a daily basis, but working on it. One thing is you have to distract yourself with another activity-try at least. Talk to someone about it. You can talk to me anytime if you'de like. It's nice to talk to someone else who is going through the same things. I don't have health insurance so my therapist isn't too qualified for BDD but it does HELP,anyway. Try to do some activities you enjoy in the house and it might help you forget about your appearance even if the relief at first is only 30 seconds. Realizing activities you like seems to help because it tunes you in to who you are and for a minute looking good isn't a priority. We are not vein people, we've got a serious disorder and it's very hard,i know.
I think seeking professional help would be a really good idea. Nobody deserves to live like this, sweetie. Try to talk to your doctor or find a counsellor to go to. Anti-depressants might help, too.
you should go to a psychiatrist or a psychologist and talk these things out with them and then they can direct you from there. the psychologist will try to help you get over your fears and all that junk and the psychiatrist can prescribe meds if necessary. good luck
Yes. I think that is a wise decision.
You might be wise to give yourself a class on dressing down , not that there is anything bad with looking good , but you could benifit from forcing yourself to dress to not impress for a short time , I hate to see you change your Style , I personally think that looking good is classy but for a while ( but do remember not give up looking good for ever ) but for a while , try dressing to grunge , I know you would rather not , but for a while try to be NOT good looking ,, if you can ....