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- 2y
Parents
It's so hard to get better when your triggers live with you. I'm 19 and live with my parents and my mom just came into my room, said goodnight to me and we had an arguement for 40mins about weight, looks, and relationships. I have BDD (Bofy Dysmorphic Disorder) and one of things she said was something like you know, boyfriends may like you (not me directly but in general) at first but then after a while they might not if you don't take care of how you look (in this case we were talking about size, "fatness") and just the whole time I felt my anxiety slowly progress as the minutes passed. So much so I just stayed quiet in the end and went on this app amd started typing this post until she finished what she had to say (about a min long) and left to go back to her room. She's a licensed therapist and an LCSW but she doesn't have her own practice and she says "never offends people" and I just kept saying, "you don't?!" about 2 or 3 times after she would reply, "no" back and just had a look of shock because it's so crazy how she doesn't even see the things she says. I told her, "the way you talk to us is not the way you would if you had patients for therapy" (something like that). Then I told her, "if the way you talked wasn't a problem then, Dad, Bam-Bam (my brother), and me wouldn't have to tell you about the things you say". Anyway there's a lot more that can be said but I can feel my brain already starting to forget (which I was told is called "avoidance" whis is my "brain's way of using it as a defense mechanism "). I'm still feeling a bit anxious (it's been 15mins since she left and I've been typing). I'm gonna continue watching my NETFLIX show, that I was watching yesterday afternoon, to distract my mind and hopefully will relax me (b/c I can still my heart pounding). Hope everyone is doing well🤗💚.