- Username
- stellaocd
- Date posted
- 2y ago
any tips for perfectionism with makeup symmetry?
ocd and bdd is not fun
ocd and bdd is not fun
Hehe - realised recently that when I used to spend hours in the morning perfecting my eyebrows that it was potentially my OCD. Had to be symmetrical… blended the same in the same place. I’d wipe them off it they weren’t perfect and start again.. didn’t matter if I was going to be late. I’d carry makeup with me and go into toilets after I got into wherever I was going to fix them if I was already seriously behind. I remember being so frustrated some mornings I’d cry. Nowadays… I don’t really care too much. If it looks bad I wipe it off and go without any on 🤣 - I started playing around with different styles of makeup and found that doing minimal makeup seriously helped decrease the amount of time I spent ‘perfecting’ it. Blemishes are natural… so if any appear in my makeup I tell myself that it’s fine because that’s normal!
Seeing close up pictures and videos of celebrities and social media influencers helped me, because their makeup is never flawless. If people who have years of experience applying makeup, and people with personal makeup artists, have asymmetry, then I should expect my makeup to be that way too *and IT'S SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.* 😊 Sticking with it is like an exposure for me. Good luck to you. 💜
I feel for you. I think, at its root, it is the same, it is avoidance of a feeling- if it doesn't look or feel a certain way, the idea that I cannot tolerate the feeling can seem overwhelming- that's why it's so important to not allow feelings to dictate what you choose- instead purposefully make it less perfect, allow yourself to get through the tough feelings, the more you do this, the easier it gets and the more you recognize that you can tolerate tough feelings.
@Stacy Quick Hello, i was wondering if i could get help for my perfectionism ocd
Does anyone else here have Symmetry ocd? Mine is really bad today, it’s annoying me.
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