- Username
- stellaocd
- Date posted
- 1y 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
hey guys, anyone with eating disorders or body dysmorphia? ive had certain habits for a long, long time but ive started seeing them through a different light now. i usually try and starve myself to stay unbloated and skinny looking, and usually after a while i get so hungry that i binge eat. after the binge is over, i either drink excessive amounts of coffee (to work like laxatives) or i starve for days on end to “make up” for it. in all honesty, i would just throw up if it wasnt for a surreal fear of vomiting (only way emetophobia has been good for me ever) about half of the time i feel good about my looks, weight, body, face and all that, but the rest of the time i feel like i look disgusting, and thats where the starving comes in, and excessive grooming habits to cover my flaws. all of this was way worse a couple of years ago, and then it got way better, but along with all of this ocd this has gotten worse again. i feel like the way the “eating disorder” habits and the “body dysmorphia” plays out kind of look like an ocd cycle (sorry for self diagnosing, i dont know if i actually have these) another thing that i know for sure is very unhealthy is the amount of shame and embarrassment i have towards my body. i feel i “have” to do so many things to cover up, prevent or get ready for certain events or plans. overall, any time i need to be proper or any bodypart of mine has a role in something, i get so stressed to the point of panic attacks. i nearly had a burnout when i was seeing this guy for two months (my first time dating someone) from just sheer stress. before meeting up with him i would panic for hours, and still would while being with him. i barely got to enjoy the good times.
Does anyone have any tips on overcoming dermatillomania? I pick at my skin for hours every day... So bad that sometimes I can't leave the house in fear of people looking at my skin. It started when my ocd symptoms did (about 14 years old). I'm now 24 and just learning that I have ocd (intrusive thoughts, tapping, checking, counting, involuntary blinking, excessive cleaning of myself and house)... I wasn't diagnosed properly until now. I also have anxiety about writing emails, googling, social media, texting etc in fear that I've said something horrible or offensive or that my intrusive thoughts are going to somehow take over and type for me .... Lol so this took me about an hour to finish writing and to post.... Had to read it precisely 30 times just to be sure ;) thanks for reading ... Also does anyone else suffer from the writing messages and ocd thing ??? Or just me? ?
not THAT OCD related, but i’m so tired of looking in the mirror and picking apart the things that i feel are wrong with myself. after my first session with my therapist, she said i also have body dysmorphic disorder, which is commonly seen in people who have OCD. i’m not a person who cries easily, but this problem i have within myself almost brings me to tears often and eats at me every single day. i cant enjoy simple things without being fixated on how i look/my appearance while doing them. if i’m swimming in the pool, i’m thinking about how my face looks with my hair wet and get uncomfortable when i feel like someone is looking at me for too long. i feel uncomfortable in rooms with certain lighting. i adjust the angle or position my body is at while interacting with other people just because i’m concerned with how they’re seeing me. just a rant, feeling really defeated.
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