stellaocd
- Date posted
- 2y
any tips for perfectionism with makeup symmetry?
ocd and bdd is not fun
thrutheweatherthrutheweather
- Date posted
- 2y
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!
CinnamorollCinnamoroll
- Date posted
- 2y
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. 💜
AnonymousAnonymous
- User type
- Staff
- Date posted
- 2y
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.
Anonymous80000Anonymous80000
- Date posted
- 1y
@Stacy Quick Hello, i was wondering if i could get help for my perfectionism ocd
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Anonymous_co...
- Date posted
- 25w
Anyone else relate??
Idk if this is OCD per se, it feels more like perfectionism than anything. but I was wondering if anyone can relate. I’m a girl approaching the age of 20 and there are certain things I really want to be able to enjoy and pamper myself with, like getting my nails done, or getting a lash lift. But I’ve discovered that doing either brings me a lot of stress. For example, I just bought some nice press on nails last week and I put them on last night (which took me soooo long) and I’ve been so stressed about them since. I keep worrying that they’re going to fall off right away and I keep checking them and pushing on them to see, so much so that I worry I’m going to make them loose. I already had one looking like it was starting to lift, and instead of leaving it I pulled it off entirely cuz I’d rather start over and redo it than have it fall off, and now I’m worried my other nails are gonna fall off and that I should just pull them off now before they do. I keep pushing on one nail that feels loose to me. But it hasn’t lifted, but I’ve pushed it so much now that I want to rip it off. And another example, when I get a lash lift I worry so much because I start obsessing over the evenness of the curl on both sides. It always feels like one side is more curled than the other. Or that one side looks more fuller (more lashes) than the other and it makes me stressed. And I also obsess over those pesky lashes that just didn’t want to curl and I try pulling them out sometimes to make it look for even. It’s just little things like that which make these experiences unenjoyable for me, even tho I so badly want to enjoy them. I spent money on these nails and I want them to last and I’m so worried that I did them wrong and ruined it. I just don’t want them to fall off. But they’re caused me a lot of stress in the last 24hrs and I’ve been hyperfixating on them so much.
Anonymousss7
- Date posted
- 24w
how to i get rid of ocd for good?
it’s like when i fix one thing a new fixation comes along. how can i prevent this from happening? how do i keep my progress intact instead of making progress in one thing and going back on another?
mgmt
- Date posted
- 23w
Perfectionism ocd
I cannot get over my perfectionism ocd surrounding my hair. The color needs to be perfect without any undertone left of red or orange, or I freak out (due to past experience). I’m a natural brunette, so I dye my hair brown…. Making me have red/orange undertones. I want to get over my ocd completely and the fear I get from dying it/looking at it/constantly checking and comparing to others hair. It’s exhausting. Any tips ? I want ocd to stop taking control of my life. I want to enjoy getting my hair done and not freaking out every second over it.
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