trying2
- Date posted
- 6y
0Aqi00Aqi0
- Date posted
- 6y
I struggle with body dysmorphia. It’s not so much that I don’t believe that what I’m looking at, it’s just that what I see in photos isn’t how I perceive myself. I perceive myself to be uglier than I am in reality, and I find it difficult to believe that I’m truly beautiful when someone tells me that I am. I do deal with a bit of depersonalization, however, and that’s when it becomes hard to recognize myself.
ItsgonnabeokayItsgonnabeokay
- Date posted
- 6y
Not exactly..body dysmorphia is when someone looks in the mirror and thinks they are fat even though in reality they are very thin.
trying2trying2
- Date posted
- 6y
exactly, I struggle with depersonalization too so when I’m presented with a photo of myself I’m like “is that me? Is this real? How am I alive right now” kind of things and i just can’t mentally grasp that I’m a person. Even when I see a picture of myself I don’t believe it’s me but I feel like that has more to do with the camera switching my face so I end up seeing someone that I don’t normally see in selfies or in the mirror
pureolifepureolife
- Date posted
- 6y
That’s just depersonalization. Not BDD.
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- User type
- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 24w
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- Date posted
- 11w
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