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Like I’m being really selfish with it
Ive always been a “perfectionist.” I lice symmetry, straight crisp edges etc etc etc. I will make everything perfect if i have time, but as i grew older i have become much better at balancing it. Its very much like ocd. You just gotta kinda do crappy work every once in a while and learn not to care.
I think an important thing to keep in mind is that your brain hears the phrase “nobody cares what I look like" and it doesn’t transform it into “everyone would be okay with me not wearing it”. Your mind focused on those negative statements and you may end up trucking yourself into thinking that straight up no one cares about your appearance, which isn’t always true. I would say that you should practice telling yourself that makeup should be a personal decision. It is totally fine if you don’t wear makeup, and it’s totally fine if you do. You need to try and control the urge to put on makeup and make it a personal choice to use makeup rather than seeing it as a must. A possible exposure therapy session may be to practice not wearing any makeup at all under any circumstance for a set period of time to teach your mind that makeup is optional and doesn’t reflect self worth. Talk to your therapist to see if that’s an appropriate exposure. Hope this helps!!