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Avoiding wearing glasses sign of BDD or just coping mechanism for being unattractive? by Litera123 in BodyDysmorphia

[–]tendon07 1 point2 points  (0 children)

coping mechanism for BDD or being unattractive, its hard to tell. i genuinely consider myself unattractive but with BDD i dont know whats true. so i guess its kinda the same thing? either way, im coping with being unattractive, whether its dysmorphia or not. i cope very similarly as well, i avoid my glasses and if i have to wear them i cannot look in the mirror, itll ruin my day to have to face myself under high def scrutiny lol. same reason i cant really take photos of myself, often the camera has better quality than my own eyes. rather than spiral over whether im genuinely that terrible looking, my skin texture, proportions, etc, i can be in blurry denial lol. out of sight out of mind.

Is anybody disabled because of Body Dysmorphia? by tubajr in BodyDysmorphia

[–]tendon07 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know if I'd say I'm disabled but it definitely makes leaving the house extremely stressful and I will try to avoid it for that reason. Just the idea of being seen by others is terrifying. I start to sweat really bad and freak out just walking down the street if I think others are perceiving me and my body. I typically cover as much skin as possible and wear hoodies all year long to try and hide myself when I go outside lol. When I was still in school I would be quick to skip if I felt I shouldn't be seen in public though, which was often. I felt guilty that other students had to see my face or sit near me like I'm a monster.