Posted by shadows721 on June 13, 2004, at 20:36:47
In reply to Re: Body Dysmorphic Disorder????, posted by griswald on June 13, 2004, at 16:38:52
I know that I use to think that I was the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth. In my case, I was abused as a kid and had total amnesia. But, I didn't forget the feelings it put onto me. What was done was ugly, so I perceived that I was ugly. I still have a time with these thoughts. But, when someone comes up and asks me to be in a pagent representing my state. I am floored. No, I didn't do that. People don't see what I see and in your case it sounds the same.
What you gave me is very general? You didn't say it's my nose, my eyes, or I was burned horribly. But, what is really important, is the mirror in your own mind. If there was a safe place in your mind and you had a KIND mirror, what would you see then. Maybe a person with sadness or a person who wasn't treated well in childhood. Imagine a person full of love with no judgement against you. A person with only your best interest involved sat across from you at a table from you. What would they say is the reason why you judge yourself so harshly. What is it that you need from yourself to love the one deep with in that living body?
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