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I’m decent, and I don’t HATE my body, but I wish I could spend more time focusing on my health and fitness.
I look in the mirror and acknowledge qualities I like – my eyes, bone structure, among others. But, even though I have straight, generally white teeth, I want to brighten them with whitening strips, and since my front teeth are a bit longer than the “ideal,” I want to trim them a bit.
I’m on Accutane even though my skin isn’t acne-ridden (It used to be…it’s cleared up pretty much now). I hate my scarring and next August I plan to undergo noninvasive laser treatments to heal most of the scarring, particularly on my face.
I admit I’m a bit obsessed with skincare, and buy $40 moisturizers because they work so well. I want to have the best skin I can have. And, I work out a lot and am trying to gain mass in muscle. I’ve spent over $100 on protein, multi-vitamins, casein, and the likes.
I’m not stupid, and I know phsyical appearance isn’t everything, but I just can’t see myself as reaching my potential until I meet MY ideal physical perfection..note I said MY, not society’s.
I’m in an honors abnormal psychology course at my university right now, and we discussed Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Does it sound like I may have symptoms of the condition?
My obsession with physical perfection does tend to have negative affect on my life – sometimes I turn down event invites just because I don’t think I’m looking my particular best that week. I ALWAYS avoid pictures, and ALWAYS turn down beach invites because my body isn’t good enough for ME. I haven’t gone in the water in two years and haven’t taken my shirt off in front of anyone for the same amount of time. I just always look at these incredibly fit people and models and think of how much less attractive I am than them, even if I have other things going for me.
School does tend to interfere with me being more dedicated to fitness, because I try hard academically.
Do you think I have BDD? What are some steps I can take to become a more physically-confident person? btw I’m a 20 year old male, if that helps…so it may seem a little bit weird now hahaha