birdinumnum
31-08-06, 09:04
Did anyone see this documentary on channel 5 last night, it was about people with body dysmorphic syndrome, the people in it were better than average looking but they saw themselves as absolutely ugly, no matter what people told them, and they wouldn't go out in public or had to wear sunglasses the whole time.
I was shouting at the screen 'you look fine, what is wrong with you?', then my husband pipes up 'with, that is what you are like with your illnesses, no matter how much I tell you there's nothing wrong with you, you still don't see it!!', and it really made me think, do I really sound that ridiculous? and am I wasting my life away like these people?.
Anyway my other point is that the psychologist in this programme was trying to desensitize these people by exposing them to the general public without sunglasses and makeup.
I know I got over my fear of spiders by making myself look at them, and I know ocd sufferers are made to touch germs and dirt.
But as a person with HA exposing myself to illness makes me worse (I work in a hospital for goodness sakes!) how are we supposed to rid ourselves of this horrible demon.
Sorry this was so long.
Birdi xxx
I was shouting at the screen 'you look fine, what is wrong with you?', then my husband pipes up 'with, that is what you are like with your illnesses, no matter how much I tell you there's nothing wrong with you, you still don't see it!!', and it really made me think, do I really sound that ridiculous? and am I wasting my life away like these people?.
Anyway my other point is that the psychologist in this programme was trying to desensitize these people by exposing them to the general public without sunglasses and makeup.
I know I got over my fear of spiders by making myself look at them, and I know ocd sufferers are made to touch germs and dirt.
But as a person with HA exposing myself to illness makes me worse (I work in a hospital for goodness sakes!) how are we supposed to rid ourselves of this horrible demon.
Sorry this was so long.
Birdi xxx