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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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What is this community?

This is a support community for people who have Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.

What are the rules for this community?

  1. Be Kind
    • Conversation and opinions are allowed, but aggressive, demeaning, belittling, prejudicial or otherwise harmful behaviour is not allowed.
  2. No asking or offering surgery/drugs advice
    • It's ok to mention surgery/drugs, but giving out or asking for advice about it is strictly not allowed. It's extremely important that advice involving serious medical procedures is only taken from and given by licensed medical professionals, not people in this community.
  3. No linking to triggering content
    • Linked content that is considered to be triggering is not allowed.
  4. No spamming
    • Spam posts/comments are not allowed. Spam posts/comments are defined as containing content that is unrelated to BDD or the OP, or containing content that is the same/similar and posted repeatedly in a short space of time (3 or more times within 4 days).
  5. No selfies
    • Selfies are not allowed as they can be triggering to others and are rarely helpful to the poster. To expand, posts containing links to selfies or instructions to find their selfies are not allowed.
  6. Content containing strong derogatory language should be marked as NSFW
    • Sometimes people may want to vent and may use derogatory language to refer to themselves. This is allowed as we don't want to alienate people reaching out for support however it must be marked as NSFW as it can be triggering to others with BDD.
  7. No social or political commentary
    • This rule is in place as social and political commentary are often negative and unhelpful, and may even be triggering.
  8. No gatekeeping, invalidation, or lookism
    • We do not allow gatekeeping or invalidating others' experiences on any basis. Also directing a conversation from BDD to lookism, incel rhetoric or gender divide is not allowed.
  9. No asking or offering of pictures or private feedback
    • We do not approve of users asking or offering photos for purposes such as "getting/offering honest opinions" or "improvement advice". This includes offering to provide personal consultation or feedback without photos. This rule is in place as feedback can potentially be very damaging to someone with BDD. Asking users to send photos, publicly or privately, is not allowed.
  10. These rules are subject to change
    • If there is overwhelming support for the revision of one of these rules then the rule will be reviewed and community input listened to. Alternatively if I feel I have neglected to create an important rule, or want to revise a rule to make it clearer, then I reserve the right to add to or change the current rules.
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    • This will help us moderate the sub and provide a better experience for everyone.
  12. Do not refer to or ask for content that promotes surgery or drug use
    • This is strictly forbidden as surgery and drugs can be very harmful if they are not done/used properly as directed by a licensed medical professional.
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  14. Posts should remain on the topic of BDD
    • Posts not on-topic are not helpful and not allowed.

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Sorry this one is a little late, had a busy Sunday. To anyone new here this is a weekly check in asking how your day is to help keep up engagement on the community!

So how was your day!? Anything nice happen?

I'll start:

I had a fun day today; I went go-karting which I've never done before. I was a little worried that the sweat from wearing the helmet would ruin my makeup but during the break I looked in the mirror and I still looked great which was really nice and comforting to see (the focus of my BDD is a specific skin problem on my face). Now I will probably relax for the rest of the day and wind down while drinking tomato juice and eating cereal (it's a weird combination I know but I have a weird food taste haha).

I hope everyone else had/is having a nice day :)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go-karting sounds like a lot of fun! Do the vehicles move very fast?

I'm glad your make-up stayed in tact too, seemingly putting you at ease.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep! 40mph which feels fast bc you're really low the ground. Definitely recommend for a fun day out haha.

Yes it did I'm always scared about it fading throughout the day and it's been nice bc most of the time it doesn't happen, meaning I feel less anxious about it and also check the mirror less.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whoo that sounds kind of thrilling then hehe, definitely will give it a try one of these days!

Oh I see, you must have a good technique as well, I can see how reassuring all those factors are for you, I am glad!