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Old Jun 05, 2016, 08:05 PM
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another thing - i've also been told i might have bdd. even after losing 50 lbs i still see myself as looking like i did at my highest weight and it leaves me very distraught. family have said they notice a difference and i can feel the difference in how my clothes fit now vs. then but i can't SEE it. i've been told i'm pretty but to me i look grotesquely ugly. i don't even feel human. no i can't see a therapist right now.
I think it is very difficult to love ourselves if our parents did not nurture us in an appropriate way. My mom was a person with a lot of limitations as a mom. I have had problems to love myself since I was born, I guess. I struggle. It can get better, but we are in constant struggle.
I am sending you a big hug
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