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Old Jan 29, 2020, 05:22 PM
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The one day I can kind of sleep in? Woke up 2:45. AM. Ugh. Going on 6 am now.

Other than that, just checking in with a quick update. BP-wise, doing alright I guess. Functioning.

The BDD though is kicking my ***. There is (literally) NO hope in that realm, and that's hard to live with. I really don't talk about it though because people think it is some kind of joke dx -- like, oh, "everyone" hates their body/thinks they're fat/what-have-you, so why is that even a thing? Except that it's NOT that. And if the umbrella gets that overly-inclusive, I'm out. Because for me it goes to the core of identity. And I do not exist. I try to make like it's ok, but it very much is not. And every.single.day it makes me want to die. Every.single.f******.day. Being triggered virtually every waking hour is exhausting. And depressing AF.

Sorry, this is turning into a rambling pity-fest. I'll stop now, because truly, there's nothing for it. This is my fate. End of story.

I shouldn't even have written this at all. Guess I'm just feeling the need to vent, and have no place else to do that currently. Sorry.
Just wanted you to know that I had a bunch of folks with legit BDD in my practice in my younger days. I just wanted to totally, completely validate your experience, from my point of view as a former provider. People who don't know it is "real" have a global insight issue they need to work on. But they probably won't.
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