Body dysmorphic disorder?

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you ever just feel like a giant joke? I'm always getting told how skinny and good looking i am but they're jokes right?, i get things like "oh it must be so difficult being beautiful" or "you're so skinny, eat!" and i usually just laugh it off because i think they're joking, but then I'm like what if they're not? i mean i can not possibly be the standard for beauty! im crazy flawed. this really affects my life, i don't date because when they ask, i think they're kidding,so i just smile and say no. like i don't know whats serious and whats not. and i hold on to peoples comments about me like crazy, good or bad! it drives me insane. i know this most likely is not normal, but who gets to decide right? does normal even exist? whatever, i just want feedback. OH AND I'M A FUCKING BOY. yeah! ever been called pretty instead of handsome your entire life? i have. I'm crazy confused.

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  • Atariphx
    13 years ago | pl

    Everyone can have issues with body image, i used to. Next time something happens and you think someones kidding, take a second to think about why they're saying that, and would that person lie to you. Just think about the fact that they might not be kidding.

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  • Hmmaybe
    12 years ago | pl

    It's difficult but just try to be happy with how you look and accept it. trying to change it will probably just amke you feel worse. just accept their comments without feeling sad or happy about them, just accept them. You are who you are you can't change that so whatever they are complementing or insulting is something you have no control over and so should feel embarressed about.

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  • Lamron_Ti_Si
    12 years ago | pl

    I know what you mean. When people tell me I'm pretty or something I never know if they're just trying to be nice to me or if they really mean it and I just don't notice that I'm pretty. What's weird is that when someone offhandedly says something that's mean I hold onto that and BELIEVE that it's true. I don't know why it's easier to hold onto insults than it is to hold onto compliments.

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  • Scrat
    13 years ago | pl

    Eat!!!!!!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago | pl

    I'm EXACTLY the same way. Except I'm a girl.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago | pl

    Why don't you freaking eat something. If they are telling you are skinny or need to eat that is by no means the standards of beauty for a man or boy to be. Why don't you take a cue from them and try to be a man and not some conceited skinny fab. Pretty my ass

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