Severe SA caused by BDD

Hi

How do I stop my BDD ruling my whole life, guys? I just dont know how to cope...because i just miss out on so much in life. I blow every decent opportunity I get..all because of this pathetic illness I have. I cant accept myself..im always paranaoid. I feel detached from this world...like my best is just not enough. :: Cant stop feeling ugly..just cant.

I dont even know what went fully wrong with me..alls I know is it's destroying me as a person. My soul never gets any rest..and my heart hurts everyday. ::

Just want to live some sort of normal life..with someone to love..i cant stop this feeling..its always there everyday. Yet i dont know what to do because I have BDD that i cannot control. Just dont know what to do? ::

Only have one mirror in the house and only really look at yourself when you wash your face or brush your teeth. I don't know whether you just think you are 'ugly' or you have a specific issue. But if it is ugly, then accept that you think you are ugly but that doesn't mean other people do.

After experimenting with a few things to try and mask the defects that bother me, I can sorta camouflage it to the extent that it doesn't cause me immense anxiety.. so now my BDD is under control. I would ask a few people what they think, the ones that would give honest opinions, and they aren't repulsed, so I dont care that much now.

How about doing something along those lines? If all fails, watch Jeremy Kyle and be thankful for what you are.

I dont know. In the past/over the years..when i've avoided the mirrors. Then it just makes me more and more anxious/self conscious..because im then always questioning what I really look like. It's like a vicious cylce...if i look in the mirror..then 80 times out of 100..it depresses me..enough to just go lay in my room..feeling like I cannot cope. :: If i dont look..then i still lay in my room..but im never sure how ugly i am that day.

I have an obsession with my skin..its too sensitive and weak...because of constant stress..and inner negative thoughts. In any social situation..the only thought dominating my mind..is my skin..and it cripples and disables me from interacting. ::

Just want to be able to look in any mirror at any time..and not see how i look as important. I cant seem to move on in life..or be the real me..until i know how to accept myself....but i dont know how? ::

I dont really see looks as that important myself. I have to be attracted to someone..but then that is just personal preference. But then again..i like shy personalities like my own..and i like to share things in common. It's more just companionship for me...soemone there to enjoy/live life with.

I dont even care if im ugly or whatever..i just want my brain to leave me alone..so i can live my life. I have so much to give...yet i have so little experience of people or life. I cant stop seeing myself as ugly and unloveable..this really scares me...because i cant stop feeling it. Im trapped inside of my head.

Feel worthless and out of place in this world. I dont want to feel this..but how can i stop it...when my brain keeps telling me it..and the mirror keeps showing me it ::

Ah, I have this, as soon as I look in the mirror I tell myself "Yeah, you're not going anywhere for awhile, not until you _______", lose weight, have longer hair to hide in, skin, something.
This may make me sound like a kook, but what's really helped me is knowing that every feature I have is there for a reason. Originally and scientifically, each of your features is a helpful advantage to the environment you originated from in nature. For instance, if you have a high bridge-nose you originated from a higher elevated environment, (higher bridges filter out oxygen-poor stiff mountain air), every single thing is specific and original about you. Take away the media, all the influence we've had as children about the importance of appearance, because the point is you were shaped by nature specially to survive and flourish because of your special features, they are your origins.
Maybe this kind of thinking only helps me... I study facial adaptions and racial adaptions just to comfort myself and it works! I also study other cultures and that works too. But BDD is a hard thing to completely overcome, i've stopped insulting myself knowing everything about me is here for a reason, simply to help me, but I'm still in this damn house, but i'm improving.