Mz Hyde

@Gregory1 Uh now you've puzzled me .. I've just started cleaning up my diet and threw out sweets and wheat.

@Raphael I completely resonate with you, almost the same situation with me (the only difference is that I'm female).. SAME! Sometimes I even have the urge to vomit.

You got this!! Whenever you need an ear feel free to DM me. PS. Don't know about you, but music helps me when no one else does, so here are some songs that really helped me through the tough times..

I know it can get very hard and discouraging, but every transformation needs a lot of time and effort. Try to remind yourself that those moments are exactly the actual reason why you are even doing this. It's easy to stay motivated and positive when everything goes smoothly, but the key is to manage that during hard times. Becoming immune to judgements took me a looong time (6 months ago I stopped putting makeup). All that skin-picking craziness started as a coping mechanism back in primary school where I was bullied, so other people's judgements have always been very big problem form me. When you are in some situation that cause you anxiety you have to let go and stop resisting. All the suffering comes from resisting those feelings, not from the feelings themselves. Let yourself watch and embrace that anxiety with every atom of your body. Realy feel it, don't try to distract yourself from it. You have to stop running away. Just face it.

Are you being mindful during exposure? In my case, just watching those feelings 'in the background' for long enough period of time was the key. Of course, you need to do it consistently, and not just once in a while. Since the day I stopped hiding scars I've never put on makeup again. There've been many nasty comments, but over time you become immune to it. This whole thing is very painful and takes much time, so you gotta be patient and gently strict about it. Just don't give up!

I'm not sure what bother you about your appearance, but I had this issue because of severe scarring from skin-picking (I have dermatillomania). The way I handled this was through forcing myself to step out of my comfort zone. One day I've just said enough is enough and got out in public without makeup (which always seemed impossible to me). That was the worst anxiety experience in my life, but I managed to stay mindful throughout the whole thing and after some time of terror it was all just puff.. gone! That day I felt free for the first time in my life. I think that talking won't help you much when it comes to this issue. You need to get out there and do it (whatever it might be for you, and I bet you already know what it is). Yes, it'll be scary, but hey! You can't be brave if you're not scared. And believe me, it will all pay off by ten times in the end. Wish you the best of luck!

Mr. Nobody 2009 ?

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