Beating BDD podcast

Episode 23 - Berni Benton

11/2/2021

Beating BDD

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46:51

Berni hid what she called her “secret shame” for 40 years before discovering she’d been suffering from skin-picking disorder – a common co-morbidity with body dysmorphic disorder that can also manifest on its own. She’s since learnt how to say no to the skin-picking voice and has even appeared in a naked calendar.

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Episode 23 - Berni Benton
11/2/2021
46:51
Berni hid what she called her “secret shame” for 40 years before discovering she’d been suffering from skin-picking disorder – a common co-morbidity with body dysmorphic disorder that can also manifest on its own. She’s since learnt how to say no to the skin-picking voice and has even appeared in a naked calendar.
Episode 22 - Andy Hall
8/11/2021
34:58
Ten years ago, Andy used to spend eight hours a day in front of the mirror and couldn’t imagine ever being able to function. Now, he works full time and describes himself as 90% to 95% recovered from body dysmorphic disorder
Episode 21 - Flora Howarth
8/3/2021
43:21
Flora suffered with body dysmorphic disorder alongside an eating disorder until just 18 months ago. Since then, she’s made truly inspirational progress is overcoming BDD, and built up a personal toolkit of tricks that will be really helpful to listeners.
Episode 20 - Elias Marchetti
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In his interview, Elias describes how doing exposures was a huge help in recovering from body dysmorphic disorder

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