« Good thing you have a big face »
So I’ve been struggling for over a year now. A lot of my body dysmorphia stems from my face being fuller. My father would comment on it my whole teen years whenever I’d wake up puffy which really messed me up. Anyways I’ve been underweight this whole year, compulsive exercise, lost period the whole chabang. Extreme hunger hit and I now have these binge episodes on weekends it’s been really though mentally for me because of the water retention and I gained a few pounds.
This morning I am finally off of work for unrelated reasons and was able to get my first full night of sleep in 1 year. So the combo of sleeping a lot and water retention from the weekend made my face extra puffy. Our cleaning lady sees me for the first time in a really long time and starts talking to me for 15min about how skinny and amazing I looks. Great. She ends it with « good thing you have a big face so that you don’t look sick ». I was flabbergasted. She hit where it hurts the absolute most. I don’t even know how to process this comment.
Anyways I have no one to talk to about this so I’m posting here.