MayDoveCanady
New member
I suppose this is where I introduce myself to fellow members.
Hi, I'm a 25 year old girl, currently living in Melbourne, Australia.
I was born in Sarajevo former Yugoslavia, just before the war broke out.
When I was 4 my parents and I fled to Italy to escape the violence and lived there for a number of years , but due to not being granted citizenship we were forced to leave and finally we came here.
Australia gave us a home.
As a child, I was constantly bullied, initially due to not being able to speak English and later on in my teens I was targeted because I was 5'11 by 16. (Currently I stand at just under 6'1)
I had a fairly miserable time all through highschool and I really believe that's when I started to develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition that to this day gets in the way of everything I do.
Flash forward the next 7 years and I've spent almost all of them at home, in and out of therapy for not only the BDD but Social Anxiety and Manic Depression. Suffice to say with all these "traits" and my serious trust issues, I've never been able to have much of a normal life despite numerous efforts at University and normal socializing.
My home situation isn't the most supportive, my mother is mentally ill and my father doesn't believe in mental illness, despite both my mother and I being suffers.
I came across this forum completely by chance, and I guess what I'm mostly looking for is just some kind of human interaction and understanding, even if it is just words on a screen.
I'd love to hear from anyone and talk about anything at all, (when I figure out how to use this site anyway) so don't hesitate to say hello.
P.S
I hope this hasn't been too long, I'm not familiar with introductions on forums.
Hi, I'm a 25 year old girl, currently living in Melbourne, Australia.
I was born in Sarajevo former Yugoslavia, just before the war broke out.
When I was 4 my parents and I fled to Italy to escape the violence and lived there for a number of years , but due to not being granted citizenship we were forced to leave and finally we came here.
Australia gave us a home.
As a child, I was constantly bullied, initially due to not being able to speak English and later on in my teens I was targeted because I was 5'11 by 16. (Currently I stand at just under 6'1)
I had a fairly miserable time all through highschool and I really believe that's when I started to develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a condition that to this day gets in the way of everything I do.
Flash forward the next 7 years and I've spent almost all of them at home, in and out of therapy for not only the BDD but Social Anxiety and Manic Depression. Suffice to say with all these "traits" and my serious trust issues, I've never been able to have much of a normal life despite numerous efforts at University and normal socializing.
My home situation isn't the most supportive, my mother is mentally ill and my father doesn't believe in mental illness, despite both my mother and I being suffers.
I came across this forum completely by chance, and I guess what I'm mostly looking for is just some kind of human interaction and understanding, even if it is just words on a screen.
I'd love to hear from anyone and talk about anything at all, (when I figure out how to use this site anyway) so don't hesitate to say hello.
P.S
I hope this hasn't been too long, I'm not familiar with introductions on forums.
