Because the lines are a little bit blurred, all I knew looking at this was, well, I don't look like that.

And I wish I looked like that.

And therefore, because I don't look like that, my appearance is somehow wrong or it's something that I need to change.

Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Sanagato.

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So just a heads up for you guys.

But today, we are speaking with a woman who reached out to discuss body dysmorphic disorder.

It's a mental health disorder in which a person can't stop thinking about their perceived defects and flaws

that are typically minor or non-existent. And in her email, our guest wrote,

I have no concept of what my appearance actually is.

Every day, it seems like my body looks wildly different from the day before.

It's very distressing to go about life, never sure how you appear to others.

So before we get into this conversation, we of course have our guest on the line.

And we want to thank you for coming on today and sharing this super personal journey and insight with us.

Hi guys, thank you so much. I appreciate it. I'm happy to be here.

Yeah, totally. So can you, I guess, to kick this off, just bring us back to your earliest memory,

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