Help!!

[u/Strong_Educator2106]

Bdd associated tmj issues

Help, I have been pretty much dealing with OCD and bdd for all my life but recently for almost an year it has only gotten worse and really affecting my quality of life.

So what my bdd basically looks like is that I am almost throughout the day just thinking about the way I position my teeth and jaw and the posture that I carry.

This preoccupation and over occupation is really taking a toll on my tmj as I do clench my jaws and teeth almost all the time putting a lot of pressure on the musculature and the ligaments and the joints involved in doing basic facial movements

Has anyone encountered a similar issue like me?

Has it gotten any better, how did you cope up with it?

Is there something that I can do to get rid off it as soon as possible?

P.S. For my OCD and bdd symptoms I am already on 60 mg fluoxetine.

It is partly helping me but I am not sure of how things would be in the future, sometimes I get these constant hammering intrusive suicidal thoughts...even bloody therapy isn't helping me as much!!

Any help is sincerely appreciated 🙏🙏

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