When Autoimmune Disorder Ravages Your Face (and How That Led To My Body Dysmorphic Disorder) The stress of living with an autoimmune disorder or mental illness is often a vicious cycle. Julia shares how she developed body dysmorphic disorder, when she couldn't recognise herself one day.

"I was..given a #diagnosis ..of systemic #UrticarialVasculitis. That period when I was in the hospital was the longest of my life..What I didn’t know at the time was that I had developed #BodyDysmorphicDisorder as well.": buff.ly/08YB3UL

#BodyDysmorphia #RareDisease

"For some reason, having to be on oxygen, as my levels were in the 70s, didn’t freak me out, as it would a few years prior. Instead, what really scared me was seeing a photo of my #face.": buff.ly/aBrR2cl

#BodyDysmorphicDisorder #systemic #UrticarialVasculitis #ChronicPain