Random thoughts on life
I have Two Factor Authentication on anything that will let me use it. But a recent issue has brought home to me that, as much as it helps protect me online, it can also cause problems that, quite simply, are impossible to resolve.
Let me explain.
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In a work environment, particularly in Customer Support, it’s easy to lay down rules and processes for people to follow, to ensure uniformity and that everybody does everything correctly. But my argument is that we should be doing far less of this. In fact, if left to me, I’d tear them all up.
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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or body dysmorphia, is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.
I’m increasingly beginning to think that I have body dysmorphia. In recent years I lost over a quarter of my body weight, have people commenting how well I look all the time and, yet, when I look in a mirror am repulsed. I’m still fat. I look hideous.
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One Tuesday, when I was 10 years old, if I’d gone to school that day I would have died by the end of it.
This the story of why and what happened before that. Buckle up, it’s a bumpy one…
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School bags were always quite personal things – quite unique for the timeframe during which we went to school but also a reflection of us too.
Whilst all my friends had green/blue canvas backpacks that they could write on, I had the one above. It’s been hard to find a picture of one but, eventually, I found it.
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