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Blondietina

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Body dysmorphia
« on: 11 April 2025, 08:59:34 am »
I applied for an agency yesterday and she was nice then after wards she said if I’m really size 10, as I do not look the size. She slated my appearance a bit, it did make me cry tbh but it made me think I need to get counselling specifically for bdd. What she said, hurts my feelings abit because I want my clients to see beauty; as never got complaints in real life. I don’t know what I’m asking . I guess I just am venting. If you have bdd; what did you do to help overcome it ? I’m bassically the beauty standard so I hate the fact I have bdd. I obsess over my looks and photos it’s annoying


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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #1 on: 11 April 2025, 09:54:00 am »
Well sex work is somewhere you'll constantly be judged on your appearance, both favourably and unfavourably; if your diagnosis (and I'm assuming you have one) is going to mean this has a significant effect on you, do you think it's a good idea? There's no point at all taking the views of pimps seriously, especially if they don't even know that people who are the same dress size won't all look the same :)

We can't give general (or medical) advice here because discussions must be linked specifically to sex work, but if your mental health is going to be seriously compromised by people commenting on your looks would it maybe be better to think about doing something else?

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #2 on: 11 April 2025, 10:22:55 am »
like Amy said above people will always comment and judge your looks, for some you'll be too fat, for others too thin, for others too young, too old etc... You will never make everyone happy so you need to like yourself first and foremost. I would Tell that pimp what I really think about his size and looks.
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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #3 on: 11 April 2025, 10:46:03 am »
I applied for an agency yesterday and she was nice then after wards she said if I’m really size 10, as I do not look the size. She slated my appearance a bit, it did make me cry tbh but it made me think I need to get counselling specifically for bdd. What she said, hurts my feelings abit because I want my clients to see beauty; as never got complaints in real life. I don’t know what I’m asking . I guess I just am venting. If you have bdd; what did you do to help overcome it ? I’m bassically the beauty standard so I hate the fact I have bdd. I obsess over my looks and photos it’s annoying


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How did you feel before this incident, whilst the agency owner is completely out of order dealing with those comments could have been difficult for anyone BDD or not. Are you aware of BDD, what it means?

I actually think some strategies to deal with bullies could be very useful, by the way I speak as someone who has been floored by unexpected comments - not necessarily about my body (although this has happened both inside and outside of sex work), absolutely stunned (crying doesn't come easily I tend to have a stunned almost frozen to the spot reaction).

However my first reaction to your post is the comments are the person's problems, not yours but some strategies as well as self-care could be very useful.

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #4 on: 11 April 2025, 11:30:31 am »
OP I read that and immediately thought 2 things, firstly  what an absolute c##t of a human

My second thought was the more important one for you, this 'pimp' is playing the classic game of make a person feel less than perfect,  bring them down to a low point, give them self doubt and then make then feel like only they can help you.
They will make you feel like shit then offer to 'take you on' but will need a bigger cut of the fee as marketing you will be an issue, however they can help etc.
The likeleyhood is they will try to make you reliant on them for all your bookings and you will end up doing stuff you don't want to do.

If you really really want to do sex work then be independent,  you are beautiful and you are worth it, there is a market for everyone in this industry.

Yes you will get comments and guys will judge you but that is their issue not yours, work at being happy with who you are and love yourself,  your opinion is the only one that matters

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #5 on: 11 April 2025, 11:41:02 am »
Thank you everyone for the replies, my whole life no matter what I job I’ve done, I’ve kind of like cared a little abit about what people thought about my looks. After yesterday I realised I need to work on therapy regarding bdd, because I know I am beautiful. I just constantly nit pick my looks. I believe no matter what job you are doing-you need to not give two fucks.

I only applied for the agency because I want high end clientele

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #6 on: 11 April 2025, 11:50:47 am »
But 'high end clientele' is just marketing fluffspeak - they're punters, no different to the ones the rest of us get?

The only difference is that they'll be paying more, and given that the pimp will take a big slice anyway what's the point? It's unlikely you'll earn more (because as we've seen here before, the higher the rate generally means the fewer the bookings) and you'll get no say at all in who you see or what they're told to get them through the door.

If the men booking you at the moment are unpleasant, that's a marketing/screening problem and nothing to with how much they pay. A pimp may be helpful with the first if you don't have the time to make lots of ads and so on, but they won't do anything about the second.

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #7 on: 11 April 2025, 12:18:37 pm »
So called high end clients (wealthy doesn't necessarily mean they're nice to spend time with and I've had my share of millionaires who have tended to be arrogant and not welcome back in some cases) think because they pay higher fees they are "special" but they're basically men who want to offload their junk just like Billy the the sparky who's a good laugh and not up his own backside 🙄

Body dysmorphia must exist in millions of (mostly) females which is why they pay to change their faces and natural shapes - backsides and boobs etc. High fee paying men don't all want skinny bed partners. When I began this work I was very slim and slightly bigger now but only by one dress size. I assumed all escorts were toned to perfection and would win beauty contests. Wrong! When I took a good look at many others who advertised it was clear to me that all kinds of men are turned on by all kinds of women.

As said above go independent if you possibly can. Good luck.

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #8 on: 11 April 2025, 12:37:06 pm »
Er, suggesting that women who pay for X or Y cosmetic treatments do so because they have mental health problems (rather than because they want to, or like the way it looks) is not what we do here. It's also nothing to do with sex work.

So called high end clients (wealthy doesn't necessarily mean they're nice to spend time with and I've had my share of millionaires who have tended to be arrogant and not welcome back in some cases) think because they pay higher fees they are "special" but they're basically men who want to offload their junk just like Billy the the sparky who's a good laugh and not up his own backside 🙄

Definitely. Some of the wealthiest punters I've met have also been the most needy, annoying and entitled of the lot. And so have some of the not so wealthy ones; there's no correlation at all.

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« Reply #9 on: 11 April 2025, 01:10:18 pm »
Definitely. Some of the wealthiest punters I've met have also been the most needy, annoying and entitled of the lot. And so have some of the not so wealthy ones; there's no correlation at all.

Absolutely this, if he's going to be an arse hole the he's going to be an arse hole no matter how rich he is or how much he's paying.

Just make sure your screening is as good as it can be, use the available screening help and most importantly trust your gut

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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #10 on: 11 April 2025, 01:22:53 pm »
Point taken Amy 🙂


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Re: Body dysmorphia
« Reply #11 on: 12 April 2025, 09:05:23 pm »
I've had Body dysmorphia and my advice is to seek help, now my BD is a 2 out of 10. I was at my worst before I entered Escorting and thankfully I didn't have the funds to get drastic surgery. I've now come to except my flaws, and when I start to have intrusive thoughts about my body and looks, I can now tell myself it's just that I'm a bit stressed or tired and it passes. Be kind to yourself and I hope you get through BDD.

Funny how those that are less than perfect themselves will criticise others looks. Clients see beauty in all kinds of body shapes and I doubt there's anyone that's without imperfections. It's confidence that is attractive and having a beautiful personality, being ugly on the inside is a bigger turn off than anything else.

Getting Body confidence starts from within, build up your inner strength, talk to someone and if you have anxiety then get that sorted out.