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Carrie Asselin lost her brother Nathaniel to BDD in 2011. From age 9, she was deeply impacted by his suffering and by her family’s effort to help. In 2015 she ran the Boston Marathon to raise funds for Samaritans, a group that seeks to prevent suicide, removes the stigma...
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Denis Nicholson Asselin is dedicated to spreading awareness about BDD/OCD. His son Nathaniel struggled 13 years with BDD and took his own life at age 24. In Nathaniel’s memory, Denis walked the Camino in Spain with wife Judy and daughter Carrie, followed by walks from...
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Jennifer Thorne has struggled with depression and anxiety for 25 years, but it was years before one of her therapists identified BDD. Lack of understanding and support for her illness left her feeling stressed and shunned, and at her lowest point she was housebound. Fortunately, in...
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Behavioral Therapist, The Gateway Institute
Chris Trondsen was diagnosed with OCD when he was 20 years old but suffered years before that. Contamination OCD as well as Checking OCD were the main types of OCD he suffered with. He received treatment at starting at age 20 at The OCD Center of Los Angeles under Tom Corboy and...
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