Beating BDD Podcast #6 Alanah Bagwell

“If I compare myself to 5-7 years ago, it’s absolutely incredible. And the days I don’t think about it – which are actually really common now – are just amazing.”

My guest for this episode was Alanah Bagwell. Just a few years ago, Alanah was suffering from BDD so severely that she missed whole chunks of her education. Today, she’s something of a BDD celebrity, appearing on several TV programmes and doing press interviews to raise awareness of the disorder. And like other recent interviewees, she’s also studying to become a clinical psychologist to help others.


You can download the transcript for this episode here:

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