How to know if you have body dysmorphic disorder
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You know it's serious when you see very attractive people have it and destroy their looks because of it.
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@@uacari i thought his faced changed because of an injury
@@whonenni Yea just like some actors suddenly grow hair again after they "stopped using cheap soap". It's a cover up story.
I dont want to be that person, but i would be pretty attractive if i didnt destroy my looks. A lot of people say they wish they looked like me, but i just dont feel right. Every time i look at myself its not me, its some stranger in a mirror. The only time i feel myself is when im completely disconnected from my body playing games or in my own imagination. So i end up skin picking, staring at my reflection for too long not because i love how i look but because i almost just study the stranger there and constantly comparing myself to others or deluding myself about impossible things coming true 😋
@@sim4296 You might want to consider therapy. Sounds like sth. that can be sorted out with some professional help!
Most people aren't born to think like that. It's how society has treated them that has caused that line of thinking
This so true society labels people for their looks,is sad 😢
Happened to me and I feel depressed😕
True...I have genetic gyno problem...and I got teased for that in school and college days....so whenever I look me in mirror my eyes looks on my chest area wether it's big and ugly ..😢 it causes me anxiety whenever I get out of my house
Not only that, but I genuinely don’t believe people when they compliment me. I wish I did, and it’s not something you can control
[UPDATE] I started taking antidepressants and now I don’t feel such a heavy impact from body dysmorphia 🙏
Me too
hit the gym
Just an excuse you can control it. Maybe you havent even tried yet. When you build a body you are proud of you will feel great even without compliments but you will still get them
@@abdulnasirbushra6049 I do hit the gym. I also struggled with anorexia for a couple of years and never felt skinny enough even when I was 20 pounds under weight. Body dysmorphia is not something you can control.
@@skylardustin7467 Thats just your mind telling you, that youre special. Youre not. Many people dont feel good until they are really muscular which takes years and years. Because thats how we were supposed to look like if technology never fucked us up
It’s exhausting. I hate overthinking, and it’s my major coping mechanism. I get so tired of my brain. I can’t find healthy relationships because I can’t imagine someone being able to love me. It started in 1999, and to be honest, it’s wearing me down. If I don’t get help I think it will eventually get the best of me.
your comment made me cry, i can't believe some other people think that they just can't be loved wereas i thought i was the only one for so long.
i started by making my breast an insecurity and now im doing the same with my nose.
i feel the exact same as you.
that's a pain to live with, sometimes i really feel like im becoming crazy and i hurt other parts of my body just not to think abt my nose.
i think im gonna search for a therapist.
@@sakakoi3028 I hope you do, it’s something I’m working on too. I’m sorry you feel this way. I always hope others don’t feel the same way I do. Sending you love, and wishing you peace and healing ❤️
what do you mean by it’s exhausting but it is also your coping mechanism?
@@sakakoi3028same here 😢 it started with my breasts, now im feeling insecure about everything else (teeth, nose, hooded eyelids, small lips). i hate feeling like im unlovable because of this and constantly feeling inferior to other girls. i think i need therapy, i cant keep living like this 💔
Same here. Been dealing with this for a decade now. I'm tired.
For me it’s not a specific facial feature I see different from reality, it’s my whole face. I wake up with a different face every day. This has happened ever since I was a kid and I assumed it was normal until recently. I don’t know what my face actually looks like.
I feel the exact same way. I see a different version of myself everytime I look in the mirror.
omg same
@@Amanda-ie4vw This happens to me too and I feel so tired. I just want to know what I really look like
I know this feeling so well. Same with photos. I look like a completely different person in all of them
Same here my face morphs in every picture , mirror and video. Im just fckn tired of it
For me it’s only in my face like I look at myself in the mirror multiple times a day and take pictures of my face in different angles hoping it will get better. But some days I just avoid mirrors completely and just feel the need to smash any mirrors I walk past. I also do useless face exercise and tape my nose and lips so I won’t have to see them.
Hi allie
I just saw ur comment
I also feel the same...
I keep clicking my pictures and also compare myself to others...
I am not confident
I’ve been struggling with the exact same thing for so long. Just know you aren’t alone and if you can it would be great to reach out to someone you trust. ❤
@@KennaBuildz is there any treatment for this issue
@@mirasingh7428 I think the only treatment is cognitive behavioral therapy? Not sure tho
@@mirasingh7428i would love Tracy to talk more about this, especially treatment. BC I only see it mentioned to describe what it is, not how to manage or cure it.
I’ve suffered this since childhood. If anyone else is suffering, know you’re not alone. We deserve to love ourselves. I hope we can all heal one day ❤
I didn't really understand what body dismorphia is, but I always look into the mirror and try to be fit, I'm currently 14 yrs
I continuously believe i am ugly and I'm so tired living as an ugly person 😭 its so tiring i wish i was pretty so all my energy wouldnt be going to this
How I see myself is directly connected to my bipolar. From thinking I am awkward looking and ugly to feeling like I am incredibly beautiful.
man… ur not alone🫠
I relate to this - I have cyclothymia with ADHD. The combo makes me - like you - feel either ugly or super hot. Full of confidence or crushed at the slightest slight - real or imagined. Sometimes this can happen in the same night confusing people I am with.
It’s hard because you feel like you can’t trust your own image of yourself. I try to see myself through the eyes of those who like me. They give true compliments because well…they like you. That’s the best advice I can give.
@@infinitedaryl2267 this was described exactly accurate holy fuck😪
Yeah, somedays i would think i’m very attractive and then I’m not. My face is always changing. Every time I look in the mirror my face is different. I have no clue what I really look like to others.
@@tekcah9302 Omg, that is exactly the way I feel about myself!!
I have BDD. I have struggled since I was 17 , I’m now 47. Although I have medication and practice CBT and see a therapist, it has reared it’s ugly head again with me being peri menopausal. It’s a living Hell. All I want is to not think I’m hideous every hour of every day .
I’m so sorry. I have it too and it’s living hell
Same. It's ruined my life ugh
I have this as a Male and feel your pain. By the looks of your Avatar you are quite attractive. I have been told the same but I just don’t see it. Constant nightmare.
I get mad when people tell me i don t have that flaw i notice. I feel frustrated cause I think that they are lie, plus i feel like they can t understand me.
me too.
Whenever I feel confident (which I thought I did) there's always that ONE PERSON THAT MAKES YOU UNCONFIDENT.
Like people making fun of you?
@@MissCrackerno like they see someone walking by that looks better than them. Like me
I don't know if I have BDD but I'm really insecure about my face to the point where it is physically tiring sometimes to look at. I feel like I don't really know what I look like and I use to go as far as using a flashlight on my face in the dark every night to see what I looked like in white light because maybe that would show me what I really looked like. I wish I didn't care what I looked like at all because it's so draining
yeah i wish i could see how other people see me, but its possible to heal
I've gotten better over time
@@fromhell11112 how?
@@guywhoasked903 body neutrality, we dont exist to be good looking we just exist
@@fromhell11112 I don’t want to see how others see me tbh I don’t want to see myself at all 😂😂
This is me too... it exhaustes me mentally
As someone who gets suicidal BDD when I get deeply triggered, I would like to hear you talk more in depth about this. I rarely come across anyone talking about BDD and when they do they aren't well informed.
I can go years without incident, then I'll have an intense trauma triggered and I feel so hideous I want to die to end the anguish and emotional pain from it. In the past Ive had to do things like cover all the mirrors in the home, especially the bathroom mirror, to keep functional.
Because of the intensity of the reaction I believe the BDD stems from something(s) done to me as a child, but the memories are blocked. I can't access them. I think that trauma(s) was then compounded by an abusive mother who put my entire value on my appearance (which of course never measured up). But I haven't been able to figure out more than that bc it doesn't seem like a well understood condition and is often dismissed by, "I know, I hate the way I look sometimes" comments. Which is like saying to someone with debilitating migraines, "yeah, I get headaches sometimes too." And I'm like, sure, you may be insecure now and then, but you dont end up in fetal position sobbing over it. We are not talking about the same thing at all.
What helped my BDD more than OCD medication or years of therapy (which both did help, don't get me wrong) was the book *"UNDERSTANDING BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER an essential guide"* by Katharine A. Phillips, MD
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Thank you for the reference. I may look to buy this book 🙏
Thanks so much for the book suggestion
I recall everyone calling me a very beautiful child and got a lot of attention for curly hair when i was young , but as I grew up my face just morphed into something different , everyone started saying i changed and my mom who is pretty straightforward says i got uglier over time and also my school friends bullied me for having curly hair and i also have dark circles now and hyperpigmentation. It's either i have it or I'm just ugly
They have no braincells, just describing your appearance i think your pretty They are so fuking wrong you seem beautiful
Hey I am sorry for your what your mom said. Even though she probably didn't mean to hurt you, that's nothing a mother should ever say. She can think that but speaking it out can destroy someones perception of themselves.
My dad once asked me Infront of my other family members if I'm 'not ashamed to be that fat for my age'. I am not fat and never was but I can not feel not fat after this anymore, this sentece loops like a mp3 in my head when ever I see or think about my shape.
Hope you are doing good. Also girls love curly hair, bet your peers are just a bit jealous :b have a great day
@tea2kx I'm so sorry your father said that to you. I had a similar comment from a family member when I was 15. I have never had a good relationship with food since then. I don't just blame that one comment as I've never liked my looks. I still don't and I'm over 70. Please try to get help. It hasn't ruined my life, as I've always been loved but it's such a waste of time and energy. Good luck xx ❤
Every time I go out with someone I trust I ask them at least a few times "do I look ok? do I seem normal? Is the xyz not too visible?"
This is me! I have lost 178lbs and have lots of lose skin and I still feel like I’m 321lbs! I don’t see myself as small or having lost that much weight even though everyone tell me I look great I don’t feel it at all! ❤
Same for me. I was even diagnosed eating disorder(anorexia) with body dysmorphic disorder. You are perfect the way you are! There will never be another you my dear. I really hope you can believe that one day 🙏
quite the opposite went from 112 lbs to 147 but still see my self lighter,, instead of others saying i look healthier.. 😕😥
Tbh whats annoying is that no one realizes the actual severity of how it is to exist with BDD. Its just seen as insecurity but no one gets how severe it is unless you actually go through it
I agree. I don't think people realise how big of a part it plays into the lives of people who have it. Wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy.
THIS.
Yeah i had a woman who I confided in call me a narcissist. They really think we wish to be like this. I'd give everything to be freed of this disease and not have to constantly worry about how I look
Failed to thrive as a child and grew up so extremely skinny that I was bullied in school and by siblings. As a teen/young adult it morphed into BDD and as a mature adult I question my worth about it every day. It's a death sentence.
But really think about that. What if a 12 year old told you exactly what you said, and then you said “you should question your self worth” like nooo!! Stop!! Why should your self worth matter to how you look?
I’m sorry people can be dicks! I was overweight as kid and got stick too. The family member comments and kids at school or even strangers sometime. I hope you can believe someday that you are perfect the way you are. There never be another you! 🙏
My grandma bullied me as a kid (pre k-middle school) for being chubby and whenever I would eat she would comment on it being a lot in front of everyone. It wasn’t a lot. She just ate like a bird. My mom would tell me I had to lose weight when goinh clothes shopping on top of her berating me for “dressing like a boy” it was double trauma. I over heard her talking to my step dad about stretch marks she saw all the way down my back in the dressing room that day. Even tho they were from getting taller and all my tall skinny relatives have them too. She talked about me with fear and disgust. I was 8. So clothes shopping is not fun for me. Then in HS I got super athletic and I had a total glow up and looked attractive and I got on sports teams and was popular all of a sudden right at the start of high school. My mom acted as if my weight loss was the best accomplishment I’ve ever done before. Well then one day some guy said I should eat a sandwich on one of my instagram pics and I was 14 wondering when people will stop talking about my body. Even when I was athletic and in shape, I felt like I was still fat unless I physically saw my reflection in the mirror and when the mirror was gone, I didn’t believe I was skinny and athletic anymore. I knew I was but actually believing it and knowing it with confidence was not happening. And if anyone would have said anything about me being fat then, I would have gone into a whole panic and locked myself inside the house. But nobody ever did. That only happened recently when I realized I got fat again without realizing. Now I am focusing on the same healthy workout and diet that got me so in shape the first time. I’m 23. Covid made me gain 40 pounds. This time I’m not going to let myself care about whatever anyone else thinks. Even my family. And I’m going to practice and work on that. I think I might be traumatized about this for life though sense how hard and how bad and how often I was criticized by not only my mom, but my grandma, all the kids at school and my siblings. Funny how now I’m the most attractive one and I am athletic and they all love me now.
I'm so sorry you had that experience. You definitely deserved much better.🤗 I'm glad you sound like you're in a better place now making these changes.
Whenever I feel somewhat confident, people always take a video or picture that send me off the deep end. Now, I’m constantly nitpicking every flaw that I see in the picture.
I thought i was the only one
same here. i be feeling myself when i look in the mirror but then i take a picture or a video of myself that day and my confidence is completely destroyed. then i start wondering whether other people view me the same way i look in the photos, & thinking im ugly overall.
@@yourfav1720this is exactly how I feel😭😭💔💔
Omg this has happened to me before... the fcking confidence until someone takes a picture of you and boom, self esteem destroyed!
Once I even drew the parts how I wanted... it's so scary how bad it got :(
Struggle with this, everybody tells me that I’m really pretty, this and that, lot of people have even developed crushes on me and etc. you’d think that it boosts my confidence but it really doesn’t, I look in the mirror and I just don’t see what they do no matter how hard I try- I always find something wrong. I want to get help and fix this but I don’t know how. What’s the point in being “pretty” if I don’t feel pretty?
This is how I feel too..except I feel that everyone who tells me I'm pretty is probably lying or they don't know what an actual pretty girl looks like
If you want to get help you can start with a therapist and/or psychiatric dr that has experience with the disorder. Some campuses have free therapy. Then there are always organizations that offer therapy for free to low income people too
At least you are pretty 😞 I am actually ugly and plus I have this disorder.. it's like a multicombo in video games
Crap... Im just actually ugly. ☹
If you don’t like how you look, focus on the parts of your appearance that you can change/improve: that may require losing weight, applying makeup, changing your wardrobe. I’m sure there’s something you can do. Just remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I’m sorry that you feel that you’re ugly. Just remember that beauty is fleeting and you can still have a wonderful life regardless of how you look. First you have to change your mindset and practice positive self-talk.
@@Tanesha835 I appreciate this, I was, however, probably inappropriately, making light of how I viewed the video to see if it applied to me and while watching and realizing that it did not, I thought that to myself and just laughed. I put it in a funny way, but it's more just "yeah, the things I think are flawed when I look in the mirror probably just are."
I do not see myself poorly though. What helped me see myself better when I was younger was realizing how often I was deeply attracted to people with what I could clearly recognize as "flawed" features, at least in my opinion. Equally, the times I'm not attracted to people with what I actually think are "perfect" faces. But I agree, taking care of yourself is likely to attract the right sort of people for you. Usually, the only time someone is really physically unattractive is when they seem to have given up on themselves.
Nature is brutal. But so too is _human_ nature.
In this world looks _do_ matter.
Some people can really pull of being unattractive and end up being super attractive but it’s not for everyone. I wish I had super star confidence and radiance no matter how I looked.
If you have the determination to learn how to be more confident in accepting that you don’t look how you’d like to I know you can learn to feel beautiful as a whole if you find the right support. Also many or most don’t look like their own ideal standard so I think it’s normal to feel that way. Even gorgeous people get surgery when everyone says they don’t need it.
@@SS-in1tswhen you are an ugly introvert that don't really work...those kind of people are out of this world 😓
Every now and then I will get a glimpse of my body only in a mirror and I feel like it's a whole other person. I can't believe I'm so puffy and imflammed but I don't feel fat when I'm away from a mirror. COVID saved me from dressing room panic trauma. I'm highly critical of myself. When I see old pics I laugh cause I thought I was a whale and wasn't now I'm 275 but because I carry in my hips, thighs and butt it's not so obvious. I'm more Queen Latifah than Lizzo.
God bless all of you who like me feel like you're constantly fighting yourself. And a special hug for you parents with very vocal kids🤗
I got diagnosed this year at 26. But I feel I’ve had it since middle school. It’s definitely ruined my life in many ways. My only saving grace is that I had undiagnosed bipolar disorder along side that, could never save enough money long term for surgery. Would have been botched most certainly. So there’s good in some bad. I’ll take it.
Applaud this
The overlap between BDD and BIID is also interesting one, especially since one type of BIID is purely psychological, while another is neurological, but both BIID and BDD dig deep into this feeling of 'something' being wrong with one's body.
What's BIID?
@@bossyboots5000 Body Integrity Identity Disorder, also called Body Identity Disorder.
Generally it concerns cases where people feel alienated by a (healthy) part of their own body, to the point where they seek amputations and other surgical interventions to get rid of this body part.
You know it's bad when you hate being seen on cameras
I've been avoided cameras and being photographed at all cost for as long as I can remember.
Damn for me it started when my father used to shame me for being over weight, I was always underweight my entire life and still am, I was starved whenever custody was exchanged, and fainted a total of four times, eventually his clarify was revoked, and I’ve been self conscious about my weight even so that I only started to eat low calorie meals once a day when I was thirteen. I got to therapy and have been trying to recover ever since. In reality, no one will ever think about how you look physically, stay strong and healthy!! ❤❤❤
(Sry for spelling and grammar mistakes.) ;)
Thanks for bringing the clarity to this subject. Appreciate the nugget. I love bitesize learning
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I started checking my body in the mirror thinking I m skinny and comparing to others myself 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 is there solution because I m thinking I m dying everyday
I do stare people a lot and do change my face Emotions in minutes 😢😢😢😢😢
Smile and sad 😢😢😢😢
Have you ever looked up "Instagram vs real life"? They often show photos of the same person looking "awesome" on one and just looking normal on the other. Maybe seeing it will help you, you'll see that you compare yourself to an unrealistic standard that even people you see don't meet.
It's Okay even tho ik I can't help u deal with ur pain its ok I'm here if u need help
@@Terrellnoodles810 hey
I also suffer from the same issue
I find myself ugly..
I keep looking myself in the mirror, try to compare myself wid others
I have no confidence left
I love to be in dark room and hate sunlight
It is possible to get better from this. For anyone out there feeling hopeless. Also, some treatments for ocd and anxiety can help with the bdd symptoms as well.
Gercekten terapi görürsek bugünden daha mı iyi hissederiz çünkü böyle yaşamak ölümden beter😢
I live in the UK and BDD treatment starts at 7000 pounds, it’s just too expensive for me 😢
@@rosie6 Is medication that expensive as well? Not familiar will healthcare in the UK. I live in the US. Healthcare is incredibly hard to afford here so I understand that part 😕 It costs thousands and thousands of dollars to even give birth.
Really ? I sure hope so it's been hard
@@Jamila91100 It's a battle I know. Still is for me. I just have more/better ways of fighting it and coping with it now. And medication was also a big part of what helped I think. I went on one that works well for OCD related issues. There are groups and therapists out there that do specialize in BDD, OCD, as well as things like body focused repetitive behaviors (skin picking, hair pulling, etc). That can definitely help as well. As well as finding whatever ways work best for you to get the anxiety part under control. I hope it gets easier for you 💜
I absolutely love your channel. I have very severe BDD and often see the disorder being used in casual terms on platforms like TikTok. This disorder is no joke. It's ruined my life. But thank you so much for covering this topic without any incorrect facts.
I have it , and im going through it
I’m so sorry. I wish I could give everyone with BDD a hug. It’s so tiring
This is consumed my life and time please help. It’s gotten way worse it my face after covid and masks. I have to tape my nose/lips to avoid seeing them, or else i’ll break a mirror or pull my hairs out. I either take pictures of my face in different angles everyday or just avoid looking at myself completely. I always daydream of having my face reconstructed. I especially hate looking at myself around others, I don’t want them to know I hate myself.
Honey, that sounds very severe and like you should consider seeking professional help with someone experienced in the disorder
Dude, i seriously don't want this disorder, it has been interfiering with my daily life everyday and people have been arguing with me for the disorder, i am so exhausted trying to live a normal life everyday constantly checking myself and picking my skin.
I pray to god he removes this disorder 🙏✝
I dont actually care if im ugly or not. I care about how wrong i feel all the time but especially looking at myself.
can you have it if you are actually ugly but just obsess over it?
I totally have this….sucks too.
I already had extreme body dysmorphia.. now I have alopecia, and this is the hardest shit I’ve ever had to go through😞just turned 18 and I’ve wasted all my teen years
yay another thing I can add to my list😢
Hugs😢
It’s hell 💔
Is it possible to develop BDD alongside with an eating disorder, and then it persists after recovery? I have recovered from Anorexia and still see my body very unrealistically much of the time, I think. Also applies to my face, hair, hands ... it's not all about weight.
Maybe this is just normal self-doubt though?
Sweetheart that doesn’t sound like you have recovered, you’re just managing it better than you were at your lowest point. I’m not sure anyone ever truly recovers from ED, it is only ever ‘managed’.
I'm still not sure if i have BDD or if I'm just ugly. The way people treat me seems to suggest the latter.
I Love Dr. Marks....
but brothers and sisters let get educated. Get help if something seriously affects your day to day. Don't fall into a self diagnosing trap .
Love your self. ❤️🙏❤️ Wishing you Love and Light !
I realized recently that something is going on with how I view my body because I bought some clothes way too big. I didn't notice it until I got home 😒.
Me too. When I was a size 6, I thought I was a 12/14 and the lady helping me with sizes laughed. I didn’t believe I would fit a 6 because I was so used to leggings I hadn’t bought jeans in years.
I always feel large, there’s definitely a disconnect with my actual size and what I think it is.
Thank you 🙏
I avoid mirrors because I’m beyond checking and terrified of what I’ll see
I got a nose job as I always thought my nose was ugly but now I’m getting another one as I still thinks it’s ugly and I’m loosing my mind it’s like no matter what I can’t be happy with it I check my nose some 50 times a day in the mirror then I take about a hundred pictures each day and analyze them for hours idk how to put a stop to this I’m severely depressed bcz of my nose and people tell me it’s pretty but I just can’t see it I always think they are lying
i have BDD about the shape of my head,,, i constantly think about the shape and size of my head,, when i look into mirror despite having better face shape i immediately get panic attacks and my day gets ruin 😥😥
Kafanın büyüklüğü mü sorun küçüklüğü mü
Same
Same I have a weird ass head
Can you have this with your hair ?
I lost all my hair due to illness in my early 20s
Hair fully recovered ,
Had my daughter 1 year ago and started postpartum hair loss BUT ever since I have been convinced I am going bald , even tho every says I am not , I have even spent 100s on wigs because I know I will wake up to find all my hair on the pillow ..again is this bdd if everyone is telling me that it's ok , my hair IS falling out but my doctor thinks it's the stress of me thinking it will that's caused it 😭 sometimes I forget and my hair looks fine then it's almost like it morphes Infront of me , to show thinning areas and bald spots
I get told I’m handsome, girls like me, people comment too my family I look good, however I will never let myself believe this. I have a flat area at the back of my skull that I believe has affected my symmetry. I feel it daily and it gets me down. I constantly take photos. Dk how too start believing what people tell me
Bro same for me. I have jaw asymmetry because of my bite and I take a lot of photos from right side because I think that this side is deviating and to me it looks so bad. Girls will always hit on me when I’m in public but all that won’t make me happy or confident because I only reduce myself on that flaw. It takes so much productive time of my life and my overall mental health suffer significantly. It got really bad now and I don’t know what to do. I feel like stopping taking pictures is a first step but I don’t know
@@Henry-sh2lp everything you said is the exact same as me. No amount of validation feels enough when I feel the deformity daily. I’m in a bad place aswell bro it’s on my mind 24/7 actually feel ill because of it. Look into SATS manifesting. The mind is powerful
Dr Marks, could you please share the study those face pictures are from? It looks interesting!
I have skin picking and trichotillomania (hair pulling) and it’s exhausting
please make a free content how to cure bdd 🙏🙏🙏😭😔
Girl I hope I have body dysmorphia, it better be just my head, if I rly look like this I’m gonna just lay in bed forever. Jk jk, I actually don’t know if I hate my body dysmorphia, or my actual body. I just can’t accept it I just can’t.
Im 10000% sure I've bdd. I've shown all those symptoms. Also for 2 fuckin year i stopped looking myself in the mirror but recently I've started looking in the mirror again but now i check myself in the mirror likw 50 times a day. It hurts like hell. I've even thought about ending it all
I have this. I think my nose is massively wide and disproportionate to my face.
I had this really severely since around 2nd or 3rd grade… Is there a time period in ones life that is more common for this to develop than others? Curious to see if others have had the same
Mine started in 7th/8th grade
My whole life I've been by this my mum made me feel faulty and not good enough and still does. Cbt hasn't worked so Im just living with shame and anxiety
This is not completely accurate… someone whose ears actually stick out may still have BDD. It’s not simply about the (perceived) flaw but much more about what role it plays in your life. You don’t need to look perfect to have bdd, you don’t have to be hot to have bdd…
Right. You may be obsessed about having a large nose, for example, and your nose really is large. But it's the unrelenting fixation on it and it's outsized role that fixation has on your life, along with feeling worthless bc of it that still makes it BDD.
True. Part of the reason my bdd started was due to negative comments that people made about a certain part of my face. Now, I had always not liked the way my face looked, but I couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was that I didn’t like. But when these people pointed it out, I was like aha, that’s it! And from then on I became absolutely fixated on it and very distressed about it, thinking I was deformed in some way and fantasizing about plastic surgery.
So in my case, the “flaw” does exist, but there was a time in my life where I didn’t really identify it or obsess about it at all. But now with my bdd, the fixation, constant checking, and comparison has taken over.
it’s like i will make a certain face in the mirror and i think that’s what i look like and i’ll get really insecure i hate it
I think I have this. Sometimes I stare at a flaw for like, three hours instead of getting literally anything done with my day. It's driving me mad and I just want to let it go, I don't know why I can't.
I understand that I can have a distorted perception of my body image. But I understand also that I can have a distorted body image, and that somebody else can have a perception of it that isn't a distorted perception.
I am ugly i know it. no one ever complimented me. I ain't got no disorder god made me ugly and that's it
Is it normal to fluctuate back and forth? Sometimes I believe I am perfect other times I constantly see flaws. Not as much with my face anymore, but because I am on a fitness journey, even tho I have exponentially increased my physique from before, I am constantly looking in the mirror and seeing flaws in my muscle formality and it drives me crazy..then at random times I feel like it is all fine
I have BDD and I had plastic surgery which had made my BDD even worse, if you are also suffering, please seek help, don’t get surgery, it won’t fix ur insides
Thank you, I needed to hear this
My bdd is pretty hard recently. I feel like i have a good day where my face looks attractive and then ugly me version when i dont recognize my own reflection that is 100% uglier. I keep fixing my hair, all the time trying to match the good imagine in my head but its difficult as i cant always do it. Its my 2nd month again when i feel disgusting.
I just got diagnosed with PPL
I get compliments all of the time but I can never believe them
Man i been sad because of this, lost 6 lbs people told me i got bigger, i think im a stick now again
I spent my whole summer trying to get bigger, pelple say i did but i dont believe them. Im startung to regret ever starting bodybuilding, javent been eating right befause of the 6 pound loss
Ppleeaassee talk about dark night if the soul and death of the ego in psychological terms????
Its so hard. I dont understand how to feel empowered when I constantly rely on my ego to give me false pride that is so fragile I get crushed from my mistakes no matter how small. Sad and triggered too much. At wits end.
how do you actually know if you have BDD. i feel like i might have it but i also feel like i’m just being dramatic and self diagnosing.
Oh shit that first pic scared tf outta me !
Im here because lately ive started to not like how my stomach looks i feel fat and i often look at it in the mirror and subconsiously suck it in during the day. I usually compare my stomach to characters from animes or cartoons which is probably really unhealthy seeing as how theyre drawn to look better than normal but i still feel bad about my stomach i have a slight feeling i have this but i might just be confused.
I have this 💀
For me is everything
Body and face. Mt body is so horrible. And it looks different from picture to picture
I had the biggest lips ever! I thought if I didn’t plump them I would look abnormal and scary and Wierd , so I would plump them so so so much and still wanted more! Hence why many women/celebs have overfilled lips, once you start filling you can’t tell if you’ve gone too far, I looked botched but thought they were too small . Crazy right? I stopped though
I don't know but I think I have bdd since childhood ,as my mother used to compare me to my cousins bcs I am brown and they are fair ,and somewhere it affected me for a long term and now I am 14 and still use to see my face in mirror ,car mirrors everywhere i see my reflection and compare my looks to my other freinds and I feel like my nose isn't perfect my lips ,my eyes everything isn't good and I don't deserve to be loved
I have this ears , it is called bat ears, and i have BDD
What other videos do you have
Tbh I often just stare at my classmates without realising it and then I get called weird fir it I just can’t control it
Credits to my father for causing me to have this shit!
100% me
If your hair has to be perfect does that count
Yes
What about by proxy?
Even who are handsome and smart according to others opinion also suffers from this, and it was me😅, but in my case it was extreme, per day per hour, per minute I use to think about that, and it lasted for 6 months, so you all can imagine the situation of mine, 😅👍
I think that’s kinda me but mainly with my legs bc I always have to wear shorts or pants that are way too big for me so that I can make them feel smaller and I don’t like sitting down in a chair bc I have to do the tip toe thibgo to make me feel less disgusting. It’s also bc I’m trans so obviously I don’t like my thighs and since I’m young most guys are rlly skinny so it makes it even worse
I think I have it.
i have bdd
First: Those faces freaked me TF out.
Second: I win the prize. I am the UGLIEST human being in all history, and going on down into the future. Anyone who disagrees with me has some serious problems themselves.
i'm uglier than you lil bro
don't take my title
Gawd all these disorders are making me dizzy 😵
i thought i have this but thankfully i ain't have any of this
If you have BDD and you're skin picking, is that _just_ a symptom of BDD? Or can that be diagnosed as Excoriation Disorder--aside from, but in addition to--BDD?
i think both count as a form of ocd, cos there obsessive disorders
cant leave there skin alone gang B>)
I am actually extremely ugly i have seen myself a lot in mirror and camera in selfie camera in majority of places i found myself extremely ugly
I look at my physique in mirror and think I’m skinny when I’m not and think about what is wrong with face and body
So I have it😳
When my Grandma tells me i'm the most handsome guy there is 😂
My body looks different everytime
she forgot the type where you feel like your not in your body, your in somone elses ect sometimes i feel like tearing my own face off it sucks xD
I have bd as well and as a trans woman it’s gotten worse when I got older cause whne I was younger I had very very feminine features but as I got older I was bein told I was too skinny or my head was too big or my nose was too large my eyes were too small and my lips were small and my chin and it’s gotten so bad that I tried to off myself because I don’t wanna be seen as a masc man I don’t wanna be called “ sir “ “ young man “ “ handsome “ and hearing those words from ppl tears me down like ik it’s a compliment but the compliment doesn’t fit me at all I would rather be called “ young woman “ “ ma’am “ “ beautiful “ “ pretyyy “ “ adorb “ stuff like that I also shaved my eyebrows very very thin MAKIN my eyebrows look weird but I do loook more fem so ima keep doin it :))))❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤