I Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder


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How Can You Have Bdd and Date?

Hello, this is my first entry on this site, and I am happy to have found a place where I'm not the only person who feels like this. I have...

My Bdd And Me Over The Years!!!

i have been suffering from BDD since i was 14 but i was diagnosed at 19 my disgusts with myself is 1..my weight i know i'm not fat as i am...

I Never Been Diagnosed But I Think Thats What I Have

I never been diagnosed with a body dysmorphic disorder but i think i have it. Well at least im sure that people see me different from what i...

This Is The Worst Disease

I have been dealing with this for years now, I'm a little ashamed to say but yes I am a man, some man I am, When I was 17 I started to find...

Ive Noticed..

I think people with BDD tend to over analyze many things in life, includeing our physical appearance. Like before I got on zoloft I would...

I Am Dying With It, Yet Cant Live Without It.

I dont like to claim having BDD. It makes me feel angry to know that the world sees a different person when they look at me than I do...

Facial Hatred

The vast majority of the time I want to rip my face off. Extreme, yes but I cannot even think about myself without wanting to...
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These snippets show some of the most common themes mentioned in this experience's stories:
  • "I've been told by a few people, such as my brother, that they think that I have body dysmorphic disorder because I see things wrong with myself that others do not and exaggerate what is there - at least, that's what they tell me..."
  • "I would've never thought before that I would even think about plastic surgery..."
  • "I have gone on to suffer from alcoholism, bulimia, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression..."
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52% of people who have this experience are in their teens, 38% are in their twenties, and 13% are in their thirties. 100% of people who have this experience are women.

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Check out this group's What Is It Like To Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder guide, where people with this experience share their tips and hints.

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  • Ive struggled with this for so long and its emotionally painful. It makes you so delusional and so absorbed in your looks that you start to mentally dissect yourself to the point that you know longer can process your face as human.
  • Body Dysmorphic disorder has turned me from a kind, friendly person into a selfish, perfection seeking mess. It has ruined my relationships with everybody, God included as Im sure He cant even understand why looking like me would make me want to die
  • Like your trapped & your mind's constantly focused on what you hate about yourself, I feel ashamed to say how I feel,& weak as Other people are going through hell & get on with it. Miss out on life and you just want to be normal, & see the glass hlf full
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