Body Dysmorphic Disorder

I don't think it's vanity, I just want to be able to look in the mirror with out feeling disgusted. I guess even if I had all that done I still wouldnt be happy though.

I think I would just feel the same....BBD is in my head, not my outer body. Plastic surgary won't change that......thats why so many surgeons want a psychiatric test done first now to make sure you are doing it for the right reasons.

I promise, even though I hate myself I do understand that a lot of it is in my mind and therefore I wouldn't go extreme with surgary

:/ i know how you feel!
okay so basically last year
i was 15, 5'3", and 108 lbs! i didn't like my calves (they are huge) or stomach, and my nose, and boobs (they are too small) but that was basically it. my thighs were very nice though.
now i'm turning 16 in a few weeks and i'm 5'4" and weigh freaking 130lbs!!!! i HATE HATE HATE DESPISE my body! its repulsive!! my stomach is over the top, my thighs touch all the way down (there's not even a space in the middle of my thighs) my arms are huge, my cheeks have gotten bigger, i have love handles now, my butt got huge.
but i think the worst part is my thighs. i must have gained 10 lbs on them. every time they touch i want to cut them off. i pinch my fat until i cry because i just want it to dissappear. i hate being chunky. my boobs are STILL small and my calves still large. i would give pretty much ANYTHING to be skinny again :/
i am so depressed about my body its insane.

also, i go to a private school where ALL the girls have perfect bodies. i catch myself staring at them and comparing myself.

my insecurities are within reason though. i know i'm not hallucinating. i just hate everything about my body right now.

i know exactly how you feel.

a have a problem alsooo! takes me ages to leave house! feel like everyones going to laff at me n get really paranoid about myself! xxx

I can relate to all of this...and the comments, too. It strikes me as odd that all of us all hate our bodies, and we are all connecting with one another on the internet... where none of us really has any answers! I just want a freaking answer!! I am 5'5" and I weigh around 130. I'm getting a YMCA membership...and I really plan on getting all this weight OFF!

I feel the same way. Sometimes I'm afraid of being around people because I feel like I hear them thinking about how ugly I look and anytime someone looks at me for a prolonged time, I automatically think that they think I'm disgusting and I feel really sad.

I probably have the same problem.ALthough,I don't always feel like it's all in my head.Sometimes Im pretty sure I have valid reason.I've just gave up and decided I'm always gonna feel ugly and be a virgin the rest of my life(i'm almost 24).I say **** it

Having had eating disorders and BDD I know what you're going through. Sometimes im scared to leave the house too because I dont want anybody to see me. I avoid going to certain places and I hide away. A few weeks ago 2 boys were behind me and started calling me fat names. Now Im paranoid when people walk behind me.
I think im a fat ugly woman and i wish i could learnt to love myself