News of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Forum

Hi,
has anyone experienced BDD when its about someone else?
A family member a stranger a partner?
It seems to be rare , also have OCD as well as BDD so its confusing is it my ocd ataching to people I love? As OCD seems to attached everything I enjoy "my hobbies , health like been able to go to the gym now bdd on my loved ones. It's just like I'm finding the same ...

Schizoid Narcissist is Not Covert Narcissist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arPU91dtx9U&t=72s
1. Do you see yourself in any of the descriptions of the four sub-categories?
2. Is this in Vaknin’s Malignant Self-Love, or is it a new idea he’s come up with after this book’s publication?
3. If it’s new, is there a transcript or text version, preferable printable?
4. Do you strongly reject this theory?
5. Do you doubt it?
6. Do ...

Hi,

I’ve posted on this forum on and off over the last few years and after coming back from a hiatus, it appears mostly everyone has gone… I wonder what happened.

if their anxiety comes from just feeling flat out ugly? or is it body dysmorphia or what?

Allow me to elaborate...

Throughout school I always felt like the ugly duckling and was told as much. I did get boyfriends after I dyed my strawberry blonde hair brown and started wearing makeup. When I got to the point where it was time to start working I felt so much anxiety about being around people, because I ...

Hi all.

Here is some useful info, I think. There seems to be a significant link between BDD and childhood trauma. There is a recent scientific article on this, “Childhood maltreatment and trauma is common and severe in body dysmorphic disorder” . And there are similar studies.

I don't know if this forum is active anymore but people with BDD certainly need to address this topic. Not least because there has been some significant progress ...

Hi all, I am posting partly to get this off my chest, but also to seek reassurance.

I am 27 and have probably had BDD for a long time, but only diagnosed within the last three years.

The obsessive thoughts have mostly centred on facial features, but for the past few months it has moved to my hands, and it is becoming unbearable.

I am a tall man with objectively small hands. They are probably ...

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to come by to say that I'm so happy that I have my antidepressants who cures my obsessive thoughts related to my hair.

I would recommend everyone who is suffering from BDD just like me to try antidepressants out to cure the obsessive thinkning and depression related to this awful illness.

My medication, which is Sertraline 100 mg, sort of set my mind at "free" and now I can finally concentrate ...

So it all started a few days before my 33rd birthday (3 months ago)

I got a bad haircut from a new hairdresser due to lack of communication i guess. It was very layered at the top and longer at the bottom and I felt like I needed to clip in my hair every time i got outsid

A week after I was just being the reckless me, went into a random salon near my ...

Growing up, I was a chronic mouth breather due to nasal polyps, which has caused me to have a recessed face. I was bullied and isolated a lot during my childhood, which has caused me pretty rough social anxiety and an obsession over my appearance. People tell me I look ok/pretty and guys do give me attention, but it all feels like pitty/hitting on me out of desperation as scientifically my face has very unattractive ...

Hi everyone, I've been writing here before about my BDD related to my hair. Two years ago my life was a living hell as I cut my own hair in the ugliest hairstyle ever, got extensions to try to cover it up bit it just got worse as the extensions got curly and could t blend in with my straight hair and i cut my hair just to make it fit with my own. Guess ...