News of Somatoform Disorders

Hey there my names Jai,
I just found this board and was wondering if anyone else is having similar issues to mine?

Basically BDD is affecting my life a lot but the thing that I hate the most about it is relationships and meeting people. Im not sure where to start but basically Ive just come out of a long term relationship and recently started dating. The other night I met someone ( we were ...

Ok well I cant living with this.... I feel like a freak

Here's how it goes , for the last week i haven't been sleeping good at all i go to bed around 10pm and by 1h30 i'm awake and it seems i don't go back to sleep after that ( i'm sure i do but i always seem to be awake) i am feeling so pooped it's getting ridiculous by 11h00 am i would just go back to bed, i feel nauseous a good part of ...

I'm just curious what everyone's most dreaded situation to be in is (or was, if you have gotten your BDD under control). If you could rate your anxiety in certain situations or places from 0 - 100, with 0 being no anxiety whatsoever and 100 being you have fainted from either hyperventilating or forgetting to breathe, what would be your 100?

For me, it would be the beach during the summer. I *hate* going to ...

I am basically at the end of my rope.. I have been living with BDD/OCD for as long as I can remember and I am just ready to get help. I really would LOVE to find a therapist or group in the Orange County or Los Angeles, CA area that is either free of charge or low-cost since I have no health insurance and really no spare cash at the moment for a therapist. I ...

I believe I've had BDD for years and years, possibly even from the age of 15, and not known it. I am 25 now. Lately I've been becoming more and more stressed because I KNOW something is not right with me, mentally. I've been looking up symptoms for different disorders, trying to figure out what is wrong with me, and seeing a lot of my symptoms on lists for mental disorders that I don't think ...

Hi, new to this, my partner is a sufferer, please can any one suggest where we can get help for couples? we have read the broken mirror and studied much information on the web. Any suggestions welcome

Hello everybody,
I am currently studying for an Msc in Health Psychology and am looking for people to complete my online questionnaire for my dissertation. I have gained ethical approval and the questionnaire is completely anonymous and confidential. The research is regarding healthcare use and health information seeking.

I am trying to get responses from a variety of people and would really appreciate the extra participants. Obviously you can completely ignore this post if you ...

I am desperate for help.
My image consumes me yet I cant seem to do anything about it.
I have no idea what I actually look like, and when I see pictures of myself I have a hard time believing that the fat, ugly, nasty girl in the picture is actually me.


sometimes I will see my reflection and I will think 'oh its not so bad' but then I see my leg bent, or ...

i am 20 years old and live with my boyfriend for a year. he has seen how much i am hurt by my appearance and says he wants to help. this said he has cheated on me before with a very skinny tanned italian girl. he constantly looks at girls on the internet and writes to them asking for sex. he goes out and brings back girls and says he wants to have sex with ...