News of Somatoform Disorders

I am 27 year old male from a little island in the mediterranean

I have self diagnosed myself with BBD and am seeking help for my condition.
I have always been regarded as cute by friends and family when i was a young boy and took pride in my appearance as a primary school child.
In secondary school at around the age of 12 I developed a condition where my hair had to always be ...

is BDD insanity?

Hi,
I've suffered from depression and anxiety for years and have a long family history of various disorders. It has recently been suggested to me be my gp and by family members within the mental health profession for a long time (who call me "Myss Dorphia") that I may be suffering from BDD. I really don't konw much about it myself so I was wondering if people thought this was the case.
I was fat ...

Hi,
I've suffered from depression and anxiety for years and have a long family history of various disorders. It has recently been suggested to me be my gp and by family members within the mental health profession for a long time (who call me "Myss Dorphia") that I may be suffering from BDD. I really don't konw much about it myself so I was wondering if people thought this was the case.
I was fat ...

Anyone here have it that could explain it from their perspective? A psychiatrist said that I "may" have it, and I would like an expanation from someone who has it rather than just a DSM IV list of symptoms. :D

I am a 26 year old man and I have been very self conscious my whole adult life. It is getting to the point now where I am obsessing over my looks for hours every single day. I feel like I am not a worthy human being and I can't stop putting myself down and calling myself a freak. I have suffered with bouts of depression and social anxiety in the past also.

The thing ...

Hello. My name is Santiago. Im 21. I live in Colombia, South America. I have BDD, or at least that's what i like to think. Most of the time i am convinced i look hideous, even if i often receive compliments from other people. I think they pity me. I am obsessed with my nose which i think has a weird shape. A year ago i had a surgery to make my crooked nose straight. ...

Okay I'm reading this post on here about different lighting and how people think they look ugly in some lighting and okay in other lighting. And I just thought...hey wait a second, I'm like that too.

I struggle with lighting, mirrors, cameras with the flash on or off, etc... AND I'M PISSED OFF ABOUT IT! I'M SO SICK OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay people lets face the truth here. We can't look good at every angle, in ...

hi, so i've talked to many people with BDD and they've all given me positive advice and told me what they do to try and get better but many of them are still living the same #######5 life having terrible crisis every now and then.
is it possible to be healed completely as if you had never had this disorder?
i read in another topic a person talking about being ''mentally dysfunctional'' due to body ...

Its great that there is a group discussion on BDD and other disorders.

I have always know there has been something wrong with me for about seven years.
I am nineteen now. I go up and down. There are times when I look in the mirror and become angry and I scream in a pillow. I am obsessed looking in the mirror and constantly look at the little details/flaws on my face. When I am ...