News of Somatoform Disorders

Okay, I hate the way I look sometimes. I am getting wrinkles, I have a ruddy complexion and I am going gray. I didn't mind the gray hair, or the wrinkles, but now it's bugging me. On top of that , I have battled acne. A real good torture for my soul.

There were times I thought I looked great. But I'm older now.

But not only do I get tormented on the way I ...

I am a mother of a 26yr old son who had threatened to comit suicide about 5 years ago because he felt he could not live with his disfigured body. He calls himself a freak but he is a handsome guy not just in my eyes but nearly everyone who knows him. He has had the most attractive women after him so I know I am not being biased!

I, like any other parent had ...

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I'm a 22yr old male.

I hate being skinny. I have crappy lats, don’t have a 6 pack only the top two abdominal muscles are defined. The sides of my abdomen are non-existent there are no muscles there. My forearms are really skinny, the muscle isn’t long and it makes me look like I have tiny wrists. My leg muscles are really thin as well.

My nose I hate. I got a nose job late ...

... but equally don't want to be someone who just learns to become ignorant to how disgusting they look in life.

I've never been formally diagnosed with BDD, but quite a few things said on this forum sound familiar. Unfortunately for me, it's not imagined faults that I have, quite a few may say that but it really isn't. I always felt ugly whilst I was in school (I'm 20 now), and I've had strangers ...

I never really thought I had BDD as it never crossed my mind but I'm a little confused about this disorder.
I've been teased in highschool about my nose. Alot of jokes, and this started when I was 13. Ofcourse I believed them and I started getting even more insecure about myself. It didn't help either seeing as I had social anxiety too.
I'm now 25, and recently saw a doc who said I have ...

I just finished reading this book, and I think some people here may be able to relate and enjoy it the way I did. It's basically the story of two girls struggling with eating disorders, but the mental dialogues and obsessiveness very accurately portray some of the feelings we BDD sufferers go through.

Has anyone else read this? I highly recommend it; it's a teen book, so it's a pretty simple quick read, but serious ...

So I've read a lot about BDD and I seem to have all of the symptoms...being obsessed with changing a particular body part and all that. But is it possible to have BBD and not think that that part of your body is "ugly?" In other words I'm not obsessed with appearance as much as feeling.

Ok, so this is terribly embarassing but...I hate my boobs. Mostly I think they're too big. I hate the ...

'A Moment Gone' has just been released on paperback!! It is a book of short prose- fables and dark ideas all written in varying degrees of distress- metaphors for mental ill health and relationships. There is a BDD story in there called 'The Old Oval Mirror'. I hope some of you will be interested in reading it? Thank you! S.Westwood

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moment-Gone-Bod ... ...

Hello there everyone, this is a 25 year old girl from Spain!

I decided to join these forums because I've been doing research lately and I've been told by a few people that I might have BDD... I'm not diagnosed yet, because I can't find the strength to go to a counsellor... But I'm 99% sure that I suffer from it.

I've always hated my body, my pear shape, my super wide hips and specially ...