News of Somatoform Disorders

Hey :)

First of all, I haven't been diagnosed with BDD.. I don't really talk to anyone about it. I mentioned it to my GP not long ago but I noticed as soon as I said it she smiled. That kinda stuck in my head, I don;t want people smiling when I'm giving sensitive info!! Anyway she didn't take it seriously..

Just wondering if you guys can ...

Hi everyone I'm new here!!

I was diagnosed with having BDD a few years back but didn't understand entirely what it was until reading about it lately.

The stuff I have read online states that people go to drastic measures like plastic surgery to get rid of a certain flaw.
For me I don't want surgery, I just think I am very ugly and an embarassment to the point where it's all i think about, ...

Hello Everyone.

My name is Jethro, and I am a recovered BDD sufferer, or, more to the point, 'experiencer'.

I am now 29. I am WELL AWARE of the seriousness and horror of living in the world, or 'reality' of BDD.

The fact is, most if not all of these disorders are as a result of the fact that our lives, or 'society', are living OUT OF ALIGNMENT with the true nature of human Spirit ...

Hey guys, 2 weeks ago I revealed to my parents (mom) that I dropped out of college due to anxiety enterering class, hinted that it was an apperance thing, and im now seeing a shrink. I told him my symptoms but like most BDD sufferers that Ive read about on the web I dropped vauge hints that is was purely my self percerption of how I looked visually and he diagnosed me with OCD and ...

yesterday, my therapist told me ihave this... i don't really understand what it is... could someone like, explain?

Talking about feeding the habit. I feel terrible today and have done for the last few days. My skin is terrible. What do I do but eat more chocolate today. Why am I doing this when I want to look better. Talking about feeding the problem. It will probably be a few days now before my skin looks semi-ok. Why couldn't I have started to eat healthy today. I need to motivate myself tomorrow and ...

Wouldn't it be great if you could afford to stay in bed for a week every month. I would be able to relax and watch television and have no contact with the world. I feel that this isolation would make me stronger as a person. I would really benefit if I could get away from the negative effects of being in contact with people.

I have been newly diagnoised although I'm not sure I agree. The hardest part is having pain that nobody can see. When they look at me I see their disbelief. All they recommend is exercise, medication and therapy. See they think of it as a mental problem. Can it really be? I know the pain is real. It feels as if my body is being attacked by something. But I ask myself is it really ...

hi,
im new just registered after finding this and i cant believe other people have conversion disorder :D :D

not that i want other people to have this but am so happy that its not just me, mine started in may of this year i lost the feeling in my left hand it started with pins and ...

Hi everyone,

Ever since I was a small child, about as young as five or six, I've always compared myself to other people and never once been happy with the way I look. I distinctly remember all the times I used to envy my niece (who is only five months my junior) because she was a skinny child whereas I was chubbier. This was also the case with other children at primary school; none of ...