Is this a form of delusional disorder?

I have pretty low self-esteem and I think i may have had a level of body dismorphia since I was a teenager, I'm in my 30's now. I got a nose job in November and since then, my life has just taken a turn for the worst. I didn't realize that I had bdd and that I shouldn't have gotten cosmetic surgery. I'm having self-identity issues like I don't feel like the self I was before the surgery, and I can't recognize my face anymore. But I'm wondering if I am delusional about this because something is happening that happened after the surgery that I swear its really happening but no one believes me so I sound delusional. What's been happening is when I'm driving some days, not every day, I notice that the person in front of me will try to get away from me as fast as they can and tailgate the person in front of them, or they will turn as soon as they see me behind them. I think it's because they think i'm ugly. It has been happening all week this week but it didn't happen last week. I don't know what is going on. I would swear on my dad's grave that this is happening to me. Its been happening on and off only after i got the nose job. I really believe that its because of me that people think i'm hideous that they need to drive away from me or turn - even if its going out of their way. What do you think about this?

Dear Caught in the Rain,
I hope you find the support you need here on psychformums, and I want to encourage you to be brave and see a psychiatrist. There is some medication that may help, and having support from people around you is the best thing I can recommend. It sounds like you have insight, which is a blessing. Follow your insight and go talk with a psychiatrist, tell her/him what you post on here.
Hugs,
Sunny

im experincing the same. how are you coping with it ?

You aren't hideous and no one is driving to get away from you. When I feel that people are rejecting me (and it is irrational) I know that I am in my delusion - but that is just me.

So - like you I have sought help here because i am afraid to go to a doctor because I don't want the label of being 'crazy'. I'm not at that point yet where I am willing to let others know what is going on inside my head and.... I want to try and correct it on my own first.

I know that 'correcting it on my own' is also crazy but since I am an adult and have the right to give it a shot - I will and I am.

I hope you will continue to post here so we can share our common experiences and help heal each other. Mental illness is simply embarrassing.

Kate2015