News of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Forum

Hello,
I just found this site on Google and thought it would be nice to be able to tell someone about my life anonymously. I've never been diagnosed with BDD and didn't even know it existed until I saw a TV show about it and saw the similarities. I have been obsessed with what I looked like as long as I can remember. When I was seven years old I wanted to be a model. ...

:cry: I HATE my looks. . I hate going to public places because i feel like everyone is staring, judging, and just thinking or whispering, ewww. I HATE BEING THIS WAY. I am a Christian but I have a hard time dealing with that God made me so ugly. I am only seventeen, so is there any hope for my looks to change????? I ...

I am thinking of dropping out of college. I just can't take it anymore

I am very insecure in how I look particularly my skin color, features, etc. and age

today was the first day of class, and I saw 3 very very light complected attractive girls with long hair walk in--I immediately wanted to leave and go register for another class. my bdd was triggered. and all types of thoughts was running through my ...

I have been out of work since August because I had a bdd flareup that led me to not call or show up to work. I am a 27 yr old nurse, and just received my degree a year ago. I always promised myself that when I entered my career, I would never miss work or lose my job again from bdd. I am out on medical leave at the moment because my father called ...

Does anybody else have BDD about their teeth? I was diagnosed with it a year ago and as of yet i haven't heard or met anyone that has the same hang up as me. I would really like to find someone that knows what i go through day in day out, it would somehow make it better that i'm not alone out there (not that i wish it on anybody else because from the bottom ...

I've been dealing with body image issues including weight and just generally how I look altogether ever since I was in elementary school. It is my #1 weak spot and has damaged many friendships that I had.

My boyfriend of 4 months has been so great to me. He always treated me like a princess and made sure I was happy.

Today, as I was driving home, I gave him a call. I am in ...

I'm going to try to make my story very short and simple. I believe I have suffered from BDD since my teenage years to my now adulthood, and it has really gotten way worse ever since, its aggravated very bad. Its a very sad story because i damaged myself. Childhood- my best years until 10. people always complimented me and thought i was a very pretty girl. I also did like the way I looked. ...

Okay so, I am completely new to this website. I finally come up to the nerve to tell people how I feel I've always kept this to myself. Please do not judge me by what I say! Okay ever since I was about twelve I really hated my appearance. I couldn't understand why. Everybody always called me beautiful and always talked about how pretty I was. But everytime I told them that I was the ...

It's like all day my mind has been buzzing with thoughts of rhinoplasty, rhinotip, liposuction, collagen, labiaplasty, augmentation, chemical peels, £2550, £2800, £1700 in Egypt, £1500 in Brazil, Harley Medical Clinic, Transform, free consultations, lets go on the internet and look at before-and-after pictures ETC ETC ETC.

Seriously, what normal 16 year old knows exactly how much female genital modification surgery would be in several different countries? Who even researches this stuff? I do, because ...

Today i was shocked to discover that BBD is hereditary. I thought about it carefully and it hit me. I looked around my immediate relatives and i know for sure some of them have BDD. My Mother is currently in therapy for a social anxiety disorder and admits shes very self conscious. My Brother in the last few years went from this outgoing, talkative person to someone who never leaves the house, very self conscious ...