News of Somatoform Disorders

Hello everyone
I'm really struggling with bdd, the doctors say i have it, but i know what i see is so real, and what i see has hurt me for over twenty years, i hate what i see so much, and to cap it all off i've been slowly losing my hair fo three years, and it's helping make life so unbearable, but no one understands, my hair helped me look and feel a little ...

Hey guys, first post, but wanted some advice, for about 5 years now, i have hated my looks, it seems to have increased over the last 3 years, i hate my face, i have red hair, am thin but i feel as though my face is fat, this bothers me alot because i really think im ugly, and have never had a girlfriend, i go to the gym nearly every night to try and reduce ...

Ok I was on very high dosages of Prozac (fluoxetine) and Adderall from 8th grade until senior year... I didnt grow a cm after I was put on all of it.... look it up on google, they are just now discovering that BOTH of these drugs stunt growth...

All Im going to say is that I feel so worthless that I think about killing myself every day all day for the past year. My ENTIRE ...

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Hi,
I'm new here and just recently realized that I fit the criteria for this disorder and this is pretty shocking because I work in the psychiatric field and didn't realize it! Maybe I knew, subconsciously but just didn't want to face it-sorry for the pun :wink:
I really have problems with my appearance. It started when I was a teenager. I hate my face structure-my nose ...

Hi,
can you have BDD if you are actually ugly?
im 17 and i've been very self-conscious from a very young age...from as long as i can remember. the earliest i can remember is when i was 6 or 7 and we had just started swimming lessons at school. i was so paranoid about my body shape (mind you i was skinny) and so i tried to hide from all the other children by jumping ...

My husband was diagnosed Dysmorphic Disorder about 20 years ago.He hates his body, and thinks that he is ugly.He hates the fact that he has a high level of Testosterone, which he blames for his hair loss. He sees Testosterone as a thing that is poisoning his body. A while ago he had planned to amputate his testicles, fortunately he couldn't go through with it. He saw a urologist and asked if they would remove ...

Is this body dysmorphia or just being realistic about your appearance? I noticed I do some of the things listed as signs of BDD to hide my ugly features, however these are not imagined flaws so does that classify it as BDD or not? I guess what I am asking is if it is an actual flaw/ugliness does it still count as BDD?

I actually have never told anyone this because I am afraid of ...

Hey guys, I'm new here. You can call me Liz. Here's my backstory:

When I started high school, I became anorexic. I no longer am, but that heightened awareness has stayed with me. Even worse, I used anorexia constructively. That is, I lost some weight, people complimented me on it, I never went overboard (stopped at 105) and I am more attractive now because of it.

The problem is, I don't like my face. I ...

Hey
I was wondering whether someone can have BDD but also have the body defects, and not be exagerrating the severity of it?

I'm 18, male to give a background to the situation...
I have concerns about two things - I believe I may have a mild form of gynecomastia (man boobs caused by hormonal imbalance), to the point where I will not take my top off and dread going to the beach and pool. ...