News of Somatoform Disorders

Hi,
Im so glad I found this forum.

Im a 32 yo gay male. I have had a partner for 10 yrs now.

The other night I started reading up on BDD. I have started hearing it alot in the media. My boyfriend recently started taking jabs at me that I might have bdd.

I was shocked when I would read the symptomes. It fit me like a glove. I dont know what to think...whether ...

Alright, I just joined, and made an introductory post, so I will not get into too many details about myself and body image issues here. I just want to talk about my links between my success with girls and BDD.

I am at a new college, and while I have not had much success with girls in the past, I am trying to change that. I realize I must fail before I can succeed, so ...

Hi everyone, I am new here. I am a 20 year old college student, and I have struggled with body image for a long time.

I guess I could say that it started in high school, when everyone started dating and trying to get with girls and all that. I was very very shy, and very self conscious. I barely even interacted with girls for my whole tenure there, to the point where my friends ...

I wasn't even aware off BDD until about maybe a year ago. But I definitely had it growing up. To me it was just an I dont like the way my nose looks from the side and it made me feel self-conscious and abnormal. I was shy by nature, quiet and introverted, with low self-esteem. I think i was always a sad if not depressed girl other reasons applied to that too, or maybe my ...

Hi,

I am Puss* (*names changed to protect the not so innocent). I am 30 years old, I am a mother of 2 small girls and I am a photographer.

I have suffered from BDD for years (prob started 15 - 20 years ago) and I am currently in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for it, week 4 of 8 sessions. My BDD isn't related to any particular feature but just generally my whole image. I feel ...

I have a friend who is basically a genius at Science. He has for a long time having observed my symptoms believed that people with BDD have a problem with edge detection. That would explain why we see ourselves so differently in different mirrors/photos as such factors as lighting would affect edge detection. I have often remarked that sometimes if the lighting is really good in a photo or mirror I can on occassions quite ...

I am currently studying for my MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Derby. As part of this degree, I am doing a dissertation on health anxiety. It is a qualitative study which is looking at the onset and progression of health anxiety, support from family and friends, support from health professionals and coping strategies. If you wish to take part, it is in the form of a questionnaire to explore these different aspects ...

Is this a symptom of BDD or some other disorder? I know I'm not good looking, I just can't seem to figure out what I look like. I take pictures of myself and they all look different to me. I look different in every mirror and lighting.

Does anyone know what this is???

Thanks for the help.

At about 17/18 I started hating my face. I'd always been told I was fairly good looking, and this got to my head. One day I looked at one too many pictures of myself, had one too many terrible shots taken close up with the flash that I found myself decidely average, if not ugly.

I thought with some minor plastic surgery, everything would be better. Well, it made it worse. Firstly, I was ashamed. ...

It has recently been proposed to me that I have BDD. However I feel that the definition of BDD is an imagined defect, and this does not apply to me.

I have large blemishes on my face, they are visible and other people have comented on them in the past. I am certain that they are universally unattractive and therefore they cause me a lot of distress.

As a result I have never had a ...