News of Somatoform Disorders

Lately, my BDD has gotten very hard to deal with and making matters worse it's really starting to make my boyfriend overwhelmed. We've been together for a year and a half and have had our ups and downs. I guess the main reason why I'm posting this is to see if anyone can relate to my panic attack type feelings because I feel really alone. I really don't have friends to talk to or family ...

whenever i smoke i lose my body image or my image changes to something like a clown or a joker simply smiling everytime,i look like a ugly joker,but when i stop smoking i observed that my body image slowly change from joker to something looking like a model like i am super hot and cite infact in reality when i stop smoking blood circulation increases and i become somewhat pleasant looking my bdd exaggarate it ...

This is kind of a weird topic, or at least I think so because I've never seen it discussed on here.

But I find people who are attracted to me kind of disgusting. There has to be something wrong with them if they think I look okay, right? It's like fat fetishists or zoophiliacs or something. Something damaged in their brain to think that something inhuman-looking like me is attractive.

I hate looking so inhuman. ...

i think in bdd we connect every flaws of ourselves to our defect like if u are weak in studies because u are lazy u connect it with ur condition and conclude that it is because of the defect and thoughts u cant study,if u are jealousy abt other peoples achievments u connect it with the deft u have like because of the defect i have jealousy in others,and if u have smoking habbit u ...

One thing I have noticed is resources saying you cannot have BBD if you have an actual deformity.

So, boring backstory time...

My stomach doesn't look like a normal persons because I had a baby 10 months ago-- it's very nasty.

I seen a women saying bad things about her postpartum body on a site and people were commenting about how absolutely confused they were that she could possibly feel ugly.

So I tried that ...

Hi I'm really struggling with my partners bdd. He's started sertraline and is on his second week of taking it. I know his doctor said he will get worse before he gets better but he's driving me mad. He's constantly asking me questions and is afree reassurance and no matter what I say he doesn't listen or doesn't take it in. I know this is the bdd.
We have tworked young boys together and my ...

So one of my biggest BDD-related fears is that others perceive me as looking younger than my chronological age. I am 34, almost 35 years old and I always have an terrible fear in the pit of my stomach when buying alcohol in case the clerk asks me for ID, because even though of course I am of age, being mistaken for younger triggers my BDD. Today it happened. ...

i want to grow beard,so much becoz i think beard will hide my defect in jawline,i hate when others see my jawline i dont like its angle,i believe growing beard will hide this defect i think i am trying to camofalage my problem,do camafolaging works??like if u hide a defect will this stress and constant thoughts will go away???

Hi,

I don't know where to start but I'll try to cut to the chase. I'm 17 years old, and in my senior year in High School.

For about 3 years now(start of sophomore year) my social life has died and I usually stay home on the weekends because of my fear of being seen in public.Moreover, my education has been affected where I skip class in the morning because I'm scared of going to ...

i always feel like i have a attention or a spotlight of my focus to my jaws..my compulsions thoughts are abt my jaw,it feels like a part of my brain is always thinking abt my jaw constantly stressed out of my problem...