Does anybody suffer from body dysmorphia? How to get help?!
Question:
Does anybody suffer from body dysmorphia? How to get help?
I have had body dysmorphia all my life , I think. I have always been too concerned about the way I look and would spend hours infront of the mirror because I think I'm ugly.
Recently it has got much worse because I can't even leave the house because I think I'm too ugly. And I'm making myself ugly by eating too much.
I really need help but don't know where to get it.
Answers:
body.dysmorphic.disorder: when.the.mirror.lies
No matter how much weight is lost, or no matter how much food is thrown up, the person with anorexia or bulimia will constantly see the same overweight, vile, failure in the mirror. This typically leads to very destructive and even deadly methods of weight loss in a desperate attempt to lose the distorted perception - in this case, fat (failure). It is very hard, though, for anyone that does not have an eating disorder to be able to understand just how someone could do this to themselves - go through hospitilizations and near death experiences even - but continually see themselves so distorted. Even though Body Dysmorphic disorder isn't just shown in cases of eating disorders (someone afflicted with BDD can obsess not about weight, but instead about their hair, nose, chest, etc.), it still hurts and ruins the lives of whoever is afflicted with it