Body Dismorphia Disorder??!
Question: My mom, who is a therapist, thinks I have body dismorphia. I have always considered myself a little chubby, but people tell me that I am not at all, but I always thought they were just being nice. But my doctor is saying that I am the exact average weight for my height. I have also always considered myself flat chested and when I got professionally measured they said I was 34C. Is this normal teenage stuff?
Answers: My mom, who is a therapist, thinks I have body dismorphia. I have always considered myself a little chubby, but people tell me that I am not at all, but I always thought they were just being nice. But my doctor is saying that I am the exact average weight for my height. I have also always considered myself flat chested and when I got professionally measured they said I was 34C. Is this normal teenage stuff?
I wouldn't label it as such. BDD is normal self consciousness taken to an extreme. If you notice a tiny bit of normal skin and say "Does that look chubby to others?" it's normal self conscious behavior.
Now if you looked in the mirror and said "Oh my god I'm morbidly obese, I must weigh 300 pounds..." that's BDD.
You need to stop looking at meth freak actresses and models and thinking they are what "normal" is. Look at the real people around you, and you'll see that you're fine, average, healthy and perfect.
i think that i have bdd, you can read my other question that i just posted about it
i don't thihnk you have bdd, but maybe you are anorexic, bt not anorexic in that you starve yourself, but just anorexic in that you see yourself as bigger than you are. i don't know.
but for me, bdd is when you see yourself as really ugly. your features are all in the right place, they just don't seem to add up in your mind. and you cry, all the time. you are afraid to look in the mirror, and yet look all the time, whenever you can. you have ups and lows.
but i don't know, maybe you have it with your body and not your face??
i hope this helped a little, sorry for the confusing answer
i hope you get the help you need!
bdd is when you OBSESS over those little things and it takes over your life, youre just a little insecure, who isnt?