Anybody suffering Body dysmorphic disorder?

[s.a.f]

Tauge, if I send you a pic, would you give me your honest rating? You seem down-to-earth and capable of giving a decent opinion.

Ahh, this was sarcasm. Now I get it. :doh:

 

[Aplunk1]

s.a.f.,

actually, it wasn't intended to be sarcastic! Hehe, but you're right! Maybe Tauge isn't the right person to ask.

 

[recboi]

I was diagnosed with it, but I think it might be misdiagnosed, I have more of an OCD issue. I had issues, and still do, but with things I never noticed until people pointed them out. I had a crooked nose from getting hit with a soccer ball, and people would make fun of it,a nd I begged my parents to get it fixed, and they did, insurance even covered most of it. Then when I was in high school, someone pointed out my receding hairline and I developed a concept over that. I was totally in denial until it became really obvious, then I tried the rogaine, then got bad HD, and then I developed issues from having bad hair transplant done. I had no other problems with my body except my nose and my hairline. DOes that make for body dismorphic? I couldn't care about anything else. If I gain weight, I can lose it by exercising, no big deal. I only obsessed over things I couldn't control. Now my nose is fine, but my hair bugs me.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Yes, welcome to the wonderful world of BDD which is a form of OCD.

 

[powersam]

I think i have BDD but backwards. I look in the mirror and see that i'm way hot, then when i tell the woman that and how lucky she must/should feel, she always just throws things at me. so obviously one of us needs psychiatric help.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Yeah, I remember reading about DDB somewhere. Oh, now I remember, it was in a Japanese medical journey where you have to read from right to left. :smack:

 

[goata007]

I thought I was below average looking - put my pic up on hotornot and got a 8.1 from 92 votes. Have to say it was a confidence booster!

On the downside I had my baseball cap on that pic, which does hide me NW6 head - without the cap I probably won't even get a 5.

 

[Guest]

I thought I was below average looking - put my pic up on hotornot and got a 8.1 from 92 votes. Have to say it was a confidence booster!

On the downside I had my baseball cap on that pic, which does hide me NW6 head - without the cap I probably won't even get a 5.

Oooh, HotorNot is sh*t, it means nothing. You are still below average looking






according to the people here

 

[Aplunk1]

Oooh, HotorNot is $#iT, it means nothing. You are still below average looking






according to the people here

What the hell, Tauge? Just a few days ago you were upholding the notion that HotorNot provides better ratings than the people here. Are you being facetious?

 

[Guest]

I was just trying to be sarcastic....

 

[Aplunk1]

I was just trying to be sarcastic....

Haha, fair enough. It's hard to read you, sometimes!

 

[barcafan]

HotorNot is bullshit.

I have a 9.1 on there

 

[Guest]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder

That's me. This sucks.

 

[Guest]

Consider yourself lucky when you suffer from BDD. It means you aren´t really ugly!

 

[Guest]

:jump:

 

[DoctorHouse]

Sorry, Taug, I do not consider my BDD as a lucky charm. I consider it a curse. I do consider myself lucky in the sense that my attitude about myself is not as bad as yours Taug. However, I know you are good person and some day I think you might change.

 

[Guest]

Sorry, Taug, I do not consider my BDD as a lucky charm. I consider it a curse. I do consider myself lucky in the sense that my attitude about myself is not as bad as yours Taug. However, I know you are good person and some day I think you might change.

Yeah it really isn't a blessing having BDD. Being obsessed on checking yourself in the mirror and not liking what you see. And even if that wasn't enough, the vision changes every time!

 

[Guest]

Consider yourself lucky when you suffer from BDD. It means you aren´t really ugly!

Well, statistically speaking, ugly people can have BDD too, so I think you're actually reavealing what you subconsciously know about yourself... which is that you're not really ugly.

House is right ... BDD is a curse from hell. And believing oneself to be ugly or deformed can actually alter ones physical appearance. Such is the power of the mind.

Mind over matter in a sense.

 

[DoctorHouse]

GHG, glad you are still around. Ironically Taug, has the biggest case of BDD yet, he denies he has it. I know how you feel, my day will depend on what kind of hair day I am having. If I am having a bad hair day, my mood seems to be bad and with a good hair day, my mood seems to be as the Brits would say cheery.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Erik, you seem like a smart guy who knows how to give good advice but can't seem to apply it to yourself. You and I are cut from the same mold it sounds like to me. I have that same problem.