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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), also known in some contexts as dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder defined by an overwhelming preoccupation with a perceived flaw in one's physical appearance. [1] In BDD's delusional variant, the flaw is imagined. [ 2 ]
Body dysmorphic disorder, meanwhile, is an obsessive-compulsive disorder characterized by disproportionate concern for minimal or absent individual bodily flaws, which cause personal distress and social impairment [94] —patients with body dysmorphic disorder are concerned about physical details, mainly the face, skin, and nose. [95]
Also, persons experiencing muscle dysmorphia tend to score high on the Eating Attitudes Test and Eating Disorder Inventory, [43] [37] while muscle dysmorphia and anorexia nervosa share diagnostic crossover. [44] Muscle dysmorphia and disordered eating correlate more to each other than either correlates to body dysmorphic disorder.
Before long, she’d developed body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), along with an eating disorder. When Los Angeles bodybuilder and fitness coach Lindsey Marie Greeley was just 17 years old, she ...
Body integrity dysphoria (BID), also referred to as body integrity identity disorder (BIID), amputee identity disorder or xenomelia, and formerly called apotemnophilia, is a rare mental disorder characterized by a desire to have a sensory or physical disability or feeling discomfort with being able-bodied, beginning in early adolescence and resulting in harmful consequences. [1]
In some cases, individuals with a visible difference may develop body dysmorphic disorder, a mental health condition characterized by obsessive focus on perceived flaws in physical appearance. Importantly, these perceived flaws may be minor and not very noticeable to others.
Body dysmorphic disorder is defined by an obsession with an imagined defect in physical appearance, and compulsive rituals in an attempt to conceal the perceived defect. Typical complaints include perceived facial flaws, perceived deformities of body parts and body size abnormalities.
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