BodyDysmorphicDisorderAreyouunhappywithyourbody
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Psychologistsestimatethatonetotwopercentofthepopulationhaswhatiscalledbodydysmorphicdisorder
Thesepeopleobsessoverwhattheyperceiveasaterribledefectintheirphysicalappearance
Incontrasttothecasewitheatingdisorders,wherepeople’sconcernovertheirphysicalappearancetypicallyinvolvestheirbodyimageasawhole,peoplewithBDDareconcernedaboutspecificphysicalfeatures
Theconcernoftenhastodowiththefaceorhead,butBDDcaninvolveanybodypart
Apersonwiththedisordermightthinkhernoseistoobigorhischestnot(1)muscularenough
Sometimesthe(2)perceiveddefectisinvisibletoanyoneelse
Inothercases,suchasisthecasewiththinninghair,theindividual’sperceptionofthatbodypartisextreme,farfromwhatanobjectiveobserversees
Peoplewithbodyd