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BDD, Surgeons, and Surgery: Considerations and Questions to Ask
How I Learned to Stop Avoiding Life
This blog was originally posted on Ten Percent Happier on April 22, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission
How to Get Over It: Fear of Vomiting
The fear of vomiting can become so all-consuming and terrifying that eating becomes a struggle and weight loss becomes dangerous. As sufferers try to protect themselves from throwing up, their world shrinks until it becomes impossible to work, go to school, or to socialize.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Eating Disorders: Overlapping Presentations, Differing Treatments.
What Are the Pandemic Side Effects on Those with BDD and OCD?
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Men: What to Know and How it Differs
Managing COVID-19 Fears as Mental Health Professionals
It's Not Just OCD About Physical Appearance: Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder
The Many Masks of OCD
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and the Impact of COVID-19 and Quarantine
Body Dysphoric Disorder (BDD) is described as the disease of “self- perceived ugliness” or “self-imagined ugliness.” It is also seen as a distressing preoccupation with one or more physical non-existence “defects.” In the DSM-5, BDD is classified under Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders.
A Compassionate Guide to Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic Part 2: Managing Your Anxiety
Telling oneself not to be anxious during the COVID-19 pandemic is like trying to tell water not to be wet. These are anxious times.
Does Media Induce Individuals with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) To Have Plastic Surgery?
We all have that one feature on our face or bodies that we don’t like. Maybe your nose tip is a millimeter longer than you would prefer? Perhaps you feel that your cheekbones can be more pronounced? No matter the issue, body insecurity is common among us all.
