page_title: Body dysmorphic disorder
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: Body dysmorphic disorder / Development
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Akné – papulózní forma Español: Joven con acné en la frente. Boy with acne on his forehead. Dieses Bild wurde von wikipedia:de kopiert. Die dortige Beschreibung lautete: Pubertäre Akne eines 14 jährigen Jungen. Foto von Henryart - Lizenstatus: gemeinfrei
context_page_description: Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental illness where people think they look different to how they really look. People are usually said to have BDD if they are extremely critical of their body, even though there may be nothing noticeably wrong with it. If there is something wrong with their body, it is usually so small that a person without BDD would not be unhappy about it at all. People claim that they are insecure, but BDD is far worse.
  Most people without BDD may not like some parts of their body, but people with BDD believe that they are so ugly, even though they are not, that they find it difficult to talk or exist with other people, or live normally, scared that other people will be mean to them because of the way they look. People with BDD often do not look for help because they are afraid others will think they are just vain, or they may feel too embarrassed to talk to other people as they think they are so ugly.
  BDD is a somatoform disorder. People with BDD may look at themselves in the mirror too much, or some people with BDD may actually try not to look in the mirror. Both of these are possible for a person with BDD.
context_section_description: BDD usually develops in adolescence, a time when people usually worry about their appearance the most. However, many people with BDD suffer for years before they look for help. When they do look for help to Doctors, people with the problem often say they have other problems, for example, depression, social anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, but do not say their real problem is with the way they look. Most patients can not be convinced that the problem they have with their body is only 'imagined', and that they are seeing a 'changed' view of themselves, because people do not know much about BDD, compared to other mental problems, for example OCD or others.
caption: Adolescence is a time where the body goes through many changes, such as acne, and these can be difficult for people, and this is when BDD begins
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