Has anyone here had to deal with body dysmorphic disorder?

Do you obsess over a perceived flaw that others may not even notice?

Has is affected your relationships with partners or friends and relatives?

Do you avoid socialising as a result? Are you depressed?





Personally, I've had body dysmorphic disorder for 10 years now. It's been several issues; complexion, facial features, height, weight, etc...

It gets so bad that we generally put off living until we're more 'attractive'...With a partner, the question is always, "Why would (insert name) ever love someone as ugly as I am?"...

No matter how beautiful/handsome you are...

It's hard to communicate with someone who's been diagnosed also.

I just want to know if there are others suffering here... Seeking support is difficult but opening up on a faceless forum would hopefully help alot.

A reply from a woman dealing with it....

Hmmm...


If I hadn't listened to my Nairaland mind telling me to scroll down a little more before I read three paragraphs, I would have regrettably kept reading the long epistle.

Imagine me...a whole me...that found it difficult reading a page of my own term paper that my colleague help me to configure while in school.