I have this.. I really want to go tell someone. Ive ruined my future because of this. I stopped college because I felt too ugly for anyone to see me. Everyone thinks I'm attention seeking, because before I got this I would take pictures of myself about 100 a month but a bit after that , camera made me realize I looked awful. Then I looked in the mirror and I saw a monster after a few minutes. :( I just want my confidence back. :'( I want to go talk to someone so bad. I only have 1 friend left.
I first realised I had BDD when watching Oprah's show on BDD. I used to think there was something in my pores when there wasn't. I ended up scaring my own skin and then creating the very thing in reality that I thought existed in my imagination. I've come a long way but it does come back now. I still have the scares and have to pull myself away from the mirror.
I'm grateful to know that at least I don't have the suicidal tendencies. I feel for the sufferers on this show.
pls try emotional freedom technique. this is the best so far to handle bdd or ocd.
also keep in mind that "PERFECTION IS NEVER AN OPTION". It is very common in nature to have imperfections.
and even htough marijuana is illegal (because tobaccco, antidepressant, and alcohol companies will loose profit) if it is legal, it might help u too. just use it wisely, no more than 3 times a week. I have bdd and ocd too. and these are the things that helped me.
This video makes me think im not gonna get through my BDD. It makes me wanna kill myself knowing that i prolly wont get better. I only have the school holiday to lose weight and look as pretty as all the other girls in my school because if i don't go to school next year they will make me repeat year 7 and if they do that i will kill myself... Fuck BDD fuck everything. BTW just returned from the mental hospital and it didn't help at all :(
i have bdd but sometimes i question myself if i really do. instead of looking at myself in the mirror all the time i tend to avoid them because obviously i hate what i see.
I think im having it, I had it before to, and it dissapeared but now its comming back and I havent been in school for 2 days now :( Cant go out, only when I have to play football..
The point is even if these people had cosmetic surgery their disorder means that they would still not be happy with their appearance. They see flaws that aren't there, they find reasons to dislike themselves. Cosmetic surgery is not the answer
@jazzymiranda12 No it isn't sadly sufferers think Cosmetic surgery is the answer because they will do what it ever it takes for them to think they will get that desired result.I know what it's like I've had three nose jobs and still hate my nose like hell.It's only after I had my last operation my surgeon mentioned that I may suffer from BDD that's the first I ever heard of the condition.
@jazzymiranda12 actually i strongly believe that if there is a "perfect surgery" bdd sufferes will be at rest. the problem is bdd sufferers like me wants 100%, it should be completey perfect. if the appearance is 99.999999999999999999 beautiful, that means nothing. it is as good as 100% ugly. we bdd or ocd sufferers are mean to ourselves. it is not our choice, it is just a defective nervous system triggered by genes and the environment.
Wow, seriously? This kinda ticks me off. I mean, what about people who actually ARE ugly?!?!? Should they just stay inside, hide, and attempt suicide numerous times? I just don't understand. My sister-in-law lost her foot in a car accident, has a prosthetic, with a nub on the end of her leg, and she goes to the public pool!!! Yeah, people stare but guess what? SHE STILL GOES OUT THERE! She certainly doesn't feel sorry for herself all the time. Things like that can not be fixed win cosmetic su
many people are actually telling these sufferes to get plastic surgery - mental health is the abilty to live with vitiligo, deformitie,s ect. - so actually having comments from viewers believing these average looking people need plastic surgery highlights the cultural causes of this disorder, though a biological predisposition to obsessive-compulsive illnesses takes precedence. We live in a culture that is increasingly plastic and superficial............,
@gloryvilla1 Yes but what's so wrong with plastic surgery? Why does it have to be such a crime for someone with BDD to want plastic surgery? Sure, it may not make them better emotionally.... but is it worth a risk if all other avenues have been explored?
BDD is not about whether you are ugly or not - it is about being criplled by the idea of being ugly. Many ugly people are the most productive, happy people in society!
What if the person genuinely doesn't have a good bone structure? What if they genuniely do have pasty pale skin? What if they genuinely do have big ears?
HOW CAN WE JUST CLASSIFY THIS AS A DISTORTED VIEW? A LOT OF THE TIME IT'S NOT A DISTORTED VIEW, IT'S JUST REALITY!!!
There needs to be a new approach. Plastic surgery is there for a reason.
PEOPLE HAVE TO REALISE THAT BDD IS NOT ALWAYS AN ''INNER'' PROBLEM.
Sorry if I sound ignorant, but it is just another way of looking at the situation.
@musicmatterstome105, I completely agree with you!! Stressing on this so called "imaginary" wrong view, will make the person feel even more lonely, and misunderstood. Plastic surgery can be a solution!!
@Joylibelle Well, the way I see it is this. I'm not sure if its myself searching for perfectionism and whether I just have to be myself. I'm willing to give it 6 more months though.
Like, people say that once you don't have a 'defect', everythings ok, it's all in your head etc etc etc. The reality is, you don't necessarily need to have a defect to be ugly or unattractive.
I don't know like... It could be a warped perception. I'm giving it 6 more months though before getting plastic surgery.
@musicmatterstome105 , Forget what people think. Forget whatever they call it, whether it's BDD, BFF or WHAM or what!! So, you're a perfectionist, so what. It's YOUR life and it's YOUR perfectionism. Look, it's plain simple: If you are not happy with whatever it is that bothers you physically and you are convinced that a plastic surgery will make you feel better about your appearance, and your doctor thinks it's safe, then: DO IT...Don't let other people gaslight you!!
@Joylibelle Yep... but I'm willing to give it 6 more months of just being myself completely, to see if its actually an emotional problem and not a physical problem August the 15th is the date I'm setting myself. If I haven't achieved happiness by that date, then I will start researching into how to go about getting plastic surgery.
@musicmatterstome105 Well, whatever your decision, I'm sure it will be a wise one. August 15th. is my birthday, I will be thinking of you. Goodluck, I wish you lots and lots of happiness! Joylibelle
you have no idea what its like, a bad hair day is like a suicidal day. and it is so so difficult its not a little walk in the park the pain is so unimaginable that i cant even describe it, i hope someday this goes away
i have to get a life ...leaving all addictions including obsession of gaming..Its a damn virtual world i left behind my reality .. i am a introvet but not now not from now
i am not ugly i look good but i have what is soical phobia its sucks when u cant talk to people you dont know with ease ..it feels that your not one of them your inferior but we are not like we are good than them.what the problem is you cant talk convey that others do .... bdd been there done that .. once i didnt go out of the house .for some like 4 days... the outer world lol. playing online games . was an obsession .4 days damn ..not even looked out of window
not sure if i have BDD or not... im really concerned about how I look but i dont feel ugly all the time, its more that I dont know what I look like. I dont recognise pictures of me as being me, and i look different every time I look in the mirror. Is this normal?
The white guy should dye his eyebrows darker and hair as well. Then he should do a surgery with ears so they are more pulled back - that's it, he would look very good as his other features are alright. But he is no model, so of course he is concerned about his appearance.
I find this disorder incredibly saddening but also so damn fascinating! It's been one of the deciding reasons for why i've decided to get my PhD in psychology, i really, REALLY want to find a cure for this!! or at least find some more coping mechanisms for people who suffer from BDD.
Getting ready in the morning is a hassle. Every time I tell myself "You look fine" I keep going back to the mirror just one last time, hoping I at least look a LITTLE bit better. Sometimes my anxiety gets so out of control, I'll stand in front of the mirror waxing my face until it bleeds(I got a scar on my chin now...I'm gonna switch over to creams prevent anymore scaring, and now I'm so self conscious about my scar AND facial hair). No matter what I do, it WONT GO AWAY!
I think that part of this illness is that we are hiding our outter selves for something we don't like on the inside! When we change the inside, everything changes. <3
@amapolap You're right. Today I was a bit pissed off, but yesterday and last week I felt really bad and just wanted to hide. Somedays I will be fine, but then all a sudden it will hit me hard.
i do that a lot but just cuz im beautiful and i cant beleive it so i have to look again :) LOL nah im kiddin im kind of bipolar.. sometimes i feel ugly another times i feel so beautiful that it becomes annoying
its a relief to know that what I have has a name.Im constantly looking at my reflection, taking pictures of myself hoping i dont look as bad as i feel and anytime someone says im not ugly it just makes it worse because I feel like theyre lying to me.its not as debiliating as this video shows; i still socialize, but it never leaves my mind.i'm literally ALWAYS thinking about what I look like and it definitely affects my life.i never feel worthy of love or attention so i constantly shut people out
Its pure torture, i suffered bdd for 5 years now...I hate my side profile, everything about me...I feel so depressed and anxious...I wanna die sometimes
i think i have this. i literally have to look at myself in tht mirror every hour or so idk y but i always look at this. and have this horrible feeling of hatred to my face. idk y everybody says i'm so beautiful and i get a lot of bf's but i rly think i have this. is there any way you can help it??
I have BDD .... but I never knew what it was till now. I have always had an obsession with mirrors .... but not because I was vain, but b/c I always wanted to just look. It's almost as if your waiting for the image to convince you you look ok, but your brain says no you don't. I think I'm huge but im only 135 pounds. I think My skin looks bad when others say it looks great. I recently have been avoiding leaving my house .... and I use to love going out
i have Not looked in a mirror in a club, street, toilet, shop exc for years. On days when i feel i look good b4 i leave my house. i never dare to look in anufa mirror incase i see seomthing i dislike and it destroys my confidence
what I don't understand is that if these actually normal looking people are too afraid to show them selves on the street due to their imagined problems then how come they are not afraid to be shown to many thousands viewers??
@SubAtomicWhale I agree! People allways called me pretty. Extremly pretty. And I belive them, that they see it that way! Sometimes even I can see it for a while <3
But in phases - like now - it becomes unbareble...I just can't accept myself. I'm never good enough! I am okay most of the time...but never really pleased. Never. I wish there was a way to let go all that worries...
Everybody is ugly to some extend n beautiful to others.
The key is to distract yourself from ur disorder. Find other things you like. The longer u stop thinking about how ugly you are, the more you are able to lead a normal life.
Keep faith guys...You'll all overcome it. Yeah, It'll probably always lurk....but it can be reconstructed as something positive. The empathy and insight we learn is invaluable. Trust the preverbial light that shines within, let logic overcome your insecurity. It'll take years, they'll be many hurdles and they'll always be bad days...but they'll just be a blip in something fulfilling. I want to give hope to everyone-you aren't alone, and you will be fine.
I have a little of this but its just a little fear going out cus i feel my clothes dont look good. Feel like all my clothes are just ugly. Its wierd. But im glad i just have it in short periodes.
@ThermalHD if it's only occasionally, and it isn't having a large effect on your quality of life it sounds to me just like normal insecurity, but make sure you keep an eye on it, because in my experience that's how it starts. I'm sure you'll be fine though, and I'm sure you're beautiful :)
im scared i think i have BDD im so ugly and im a male i have no jawline and big fish lips and ugly eyes no girl talks to me and im also really pale i hate my self and i wish i was better looking
@SonyCamry im male too, i have big eyes, blackness under my eyes which make my whole overall appearance look ugly. ive never had a girlfriend, never had a job, never will most probley. im so lobley and depressed i only go out if i really really have too. im 20 year old with nop hope for job, girlfriend, and a normal life. i envy people who have lives.
And what if youre really ugly? I know that people in this video are struggling with BDD, but if youre really bad looking and it is making your life unbearable?
Is suicide racional then? Sorry for being a bit off-topic, but its a real issue for me.
I have a question here. If she was worried people will see her face, why did she agree to do this documentary when the whole world can see her face in television?? Anyone can answer my question. PLEASE??
I've been suffering from BDD since i was about 13 and going through puberty, i would often just stare in the mirror at times and just wonder.
I was seeing things no body else could, i was seeing everything i hated about myself, i didn't like thinking i was just disgusting.
I hardly went out over a 3 year period until i was 16, because i felt like if i went out everyone would stare at me, and think to themselves that i shouldn't be in public where i could be seen.. I feel for these people..<3
this may sound like a cliche comment but im yet to see a bdd sufferer that... by appearance.. should be? surely there must be a large percentage of sufferers that actully look like what they see
I have the same problem the first guy has. My head is larger than usual, and I feel like a freak. I hate being seen. I feel like I can't function in life cuz of my head size. And I can't pass a mirror without looking at myself :(
I cannot leave the house without makeup.Nobody really knows how I feel about myself. I am told by many that I am beautiful, and that I resemble nicole kidman, but I still see myself as not good enough.
I too am constantly looking myself in the mirror, trying to see something I like.
that one girl , real problem is her weight and she doesnt realize it. she's not ugly but if she lost a few pounds she wouldnt feel that way, not saying that i think she should but thats her real issue with herself.
Going to the letter box, I find a real hurdle. I will do exactly the same things as Kiara. The psychologist I saw, I told her I feel really ugly, and her response was, "what's so bad about being ugly?". Well, what's good about it? I've had BDD since my mid teens. I use to self-harm when feeling ugly. I will shut myself away and consequently lead a lonely life. I only found out about BDD by reading an article in the paper, otherwise I would have never known.
@1100HondaCB I understand how you feel as I once suffered with BDD, I had very extreme delusions, paranoia, compulsion with mirrors etc... it was terrible and I hope one day you can be free of it too. For me I obsess about other things now not related to my body. I will always be OCD spectrum but I can't imagine being where I was with BDD again
@1100HondaCB ""whats so bad about being ugly?" is one of the worse things she could have said, its why i don't tell people things like that. If i got told that id never go back. I Hope you are doing better now.
Sometimes, I will spend an hour looking in the mirror at different angles to see if I can find a part of my face likeable. I ride a motorbike, specifically to hide my face with a crash helmet. I've never had a girlfriend, even at 30, which reinforces my thoughts of BDD. At work, which is hard for me, when dealing with an attractive female customer, my self esteem is destroyed. BTW Kiara, you are beautiful. If you were my girlfriend, I would be very happy.
I was refered to a phychologist and was diagnosed with social anxiety and my suspicians of BDD were confirmed. When I drive a car, I turn the mirror the other way and when I see a reflection of my face in a window, I feel sick. I was on a bus today and saw my face in the rear view mirror, at which point my confidence hit rock bottom. I do my best to hide my face and feel really bitter about my looks. I hate my ugly face so much. BDD affects men as much as women.
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if you have too go outside to work and gain money so you can give your family something to eat, You will step out of your house, im sorry but i think this people need to feel the "necessity" that millions of people have in the poor world and then maybe they will stop wasting their time and making somethin positive with their lives.....the "will" is more powerful than any issue but if they are in their "comfort zone" for sure they will never change
@Hackindonna you try and be me for 10 minutes you will soon want to be not me. if it were possible, trust me. you would not want to be me. dont say things you think is simple, it is not that simple, i wish it was.
Hi. I am a south east Asian guy. I have BDD and still suffering from it....... I don't have this disorder when I was in my country... I got this disease here in an ENGLISH LAND called UNITED SATES OF AMERICA.........yes, it is very PAINFUL...
It does not take into account some surgeons do not carry out the requests of the patient . There is the danger of a BDD false diagnosis then being refused corrective surgery
A patient may not have had any issues related to their appearance, but for example received injury paid a surgeon to do something, surgeon does something else so surgeons negligent but if no negligence is proved then the patient will be stigmatized if the surgery is acceptable but not what patient wanted
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well now, the fact that the jews and gays make money making everyone feel ugly is just made everyone a lump of unsympathetic puddy. caring for others is what's important in life. people should help others. but money takes over peoples lives.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
these TV shows and psychotherapist love the filthy lucre they make on victims
rather than helping people
they'll burn in hell for all eternity unless they repent
Suffered Terribly from this Growing up. Got over it through the passage of time, And honestly i look better than most of the people today, who initially made fun of me.
No one would date me i was so ugly and always hacking away at myself. In time you can mature to be a better looking man or woman. If you observe, adults often had a "gawky" period to work through. Those that didn't are assholes and they will suffer later on in life, hopefully through disfigurment or disease. Some procedures r ok
well, it started when the Christian Church fell into Apostasy in conjunction with the jew fashion TV world. This taught generations of people to look for a good clean image in religion, event though those organ stealing Rabbi's and Preachers are false teachers. The TV mind control made people think looks mattered and integrity did not. Like Ted haggard hates gays, but is one. Or rabbi's hate Jesus because he pointed out they are evil and worship money.
i dong get why shes scared of going outside to the mailbox when she is currently being filmed and going on national television and being seen by hundreds of thousands of people..
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@FarrenfollowsBen yes, and i have taken BDD to gender identity disorder now. You really can't compete with me on an intellectual level. your patsies can murder me, but on a mental plane, i'm smoking you guys online.
i don't know that you've EVER been able to really understand me, and thus the slander and forced druggings!
I have BDD and it's hell. I've always disliked my body, but in the past two years, since a bad breakup, it has become so crippling I barely leave my apartment. I go to dance class twice a week, yoga a couple of times a week, and I go out to run errands, and that's it. I'm a dancer and I am able to perform because I love dance so much, but I feel like I have to leave right after because I don't want to make people look at me anymore. I can only wear one outfit. BDD is horrible and crippling.
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Well why do you care so much about what other people think? Who are you trying to impress? I mean as long as you can get on in society without people recoiling in horror or laughing at you everytime than you're fine. I mean what are we expecting? Do wel really want people laying out the red carpet, and giving us all the attention?
People with this see that their life sucks, and they get no attention. They ask why and blame their looks because it's simple and easy for the mind to do so
And also if one looks at their reflection or anythingfor a long time, their vision of it will literally change. This is coming from an artist. EVERYONE sees literally different things, sometimes slightly, sometimes not so, because sight is dependent on the brain and everyone's brain is different.
hi guys, i think i have BDD, but whenever i tell my family they dont believe me and think that im just an attention seeker which makes me even more anxious because if your own family cant understand WHO WILL!?! i think this has slowly developed over the years, i believe it all started at highschool, but it has gradually got worst, from focussing just on my nose n how big it is to my side profile to my jaw, lips, eyes, hair line and now suddenly its everything and i cant make myself go college!!
I understand, there are people out there similar to you. I'm 14, I was never concerned with how I looked until I turned 13, then I became obsessed with my nose which has a crook in it, i'd do anything for a nose job, then it spread and I hated to start everything about myself, I feel physically sick when I look at myself in the mirror. I hope you get over your problems and realise that you're special, and I hope I do too. Good luck
aww hey, it feels really wierd doesnt it!!like no matter what people tell you you just get worse and worse, now i cant even go college and im woried i'l get chucked off a course i love but just cant find it in me to go!! its frustrating and non of my family members understand!!! but i hope one day we'll both get over it, i think its a phase tht we hav to go through unfortunantly, but dont give up k!!! your special too :Dxxx
I'm half black to I went through a time when I wanted to look more like a white man. One does mature and grow to think, it costs £4000 for a nose job but for what? For who? What about the risk of infection?. Beauty is fleeting. Everyone who is beautiful is cursed to watch it disappear as they grow int a haggard old man or woman. It is the curse of the human condition You either neurotically worry about looks, and prim and preen and waste hrs in front of the mirror, or you move on
The reality is that you will grow old, and you will die, and your looks will go anyway, whether you are pretty or no, the fate of man is the same. The question is if you want to waste your life worrying about a fleeting beauty that is a curse to have to watch disappear as you age.
i know its soooo silly, but i've actually got over it now so allhamdullilah!! GOD IS GREAT!! i thinki only felt like this because of my spots but they have got better and my skin is getting clearer mashallah THANK GOD tht i feel much better in myself and WHO CARES what other people think, as my brother says they shite like everyone else LOL yes even 'gosh darn beautiful celebrities go to the toilet'!! EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL in their own right!!!
i find this sad. the 15 years old girl is quite mature. I dont know if i have bdd. i am very concerned with my looks, i also had a nose job, but i dont find myself hideous actually quite on the contrary.
Im alright. Sometimes I get really really upset (genetics & puberty) but idc theres nuthin i can do so haha I just wanna make God happy with what I do for him (:
This is actually scary... I've been desperately struggling to find out what my problem has been for years and this is definitely it. After researching it a lot and reading up on it. I have pretty much every symptom and compulsive behavior for it. I've been desperately looking for someone to talk to about this, but no one seems to understand... and my parents think I'm just vain... I also have bad acne (which I'm currently on accutane for) which is my biggest problem.
The hardest part about having any problem is people's lack of understanding/relation.I mean cause they don't relate,they can't really be blamed though.
I know what it's like because I have another disorder that is just as traumatizing; social anxiety.
If anyone who has this disease reads this, I want to let you know my prayers are out for you, and you CAN overcome it nobody how impossible it may seem.
Struggling with social anxiety has caused a lot of pain and even suicidal thoughts, but I am still fighting it and not giving up.
Hello. As a teenager, I had some terrible problems with anxiety. Never got a diagnosis, because I wasn't taken to see a psychologist and there's no way I would've gone on my own! I used to pull big clumps of my hair out, and I couldn't walk up the street without someone with me. I really neglected myself. But I've got through it, and now I'm at university. I actually think all this made me a more confident person :) Anyone can do it.
I think I'm good-looking, but I would be 10 times more good-looking if I had no blemishes or acne on my forehead and no dark ring under one of my eyes.
I don't know if I have BDD or not. I'm almost positive that I look hideous. I feel like I'm not even human sometimes. I feel like my face is a distraction for people and they feel annoyed when they stare at me. I don't have the right body proportions and I look disgusting and desperate when I try anything on. I get jealous of people who are attractive without even doing anything to themselves. It annoys me.
it makes me feel guilty to be feeling jealous over people who have never caused me harm, the only fault of theirs being that their more attractive than i am.
just because she is on camera and talking to an interviewer does not lessen the full effect of the disease, are you that ignorant, obviously she has got some comfort level with them or shes doing it for reasons above herself, for awareness, thats like saying someone who is an alcoholic drinks only alcohol and nothing else, dont take everything so literally
People with BDD are almost all not really 100% capable of haveing relationships- it causes A LOT of distress. So you better stick to your shallow "hot guys".
While I'm not really sure whether I have a mild case of BDD or not, I can agree with the BDD sufferers on this video on so, so many points.
When Kiara says that she feels shallow and vain for disliking her appearance so much; So do I, hence why I never mentioned it to my counsellor.
I do go out and meet people, but I always worry about disgusting them. When I go to town I see people who look so much better than me and feel like I should've just stayed home, like I don't belong among them.
I always feel like that, too Karoish. Whenever I speak to anyone at all, all I can think is that they're thinking about how disgusting I am, when I know that they'd be used to it. Every morning I think "what's the point of going out today?". It's horrible and its like being trapped inside your own head and when everyone else is out there having a life, I'm stuck in my head.
i think i might have had this...or severe insecurity...idk...but i can easyly find a bf and friends but deep down inside i felt like i looked like a monster.....while everyone was telling me how beautiful i was!! n how hot n attractive.....later i figured who cares how i look....im awsome!!
what the hell.. if i was HALF as pretty as either of those girls I'd be happy
LuvSasukeOrElse13 1 week ago
I have this.. I really want to go tell someone. Ive ruined my future because of this. I stopped college because I felt too ugly for anyone to see me. Everyone thinks I'm attention seeking, because before I got this I would take pictures of myself about 100 a month but a bit after that , camera made me realize I looked awful. Then I looked in the mirror and I saw a monster after a few minutes. :( I just want my confidence back. :'( I want to go talk to someone so bad. I only have 1 friend left.
Chucky248259 2 weeks ago
i've done that with the peroxide too
leniboda 3 weeks ago
i have acne dysmorphia (another form of BDD). my life is a nightmare.
ilanlakan 1 month ago
I first realised I had BDD when watching Oprah's show on BDD. I used to think there was something in my pores when there wasn't. I ended up scaring my own skin and then creating the very thing in reality that I thought existed in my imagination. I've come a long way but it does come back now. I still have the scares and have to pull myself away from the mirror.
I'm grateful to know that at least I don't have the suicidal tendencies. I feel for the sufferers on this show.
ainsleighlove 2 months ago
pls try emotional freedom technique. this is the best so far to handle bdd or ocd.
also keep in mind that "PERFECTION IS NEVER AN OPTION". It is very common in nature to have imperfections.
and even htough marijuana is illegal (because tobaccco, antidepressant, and alcohol companies will loose profit) if it is legal, it might help u too. just use it wisely, no more than 3 times a week. I have bdd and ocd too. and these are the things that helped me.
watchWorld100 2 months ago
This video makes me think im not gonna get through my BDD. It makes me wanna kill myself knowing that i prolly wont get better. I only have the school holiday to lose weight and look as pretty as all the other girls in my school because if i don't go to school next year they will make me repeat year 7 and if they do that i will kill myself... Fuck BDD fuck everything. BTW just returned from the mental hospital and it didn't help at all :(
TouretteChick 2 months ago
@TouretteChick pls try emotional freedom technique or eft wwwDOTeftmastersworldwideDOTcom
watchWorld100 2 months ago
i have bdd but sometimes i question myself if i really do. instead of looking at myself in the mirror all the time i tend to avoid them because obviously i hate what i see.
pennycrayon69 3 months ago
I think im having it, I had it before to, and it dissapeared but now its comming back and I havent been in school for 2 days now :( Cant go out, only when I have to play football..
maldobostero12 4 months ago
The point is even if these people had cosmetic surgery their disorder means that they would still not be happy with their appearance. They see flaws that aren't there, they find reasons to dislike themselves. Cosmetic surgery is not the answer
jazzymiranda12 4 months ago
@jazzymiranda12 No it isn't sadly sufferers think Cosmetic surgery is the answer because they will do what it ever it takes for them to think they will get that desired result.I know what it's like I've had three nose jobs and still hate my nose like hell.It's only after I had my last operation my surgeon mentioned that I may suffer from BDD that's the first I ever heard of the condition.
strke69 3 months ago
@jazzymiranda12 actually i strongly believe that if there is a "perfect surgery" bdd sufferes will be at rest. the problem is bdd sufferers like me wants 100%, it should be completey perfect. if the appearance is 99.999999999999999999 beautiful, that means nothing. it is as good as 100% ugly. we bdd or ocd sufferers are mean to ourselves. it is not our choice, it is just a defective nervous system triggered by genes and the environment.
watchWorld100 2 months ago
Wow, seriously? This kinda ticks me off. I mean, what about people who actually ARE ugly?!?!? Should they just stay inside, hide, and attempt suicide numerous times? I just don't understand. My sister-in-law lost her foot in a car accident, has a prosthetic, with a nub on the end of her leg, and she goes to the public pool!!! Yeah, people stare but guess what? SHE STILL GOES OUT THERE! She certainly doesn't feel sorry for herself all the time. Things like that can not be fixed win cosmetic su
CCnMommy1 4 months ago
many people are actually telling these sufferes to get plastic surgery - mental health is the abilty to live with vitiligo, deformitie,s ect. - so actually having comments from viewers believing these average looking people need plastic surgery highlights the cultural causes of this disorder, though a biological predisposition to obsessive-compulsive illnesses takes precedence. We live in a culture that is increasingly plastic and superficial............,
gloryvilla1 4 months ago
@gloryvilla1 Yes but what's so wrong with plastic surgery? Why does it have to be such a crime for someone with BDD to want plastic surgery? Sure, it may not make them better emotionally.... but is it worth a risk if all other avenues have been explored?
musicmatterstome105 4 months ago
BDD is not about whether you are ugly or not - it is about being criplled by the idea of being ugly. Many ugly people are the most productive, happy people in society!
gloryvilla1 4 months ago
What if the person genuinely doesn't have a good bone structure? What if they genuniely do have pasty pale skin? What if they genuinely do have big ears?
HOW CAN WE JUST CLASSIFY THIS AS A DISTORTED VIEW? A LOT OF THE TIME IT'S NOT A DISTORTED VIEW, IT'S JUST REALITY!!!
There needs to be a new approach. Plastic surgery is there for a reason.
PEOPLE HAVE TO REALISE THAT BDD IS NOT ALWAYS AN ''INNER'' PROBLEM.
Sorry if I sound ignorant, but it is just another way of looking at the situation.
musicmatterstome105 5 months ago
@musicmatterstome105, I completely agree with you!! Stressing on this so called "imaginary" wrong view, will make the person feel even more lonely, and misunderstood. Plastic surgery can be a solution!!
Joylibelle 2 weeks ago
@Joylibelle Well, the way I see it is this. I'm not sure if its myself searching for perfectionism and whether I just have to be myself. I'm willing to give it 6 more months though.
Like, people say that once you don't have a 'defect', everythings ok, it's all in your head etc etc etc. The reality is, you don't necessarily need to have a defect to be ugly or unattractive.
I don't know like... It could be a warped perception. I'm giving it 6 more months though before getting plastic surgery.
musicmatterstome105 2 weeks ago
@musicmatterstome105 , Forget what people think. Forget whatever they call it, whether it's BDD, BFF or WHAM or what!! So, you're a perfectionist, so what. It's YOUR life and it's YOUR perfectionism. Look, it's plain simple: If you are not happy with whatever it is that bothers you physically and you are convinced that a plastic surgery will make you feel better about your appearance, and your doctor thinks it's safe, then: DO IT...Don't let other people gaslight you!!
Joylibelle 2 weeks ago
@Joylibelle Yep... but I'm willing to give it 6 more months of just being myself completely, to see if its actually an emotional problem and not a physical problem August the 15th is the date I'm setting myself. If I haven't achieved happiness by that date, then I will start researching into how to go about getting plastic surgery.
musicmatterstome105 2 weeks ago
@musicmatterstome105 Well, whatever your decision, I'm sure it will be a wise one. August 15th. is my birthday, I will be thinking of you. Goodluck, I wish you lots and lots of happiness! Joylibelle
Joylibelle 2 weeks ago
@Joylibelle Thank you, wish you the best in your hopes and aspirations as well!
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musicmatterstome105 5 months ago
From Kiara's reaction, is it like walking outside naked? I mean or in underwear?
lennic95 5 months ago
you have no idea what its like, a bad hair day is like a suicidal day. and it is so so difficult its not a little walk in the park the pain is so unimaginable that i cant even describe it, i hope someday this goes away
shesarainbow97 5 months ago
sad....
omare788 5 months ago
i have to get a life ...leaving all addictions including obsession of gaming..Its a damn virtual world i left behind my reality .. i am a introvet but not now not from now
RojanMiz 6 months ago
i am not ugly i look good but i have what is soical phobia its sucks when u cant talk to people you dont know with ease ..it feels that your not one of them your inferior but we are not like we are good than them.what the problem is you cant talk convey that others do .... bdd been there done that .. once i didnt go out of the house .for some like 4 days... the outer world lol. playing online games . was an obsession .4 days damn ..not even looked out of window
RojanMiz 6 months ago
not sure if i have BDD or not... im really concerned about how I look but i dont feel ugly all the time, its more that I dont know what I look like. I dont recognise pictures of me as being me, and i look different every time I look in the mirror. Is this normal?
poemninethousand 6 months ago 2
The white guy should dye his eyebrows darker and hair as well. Then he should do a surgery with ears so they are more pulled back - that's it, he would look very good as his other features are alright. But he is no model, so of course he is concerned about his appearance.
LatestUFOSightings 6 months ago
Okay then just don´t look in mirrows !!
LabcabinPhiladelphia 7 months ago
I find this disorder incredibly saddening but also so damn fascinating! It's been one of the deciding reasons for why i've decided to get my PhD in psychology, i really, REALLY want to find a cure for this!! or at least find some more coping mechanisms for people who suffer from BDD.
underneathyourbed18 7 months ago
Getting ready in the morning is a hassle. Every time I tell myself "You look fine" I keep going back to the mirror just one last time, hoping I at least look a LITTLE bit better. Sometimes my anxiety gets so out of control, I'll stand in front of the mirror waxing my face until it bleeds(I got a scar on my chin now...I'm gonna switch over to creams prevent anymore scaring, and now I'm so self conscious about my scar AND facial hair). No matter what I do, it WONT GO AWAY!
kiwilimew 7 months ago
I think that part of this illness is that we are hiding our outter selves for something we don't like on the inside! When we change the inside, everything changes. <3
LisaGou 7 months ago
@amapolap You're right. Today I was a bit pissed off, but yesterday and last week I felt really bad and just wanted to hide. Somedays I will be fine, but then all a sudden it will hit me hard.
1100HondaCB 8 months ago
Well, we are, by and large, an ugly species. The exceptions are what we refer to as "beautiful". And "beautiful" is definitely in the minority.
JeffersonDinedAlone 8 months ago
Why am I still alive if there is no cure for this.
musevstool 8 months ago
@musevstool
I will answer.
You are alive because you are too much of a pussy to kill yourself.
There is a cure and it's called plastic surgery.
LatestUFOSightings 6 months ago
@LatestUFOSightings You are right
musevstool 6 months ago
i do that a lot but just cuz im beautiful and i cant beleive it so i have to look again :) LOL nah im kiddin im kind of bipolar.. sometimes i feel ugly another times i feel so beautiful that it becomes annoying
winnerACE1109 8 months ago
its a relief to know that what I have has a name.Im constantly looking at my reflection, taking pictures of myself hoping i dont look as bad as i feel and anytime someone says im not ugly it just makes it worse because I feel like theyre lying to me.its not as debiliating as this video shows; i still socialize, but it never leaves my mind.i'm literally ALWAYS thinking about what I look like and it definitely affects my life.i never feel worthy of love or attention so i constantly shut people out
DoesHeLookLikeAB1tch 8 months ago 3
I know this feeling:(Sometimes I just want to die.....
NAMELESSLIBERTYGAZE 10 months ago
:(... idk what to do ... i have this ... i am sacred ... i hate my self ... i have tryed lots of things but i have stoped but i still hate my self
turtldillo 10 months ago
Its pure torture, i suffered bdd for 5 years now...I hate my side profile, everything about me...I feel so depressed and anxious...I wanna die sometimes
cbba18 11 months ago
i think i have this. i literally have to look at myself in tht mirror every hour or so idk y but i always look at this. and have this horrible feeling of hatred to my face. idk y everybody says i'm so beautiful and i get a lot of bf's but i rly think i have this. is there any way you can help it??
tellietubbie09 11 months ago
this makes me wanna cry - because I have it too
Luciannaminx 1 year ago 27
I'd shag him.
amyliz143ny 1 year ago 3
I have BDD .... but I never knew what it was till now. I have always had an obsession with mirrors .... but not because I was vain, but b/c I always wanted to just look. It's almost as if your waiting for the image to convince you you look ok, but your brain says no you don't. I think I'm huge but im only 135 pounds. I think My skin looks bad when others say it looks great. I recently have been avoiding leaving my house .... and I use to love going out
Trueghostgirl 1 year ago
i have Not looked in a mirror in a club, street, toilet, shop exc for years. On days when i feel i look good b4 i leave my house. i never dare to look in anufa mirror incase i see seomthing i dislike and it destroys my confidence
jondelos 1 year ago 2
what I don't understand is that if these actually normal looking people are too afraid to show them selves on the street due to their imagined problems then how come they are not afraid to be shown to many thousands viewers??
Muscovite91 1 year ago
@Muscovite91 its not face to face,that makes a big difference and believe me they are afraid to get filmed but are doing it to highlight the illness
billysue2 1 year ago
Goddamn...I think these people are worthy of mating. I don't see what they see.
YeahICanLiveWithIt 1 year ago
everyone is gonna think someones ugly were as someone else will see beauty
lrigyrtnuocyelyah 1 year ago
i swear a lot of the sufferers are actually prettier than average...
SubAtomicWhale 1 year ago 12
@SubAtomicWhale yep,theres usually ones like and also ones that are worse than average,the ones you see on tv are often goodlooking.
billysue2 1 year ago
@SubAtomicWhale i have bdd and ocd. that makes sense... because if u r less average looking then how can u worry if u r ugly?
watchWorld100 1 month ago
@SubAtomicWhale I agree! People allways called me pretty. Extremly pretty. And I belive them, that they see it that way! Sometimes even I can see it for a while <3
But in phases - like now - it becomes unbareble...I just can't accept myself. I'm never good enough! I am okay most of the time...but never really pleased. Never. I wish there was a way to let go all that worries...
butcheromance 2 weeks ago
Everybody is ugly to some extend n beautiful to others.
The key is to distract yourself from ur disorder. Find other things you like. The longer u stop thinking about how ugly you are, the more you are able to lead a normal life.
sawsee28 1 year ago
Keep faith guys...You'll all overcome it. Yeah, It'll probably always lurk....but it can be reconstructed as something positive. The empathy and insight we learn is invaluable. Trust the preverbial light that shines within, let logic overcome your insecurity. It'll take years, they'll be many hurdles and they'll always be bad days...but they'll just be a blip in something fulfilling. I want to give hope to everyone-you aren't alone, and you will be fine.
BigDollar80 1 year ago
I have a little of this but its just a little fear going out cus i feel my clothes dont look good. Feel like all my clothes are just ugly. Its wierd. But im glad i just have it in short periodes.
ThermalHD 1 year ago
@ThermalHD if it's only occasionally, and it isn't having a large effect on your quality of life it sounds to me just like normal insecurity, but make sure you keep an eye on it, because in my experience that's how it starts. I'm sure you'll be fine though, and I'm sure you're beautiful :)
hannah0maria 1 year ago
im scared i think i have BDD im so ugly and im a male i have no jawline and big fish lips and ugly eyes no girl talks to me and im also really pale i hate my self and i wish i was better looking
SonyCamry 1 year ago
@SonyCamry im male too, i have big eyes, blackness under my eyes which make my whole overall appearance look ugly. ive never had a girlfriend, never had a job, never will most probley. im so lobley and depressed i only go out if i really really have too. im 20 year old with nop hope for job, girlfriend, and a normal life. i envy people who have lives.
acejacko23 1 year ago
@acejacko23 if u dont have a gf its cuz u dont want to
if u feel that ugly why dont u get an ugly gf?
winnerACE1109 8 months ago
0:06 FART
ralithelion 1 year ago
And what if youre really ugly? I know that people in this video are struggling with BDD, but if youre really bad looking and it is making your life unbearable?
Is suicide racional then? Sorry for being a bit off-topic, but its a real issue for me.
blaneczkaaa 1 year ago
omg , if there're ugly , what am i? :O
iToastYooh 1 year ago
I have a question here. If she was worried people will see her face, why did she agree to do this documentary when the whole world can see her face in television?? Anyone can answer my question. PLEASE??
catgoh92 1 year ago
@catgoh92 I think to make people see how BDD has a big influence in someones life.
MYGOALISTHIN 1 year ago
I've been suffering from BDD since i was about 13 and going through puberty, i would often just stare in the mirror at times and just wonder.
I was seeing things no body else could, i was seeing everything i hated about myself, i didn't like thinking i was just disgusting.
I hardly went out over a 3 year period until i was 16, because i felt like if i went out everyone would stare at me, and think to themselves that i shouldn't be in public where i could be seen.. I feel for these people..<3
OMGTorikunx3 1 year ago
if he thinks his head is BIG he should grow out his hair.
adidasbros 1 year ago
None of these people are ugly, all the self-absorbed people that think they're "hot" look like shit
mcpsp12 1 year ago
this may sound like a cliche comment but im yet to see a bdd sufferer that... by appearance.. should be? surely there must be a large percentage of sufferers that actully look like what they see
001seetherfan 1 year ago
BDD is pure torment -- it drives you bloody crazy sometimes- BUT with the right kind of medication and therapy it helps you cope with it ---------
kombatzero 1 year ago
I have the same problem the first guy has. My head is larger than usual, and I feel like a freak. I hate being seen. I feel like I can't function in life cuz of my head size. And I can't pass a mirror without looking at myself :(
Germany124 1 year ago
Cognitive behavioral therapy and/or taking SSRI's (a certain class of antidepressants) have been shown to have a great impact on this disorder.
nnnpp222 1 year ago
I didn't know what BDD was untill this video.
I cannot leave the house without makeup.Nobody really knows how I feel about myself. I am told by many that I am beautiful, and that I resemble nicole kidman, but I still see myself as not good enough.
I too am constantly looking myself in the mirror, trying to see something I like.
I don't know why I have such low self esteem.
lavendersfields123 1 year ago 2
that one girl , real problem is her weight and she doesnt realize it. she's not ugly but if she lost a few pounds she wouldnt feel that way, not saying that i think she should but thats her real issue with herself.
satanknight14 1 year ago
Going to the letter box, I find a real hurdle. I will do exactly the same things as Kiara. The psychologist I saw, I told her I feel really ugly, and her response was, "what's so bad about being ugly?". Well, what's good about it? I've had BDD since my mid teens. I use to self-harm when feeling ugly. I will shut myself away and consequently lead a lonely life. I only found out about BDD by reading an article in the paper, otherwise I would have never known.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago 35
@1100HondaCB I understand how you feel as I once suffered with BDD, I had very extreme delusions, paranoia, compulsion with mirrors etc... it was terrible and I hope one day you can be free of it too. For me I obsess about other things now not related to my body. I will always be OCD spectrum but I can't imagine being where I was with BDD again
ByeByeBelly 1 year ago
@1100HondaCB ""whats so bad about being ugly?" is one of the worse things she could have said, its why i don't tell people things like that. If i got told that id never go back. I Hope you are doing better now.
me0me0hehehehe 8 months ago
@me0me0hehehehe She wasn't very good and didn't help me at all.
1100HondaCB 8 months ago
Sometimes, I will spend an hour looking in the mirror at different angles to see if I can find a part of my face likeable. I ride a motorbike, specifically to hide my face with a crash helmet. I've never had a girlfriend, even at 30, which reinforces my thoughts of BDD. At work, which is hard for me, when dealing with an attractive female customer, my self esteem is destroyed. BTW Kiara, you are beautiful. If you were my girlfriend, I would be very happy.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago 4
I was refered to a phychologist and was diagnosed with social anxiety and my suspicians of BDD were confirmed. When I drive a car, I turn the mirror the other way and when I see a reflection of my face in a window, I feel sick. I was on a bus today and saw my face in the rear view mirror, at which point my confidence hit rock bottom. I do my best to hide my face and feel really bitter about my looks. I hate my ugly face so much. BDD affects men as much as women.
1100HondaCB 1 year ago
Ive just set up a newself image online forum to provide a network of support for young girls suffering from these issues, please take a look and join us to create this strength selfimageandme. c o m
Desiredperfection 1 year ago
@Desiredperfection what about boys
MrIloveall 1 year ago
@jmile002 Maybe they think they can help other people with their story.
MarilynFilth 1 year ago
if you have too go outside to work and gain money so you can give your family something to eat, You will step out of your house, im sorry but i think this people need to feel the "necessity" that millions of people have in the poor world and then maybe they will stop wasting their time and making somethin positive with their lives.....the "will" is more powerful than any issue but if they are in their "comfort zone" for sure they will never change
Hackindonna 1 year ago
@Hackindonna
I am sorry, but you need to feel the pain of this disorder for just ONE DAY.
It's not as easy as switching the light off and on. No empathy- these are the people our world needs. Gross. Really.
MissesPapillon 1 year ago
"these are the people our world needs."
IRONIC.
MissesPapillon 1 year ago
@Hackindonna you try and be me for 10 minutes you will soon want to be not me. if it were possible, trust me. you would not want to be me. dont say things you think is simple, it is not that simple, i wish it was.
acejacko23 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure i have this
xClaraJaynex 1 year ago
@xClaraJaynex me 2 :(
giralaloka 1 year ago
he is so brave l could never tell my friends l suffer from this,it's not something others understand very well at all.
whats really bad is when people tell you how pretty or beautiful you are
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Balut01210 2 years ago
It's tragic what these people have to go through
Deathinmusic 2 years ago
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It does not take into account some surgeons do not carry out the requests of the patient . There is the danger of a BDD false diagnosis then being refused corrective surgery
A patient may not have had any issues related to their appearance, but for example received injury paid a surgeon to do something, surgeon does something else so surgeons negligent but if no negligence is proved then the patient will be stigmatized if the surgery is acceptable but not what patient wanted
EIKLURAM 2 years ago
My question is: If they think they are so ugly that they can't want to be seen, why would they allow themselves to be displayed on television? >_>
That girl doesn't seem shy in front of the reporter. Just sayin'...
KapavikProductions 2 years ago
@KapavikProductions yea and infront of the whole camera crew
katysexbomb666 1 year ago
She doesn't seem shy?? Watch her, she never ONCE looks the reporter in the eyes. She's facing away the whole time.
endlesskazekun 1 year ago
i know! It's totally weird! I have BDD, and there is no way i'd go on TV. No Way!!
engrishlocks4eva 1 year ago 4
Seems like yet another anxiety disorder in need of exposure therapy.
Nadine91273 2 years ago
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SNAP OUT OF IT hahaha
hypoxd 2 years ago
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well now, the fact that the jews and gays make money making everyone feel ugly is just made everyone a lump of unsympathetic puddy. caring for others is what's important in life. people should help others. but money takes over peoples lives.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
these TV shows and psychotherapist love the filthy lucre they make on victims
rather than helping people
they'll burn in hell for all eternity unless they repent
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
Suffered Terribly from this Growing up. Got over it through the passage of time, And honestly i look better than most of the people today, who initially made fun of me.
No one would date me i was so ugly and always hacking away at myself. In time you can mature to be a better looking man or woman. If you observe, adults often had a "gawky" period to work through. Those that didn't are assholes and they will suffer later on in life, hopefully through disfigurment or disease. Some procedures r ok
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
6676plentybody is a fucking loser who needs a life or to kill himself cuz he is a loser!!!!!!
JessiJAWbreakkk 2 years ago
well, it started when the Christian Church fell into Apostasy in conjunction with the jew fashion TV world. This taught generations of people to look for a good clean image in religion, event though those organ stealing Rabbi's and Preachers are false teachers. The TV mind control made people think looks mattered and integrity did not. Like Ted haggard hates gays, but is one. Or rabbi's hate Jesus because he pointed out they are evil and worship money.
a society based on lies will collapse
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
i dong get why shes scared of going outside to the mailbox when she is currently being filmed and going on national television and being seen by hundreds of thousands of people..
BrionyMae 2 years ago
fear isnt rational, she has learnt 2 create panic at the thought of going outside
TuRdSandwitch18 2 years ago 5
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@TuRdSandwitch18 sure, i just got so tired of it, i switched phobias to the shadow government and illuminati
mum says to love them like jesus
but jesus would piss on them
bloodclot masonic judeo blasphemers.
eventually, i'll get the Christians, muslims, and jews to come out and get an "in person scolding" of their fear peddling kiddie diddling ways
if they aren't all in prison from diddling kids
sighs
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
Antidepressants are only the answer if ones life is in potential and immediate danger. A drug induced happiness is not really you. Period.
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6676plentybody 2 years ago
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Jesus is the answer
i'm docking you for being obtuse and trying to get bigpharma more money
they have enough money.
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
lol jesus
FarrenfollowsBen 2 years ago
@FarrenfollowsBen yes, and i have taken BDD to gender identity disorder now. You really can't compete with me on an intellectual level. your patsies can murder me, but on a mental plane, i'm smoking you guys online.
i don't know that you've EVER been able to really understand me, and thus the slander and forced druggings!
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
I have BDD and it's hell. I've always disliked my body, but in the past two years, since a bad breakup, it has become so crippling I barely leave my apartment. I go to dance class twice a week, yoga a couple of times a week, and I go out to run errands, and that's it. I'm a dancer and I am able to perform because I love dance so much, but I feel like I have to leave right after because I don't want to make people look at me anymore. I can only wear one outfit. BDD is horrible and crippling.
spershall 2 years ago 3
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Armzan 2 years ago
Well why do you care so much about what other people think? Who are you trying to impress? I mean as long as you can get on in society without people recoiling in horror or laughing at you everytime than you're fine. I mean what are we expecting? Do wel really want people laying out the red carpet, and giving us all the attention?
People with this see that their life sucks, and they get no attention. They ask why and blame their looks because it's simple and easy for the mind to do so
Ayatron34 2 years ago
And also if one looks at their reflection or anythingfor a long time, their vision of it will literally change. This is coming from an artist. EVERYONE sees literally different things, sometimes slightly, sometimes not so, because sight is dependent on the brain and everyone's brain is different.
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6676plentybody 2 years ago
Where is that girl from?
Her accent is adorable.
xohalicia 2 years ago 4
australia?
libyabird90 2 years ago
isn't it weird how the red head knows she is getting filmed but she doesn't want people outside to see her face? okaaay.. I don't understand that.
mizkatsy 2 years ago 5
hi guys, i think i have BDD, but whenever i tell my family they dont believe me and think that im just an attention seeker which makes me even more anxious because if your own family cant understand WHO WILL!?! i think this has slowly developed over the years, i believe it all started at highschool, but it has gradually got worst, from focussing just on my nose n how big it is to my side profile to my jaw, lips, eyes, hair line and now suddenly its everything and i cant make myself go college!!
libyabird90 2 years ago
I understand, there are people out there similar to you. I'm 14, I was never concerned with how I looked until I turned 13, then I became obsessed with my nose which has a crook in it, i'd do anything for a nose job, then it spread and I hated to start everything about myself, I feel physically sick when I look at myself in the mirror. I hope you get over your problems and realise that you're special, and I hope I do too. Good luck
indiwoo 2 years ago
aww hey, it feels really wierd doesnt it!!like no matter what people tell you you just get worse and worse, now i cant even go college and im woried i'l get chucked off a course i love but just cant find it in me to go!! its frustrating and non of my family members understand!!! but i hope one day we'll both get over it, i think its a phase tht we hav to go through unfortunantly, but dont give up k!!! your special too :Dxxx
libyabird90 2 years ago
I have faith in you, and cheers
indiwoo 2 years ago
I'm half black to I went through a time when I wanted to look more like a white man. One does mature and grow to think, it costs £4000 for a nose job but for what? For who? What about the risk of infection?. Beauty is fleeting. Everyone who is beautiful is cursed to watch it disappear as they grow int a haggard old man or woman. It is the curse of the human condition You either neurotically worry about looks, and prim and preen and waste hrs in front of the mirror, or you move on
Ayatron34 2 years ago
The reality is that you will grow old, and you will die, and your looks will go anyway, whether you are pretty or no, the fate of man is the same. The question is if you want to waste your life worrying about a fleeting beauty that is a curse to have to watch disappear as you age.
Ayatron34 2 years ago
i know its soooo silly, but i've actually got over it now so allhamdullilah!! GOD IS GREAT!! i thinki only felt like this because of my spots but they have got better and my skin is getting clearer mashallah THANK GOD tht i feel much better in myself and WHO CARES what other people think, as my brother says they shite like everyone else LOL yes even 'gosh darn beautiful celebrities go to the toilet'!! EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL in their own right!!!
libyabird90 2 years ago
that is correct
The5t0ne0fDaniel2 2 years ago
i find this sad. the 15 years old girl is quite mature. I dont know if i have bdd. i am very concerned with my looks, i also had a nose job, but i dont find myself hideous actually quite on the contrary.
ReturnOfJackDawson 2 years ago
Im alright. Sometimes I get really really upset (genetics & puberty) but idc theres nuthin i can do so haha I just wanna make God happy with what I do for him (:
BluHeelerz08 2 years ago
This is actually scary... I've been desperately struggling to find out what my problem has been for years and this is definitely it. After researching it a lot and reading up on it. I have pretty much every symptom and compulsive behavior for it. I've been desperately looking for someone to talk to about this, but no one seems to understand... and my parents think I'm just vain... I also have bad acne (which I'm currently on accutane for) which is my biggest problem.
burton1221 2 years ago
but shes alowing camaras, and america see her, on television? Thats weird... ?
caveat21 2 years ago
The hardest part about having any problem is people's lack of understanding/relation.I mean cause they don't relate,they can't really be blamed though.
fallcrysilk 2 years ago
I know what it's like because I have another disorder that is just as traumatizing; social anxiety.
If anyone who has this disease reads this, I want to let you know my prayers are out for you, and you CAN overcome it nobody how impossible it may seem.
Struggling with social anxiety has caused a lot of pain and even suicidal thoughts, but I am still fighting it and not giving up.
I hope you do too.
popularscience192 2 years ago 3
Hello. As a teenager, I had some terrible problems with anxiety. Never got a diagnosis, because I wasn't taken to see a psychologist and there's no way I would've gone on my own! I used to pull big clumps of my hair out, and I couldn't walk up the street without someone with me. I really neglected myself. But I've got through it, and now I'm at university. I actually think all this made me a more confident person :) Anyone can do it.
CrispyClaire 2 years ago
I think I'm good-looking, but I would be 10 times more good-looking if I had no blemishes or acne on my forehead and no dark ring under one of my eyes.
popularscience192 2 years ago 3
i feel the same but if my teeth weren't crooked and if my left eye wasn't set above my right eye
bqureshi390 2 years ago
I don't know if I have BDD or not. I'm almost positive that I look hideous. I feel like I'm not even human sometimes. I feel like my face is a distraction for people and they feel annoyed when they stare at me. I don't have the right body proportions and I look disgusting and desperate when I try anything on. I get jealous of people who are attractive without even doing anything to themselves. It annoys me.
Neutralbuttafly 2 years ago
me too
=P
it makes me feel guilty to be feeling jealous over people who have never caused me harm, the only fault of theirs being that their more attractive than i am.
tygrisskisa 2 years ago
That is just like me, I couldnt walk past without lookign in the mirror!
xxxglamourbabexx 2 years ago
"Attention seek"
That's ridiculous.
People with BDD SUFFER.
Sorry, it makes me mad when someone asks questions like that.
MissesPapillon 2 years ago 10
I think it's a legitimate question a lot of people might ask, so it's good that the doctor explained that it's not about attention seeking at all.
Deathinmusic 2 years ago 3
just because she is on camera and talking to an interviewer does not lessen the full effect of the disease, are you that ignorant, obviously she has got some comfort level with them or shes doing it for reasons above herself, for awareness, thats like saying someone who is an alcoholic drinks only alcohol and nothing else, dont take everything so literally
puzzey83 2 years ago
i want to date a hot guy that thinks hes ugly. it would be better than dating a hot guy who knows hes hot. LULZ
ibeamy 2 years ago 19
@ibeamy
I'm a guy myself and I think there's something gay about finding a man hot. Even if that man is yourself.
Ayatron34 1 year ago
@ibeamy Sorry, but this is ridiculous!
People with BDD are almost all not really 100% capable of haveing relationships- it causes A LOT of distress. So you better stick to your shallow "hot guys".
MissesPapillon 1 year ago
oh god, i think i have it, oh god help me
glitterroxmysox 2 years ago
While I'm not really sure whether I have a mild case of BDD or not, I can agree with the BDD sufferers on this video on so, so many points.
When Kiara says that she feels shallow and vain for disliking her appearance so much; So do I, hence why I never mentioned it to my counsellor.
I do go out and meet people, but I always worry about disgusting them. When I go to town I see people who look so much better than me and feel like I should've just stayed home, like I don't belong among them.
Karoish 2 years ago 17
I always feel like that, too Karoish. Whenever I speak to anyone at all, all I can think is that they're thinking about how disgusting I am, when I know that they'd be used to it. Every morning I think "what's the point of going out today?". It's horrible and its like being trapped inside your own head and when everyone else is out there having a life, I'm stuck in my head.
chimpjoubsmoo 2 years ago 4
I agree with you 100%
eddieguerrero122 2 years ago
@Karoish I feel the same way. I feel like people stare at me. Every time I see someone whisper I think it's about me. I understand how you feel,
MissContraryMary 1 year ago
im realy crying.. i need help.. but how?
greenpalaka 2 years ago
maybe someone can come help you at your home, if you don't want to leave your house. Try calling someone they can help. Good luck!
monica24b 2 years ago
that's an insane way to "cure" this disorder
:(
mayorde18 2 years ago
huh?
monica24b 2 years ago
the person that has this disorder must do something with it and not hide it
mayorde18 2 years ago
wth? I didn't even say that
monica24b 2 years ago
i think i might have had this...or severe insecurity...idk...but i can easyly find a bf and friends but deep down inside i felt like i looked like a monster.....while everyone was telling me how beautiful i was!! n how hot n attractive.....later i figured who cares how i look....im awsome!!
putaface101 2 years ago
lol, that's cool...although you might want to check the translation of puta in Spanish.
McConsumer 2 years ago