What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? (Mental Health Guru)

[ilanlakan]

i have acne dysmorphia. my life is hell.

thnx for the video, i have an appointment with a professional next week due to this video.

everyday i have some serious suicidal thooughts because i get a pimple at the size of a

salt seed. at some points of a none-acne free days i consider myself as a dead man.

[jessbeth01]

Earth420Hippie... Shut up. I have schizophrenia, depression, social anxiety disorder, anorexia, bipolar disorder and BDD. None of them are enjoyable and honestly, different disorders are worse and better than others in different ways so next time you wanna say something like that think about it first.

[michwng]

Wow, this made me think deeply about race... particularly sucks to be Asian. People keep stereotyping them as short and weak. A lot of them I met at the gym suffer from BDD. I feel really bad for them. They were tall, average height, and short. It's a range of heights. None of them were thin either.

My Asian friend talks to me about it sometimes.

[holyspiritgirl111]

I ended up with BDD because I was mentally abused as a child. I was so filled with anxiety trying to be "perfect" at such a young age that I became obsessed with my appearance as an adult. Right now I have the BDD in control. I took the initiative to make lifestyle changes to combat the disease. I worked out, found peace in my spiritual life, and found a great therapist to put things into perspective for me.

[BuildingSelfEsteem]

Very helpful overview of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Thanks for sharing this as a resource.  Feel free to come over to my Channel for more ways to build body image confidence.

[mikakulitz]

that's pathetic :/

[Earth420Hippie]

this is stupid as fuck, BDD is just another name for being a pathetic fuck

[nmtg9]

@Earth420Hippie that is just nasty. I hope no one you know ever suffers a mental illness

[Earth420Hippie]

@nmtg9 damn right im nasty haha

[Earth420Hippie]

@LAURAM0822 schizophrenia is wayyyyyyyy worse than boob jobbing yourself to death hahahahaha XD

[makchicka]

@Earth420Hippie ...you really must not know anything about this mental illness... this video really doesnt explain it

[miroku8386]

@Earth420Hippie Oh is it? And I would assume you would know everything about it, giving you the right to say that...

[Earth420Hippie]

@miroku8386 no but i do know alot about schizphrenia because my dad has it, and its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy worse than this. i mean for the love of god you hear voices. that seems a little worse then 20 boob jobs

[thyrael41]

@Earth420Hippie dont know what your point is, since no one is arguing that this is worse than schizo. it just seems insensitive to say that this mental condition -w/c is backed by science and research- is "stupid as fuck" and just another name for "being pathetic as fuck" ..i mean we wouldnt say being a schizo is also being crazy as fuck now would we. :s

[Earth420Hippie]

@thyrael41 the comment got removed that mentioned schizophrenia, i am pretty insensitive, and being a schizo is the definition of being crazy a fuck :D

[holyspiritgirl111]

@Earth420Hippie Does it even matter which mental illness is worse? Regardless, nobody wants to live in any kind of mental dysfunction. Being crucified is worse than drowning to death, but either way you don't want to die.

[DiaryIsLocked]

@Earth420Hippie Just because your dad has it, does not make you an expert. I am majoring in social work and minoring in psychology so I can tell there are different types of schizophrenia with different symptoms. There's a lot to be learned about it, a lot we don't know. Number one thing is you can't compare schizophrenia to this disease because the symptoms and causes are much different.  Also, it varies in degrees from person to person. Minor to severe.

[DiaryIsLocked]

@Earth420Hippie Therefore ALL illnesses should be taken seriously because all can lead to death in one way or another if left unchecked, ignored, or not taken seriously enough. If anyone has an illness, no matter the illness, they should seek help and get guidance for it, so they can deal with it properly and know how to get the proper support.

I have generalized anxiety disorder which may help induce phobias or sustain them, cause insomnia, hyper activeness (often mistaken for ADHD), ect.

[DiaryIsLocked]

@Earth420Hippie With that said: you really don't know how bad a mental disease can be unless you are personally experiencing one or maybe even multiple at the same time, and they are all equally scary/painful (depending on the disease and the symptoms) and they all feel it in one way or another and to different degrees. All should be taken seriously.  Not one over the other.