Racheal Baughan, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, BDD, BOOK GMTV

Racheal Baughan has suffered with BDD her whole life, for many years she hid away from the world locked in her dark bedroom, in 1998 Racheal was finally diagnosed with Body Dysmorphic Disorder "Imaginary Ugliness Syndrome" by an American Psychologist.
After suffering from OCD, Anorexia, Bulimia, Agraphobia and wishing her life to be over she ended up trying to take her own life on several occasions!, Self harming became her only release from the pain inside, Racheal describes this as "feeling trapped in a body that held her back from living a 'normal' life"

Once she was diagnosed she soon realised that there was very little help available in the UK, she had no choice but to help herself, she now leads a successful and happy life with the illness, and has written a book "The Butterfly Girl" in the hope that it will create further much needed awareness on the illness.

Racheal says "The moral of the story is that you should never judge a book by its cover, there is no stereo type for mental illness, we are all individuals, and we will all find different ways of coping, but I am hoping my story will at least show others that with any mental illness, there can be a light at the end of the tunnel"

For full details visit www.thebutterflygirlrachealbaughan.co.uk

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