Body dysmorphia is a term often used on social media to reflect a person's dissatisfaction with their body. But BDD is when ...

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. Body dysmorphic disorder is often ...

This essay was originally published in Salon on July 1, 2022. We're revisiting Salon's Best Life Stories of 2022 now through the end of the year. Read more Best of 2022. The problem started with the ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. An individual with body dysmorphic disorder is overly preoccupied with what are perceived as gross imperfections in their ...

Eva Fisher works for Colorado State University Global. She is affiliated with the International OCD Foundation. Fugen Neziroglu is affiliated with OCDNY, IOCD, ADAA. She has receved funding from Bio ...

Body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, ails millions of Americans each year, including several outspoken celebrities — but many people don't exactly know what it entails. BDD is a mental health condition ...

At 2:30 p.m., the winter sun hits the south-facing windows of my fifth-floor apartment. I'm set up in front of my laptop at my kitchen table when the light begins to get in my eyes. It's about now ...

Viren Swami does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this condition: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, has been credited with the following quote about mental health and illness: “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” Mental health is ...

Over the last few years, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) has become the focus of increasing media attention particularly in relation to being cited as one of the main reasons why people seek out ...

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder that provokes the individual to focus unduly on flaws in the personal appearance to an extent that it dominates thought, ...