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    Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder where a person obsessively focuses on perceived flaws or defects in their appearance that are either minor or nonexistent. People with BDD spend hours looking in mirrors, trying to conceal or fix their perceived flaws. They avoid social situations due to anxiety, fear, and shame about their appearance. BDD affects both women and men equally and is most common in teenagers and young adults. The causes are unclear but may involve genetics, brain differences, and life experiences. Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication such as SSRIs are commonly used treatments. A new phenomenon called "Snapchat dysmorphia" has emerged where people seek cosmetic surgery to look like filtered versions of themselves

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    Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder where a person obsessively focuses on perceived flaws or defects in their appearance that are either minor or nonexistent. People with BDD spend hours looking in mirrors, trying to conceal or fix their perceived flaws. They avoid social situations due to anxiety, fear, and shame about their appearance. BDD affects both women and men equally and is most common in teenagers and young adults. The causes are unclear but may involve genetics, brain differences, and life experiences. Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication such as SSRIs are commonly used treatments. A new phenomenon called "Snapchat dysmorphia" has emerged where people seek cosmetic surgery to look like filtered versions of themselves

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    Body Dysmorphic Disorder: by Alexzandra and Irene

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    IRENE RODRIGUEZ CARRION
    Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder where a person obsessively focuses on perceived flaws or defects in their appearance that are either minor or nonexistent. People with BDD spend hours looking in mirrors, trying to conceal or fix their perceived flaws. They avoid social situations due to anxiety, fear, and shame about their appearance. BDD affects both women and men equally and is most common in teenagers and young adults. The causes are unclear but may involve genetics, brain differences, and life experiences. Cognitive behavioral therapy and medication such as SSRIs are commonly used treatments. A new phenomenon called "Snapchat dysmorphia" has emerged where people seek cosmetic surgery to look like filtered versions of themselves

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    Body Dysmorphic Disorder

    By Alexzandra and Irene.


    What is it ?
    ❖ A mental disorder
    ❖ Obsession over perceived flaws or defects in your
    appearance.
    ❖ Spend hours in the mirror and trying to conceal
    or fix them. Or avoid mirrors and cameras.
    ❖ Avoid social situation (anxiety, Fear and shame)
    ❖ Seek for others reassurance about your
    appearance .
    ❖ Affects women and men equally
    ❖ Most common in teenagers and young adults.
    ❖ Concern about specific body part and features or
    the size , shape and symmetry of the whole body
    ❖ Develop a body focused repetitive behavior
    Causes and Risk Factors
    The causes of BDD are not clear but it Other factors that can trigger this desease
    can be caused by : are :

    ❖ Genetics ❖ Low self-esteem


    ❖ Brain differences (on areas that ❖ Social pressure or expectations of
    process information about body beauty
    appearance ) ❖ having another psychiatric disorder,
    ➢ Chemical invalance such as anxiety or depression
    ➢ size anomalies .
    ❖ traumatic experience during childhood
    Treatment
    Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

    ❖ Talking therapy that helps with the negative thoughts , behaviour an other bdd
    symptoms .
    ❖ Achieving and setting goals with the therapist .
    ❖ Includes the exposure and response prevention (ERP) Technique
    ❖ In group or alone

    MEDICATION
    ❖ Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
    ➢ Reduce obsessive thoughts and behaviour
    ➢ side effects
    ❖ Other drugs.
    In
    ‘ extreme cases psychiatric hospitalization
    Social concern and questionnaires
    People with BDD may not know they have a disorder or may not go to the doctor or
    tell anyone due to fear or shame.
    There are a lot of quizzes from reliable webs to find out if someone has this disorder

    Some of this pages are from associations that include:


    ❖ Information about the Body dysmorphic disorder.
    ❖ Personal experience from people with this
    disorders and their families.
    ❖ Encouraging and Concerning videos and songs
    ❖ Conferences , family,Therapy and other activities
    ❖ The option of joining the cause by donating or
    researching
    Muscle Dysmorphia or Bigorexia
    ❖ Type of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
    ❖ Obsession with being to small to thin or not
    muscular enough.
    ❖ Avoid social situations of body display and
    ❖ Use many layers of clothing
    ❖ Compare and check their physics continuously
    ❖ Always look at or avoid mirrors ❖ Causes : similar to BDD
    ❖ Excessive work out even if injured ❖ Treatment :
    ❖ Anxiety and preoccupation if they can not work CTB,medication and
    out or finish their work out schedule. nutritional education
    ❖ Rigorous energetic diet ❖ People with MD dosn´t
    ❖ Steroids and food supplements know it or hide it
    Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Proxy

    ❖ Person of Concern
    ❖ Body Areas of
    Concern
    ❖ Ritualistic Behaviors
    ❖ Avoidance
    ❖ Distress/Impairment
    ❖ Beliefs
    Snapchat Dysmorphia

    “A new phenomenon called


    ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’ has popped up,
    where patients are seeking out surgery
    to help them appear like the filtered
    versions of themselves,” said Dr
    Neelam Vashi, director of the Boston
    University Cosmetic and Laser Centre.

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