Dangerous symptoms

The main difference between BDD from a natural desire to look good - the experience of a subjective nature. Modern women worldwide have become much more picky pick at his faults. The reason is clear: in people's minds are being implemented standards for the ideal of feminine beauty, publicized by advertising and the media. In America, the statistics in 1972 were dissatisfied with the figure 23% of women, and thirty years later the number had risen to 56%. In summing up questioning Russians learned that the main reason for excitement, as a rule - are overweight. For example, 19% consider themselves fat, while 20% are not satisfied with its own look. Many women of average weight (eg 59%) only partially satisfied with their physical data. To find slender waist, or at least hint at it, more than 43% of respondents more than once landed on a diet. Psychologists, commenting on this information, note that in this Russian women do not differ from women in Europe and the USA. The main thing is that the understandable desire to be better than nothing stopping them, often quite far from the parameters 90 60 90, feel great, has an affair, to create a family and move up the career ladder. It also confirmed the results of the survey. A sign of emerging abnormalities, according to experts, can serve the following behavior: female focus only on real or perceived flaws, all the forces throws on his patch, instead of solving the really important issues, immersed in self-improvement, not stopping at nothing, frequently resorting to assistance cosmetologist or plastic surgeon, although the objective need for it sometimes absent.

Dangerous symptoms

Experiences of people with BDD, often related to the visible parts of the body shape or size of the nose, ears, forehead, leg structure, at least - the size of the chest, waist, abdomen, thighs. Some naively believe that after a successful plastic surgery life just getting better. Psychologists have identified two options (and disease): the wealthy ladies immediately discovers that another defect - the source of all misery, and poor complain surgeon for failure of the procedure. Lack of rapid change for the better throws of such patients into depression, which in severe cases can cause postoperative complications. All this confirms the fact that dysmorphophobia - a serious mental disorder. Complete dissatisfaction with himself, confident that life is miraculously improve, need only to change the appearance - are the main symptoms of the disease. Sometimes the long hours in the mirror followed by periods of frustration and reluctance to see his own reflection. Women suffering from BDD, trying to find and pick out facial expression or body position in which, in their opinion, the lack of it becomes the most hidden. Another sign of the disease - a categorical refusal to be photographed, which is motivated by the fact that the static effect of "ugliness" will be especially noticeable.