Thread: Body Dysmorphia

I'll just get straight to the point: I think I suffer from body dysmorphia.

I am truly convinced that I am the ugliest person in the world and I hate everything about my appearance. While I think my face from the front looks passable sometimes in selfies, I absolutely despise my side profile. It's the ugliest thing ever. I also hate my weight (I'm not fat but I definitely have weight that I could lose), my nose (I would love to get a nose job when I'm older), my lips, my ears. The only things that I actually "like" about myself are my eyes and hairstyle.

Sometimes I can ruminate about this and spend up to an hour taking photos and videos of myself from all angles to almost reassure myself that I'm not as ugly as I think... but that never works, because I do truly think I'm really ugly.

Any advice?

Hi, I have the same situation...

Body dysmorphia is not a reason to hate yourself. What's important is what's going on in your head. Many examples of people with certain body imbalances have become great. It just takes a little more faith in yourself. I was hampered by being overweight. Depression hit me a lot. But people close to me were able to help me believe in myself. I started walking more going to the gym. I learned to watch my body fat balance. I ordered a Vont smart scale with BMI function on Amazon to do this. Even though I am still far from perfect, I can look at myself with optimism. I need to have more faith in myself.