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 October 7th
...See more Welcome to the OCD Taglist! This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events  ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community.  What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist
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Is this body dysmorphophobia?
by Snowflake133
Last post
 September 21st, 2022
...See more When I was a kid, I had people commenting on my weight for my whole life , I was shy and awkward and wouldn't stand up for myself , I wish I did. When my teenage years hit I wouldn't really eat , I tried my hardest to be skinny like my other friends , it's all I'd think about , it would consume me . Now as I'm older I've gained weight from my 17 year old self I'm now almost 20 and it's all I can think about , I feel disgusting with the way I look , I don't feel like myself no more , I feel guilty everytime I eat something , I feel insecure anytime I wear something outside . It's not even that I'm ridiculously overweight either It's just the fact I see myself everytime I gain weight ten times bigger than I am. I'm exhausted from my mind thinking this
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*Trigger Warning* Cosmetic Treatments and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
by theriverissinging
Last post
 November 10th, 2021
...See more While many who struggle with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) seek cosmetic procedures, only 2% of procedures actually reduced the severity of BDD. In a survey involving cosmetic surgeons, 65% reported treating people with BDD, yet only 1% of them resulted in BDD symptom improvement. 30% of the physicians believed that BDD was always a contraindication to surgery. (Source below) Individuals with BDD might seek cosmetic treatments in order to reduce body dissatisfaction related to their appearance, and believe that changing their appearance with these treatments will resolve this (Mulkens et al., 2012). The majority of people with BDD are not satisfied after the outcome of their chosen procedure. This can lead to a preoccupation with further surgery to try to get a better result, which in some cases will do more harm to a person’s appearance than good. Even when they are happy with the improvement to one area, the focus of their BDD can often move to another area of their appearance. The safety of these procedures varies. Note: BDD is not to be misunderstood as Eating Disorder (while both can exist simultaneously), the treatment sought is not the same as Gender Affirming Treatments and that people with BDD may seek other forms of non-medical treatments as well. The key message here is that BDD is a psychological or psychiatric condition and thus could use psychological and/or psychiatric treatment. Is there anything you would like to say to someone struggling with BDD or yourselves? Sources: Lifespan. (2010, August 11). Does cosmetic surgery help body dysmorphic disorder?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Megan M. Kelly, Elizabeth R. Didie & Ashley S. Hart. (n.d.). Cosmetic Treatments and Body Dysmorphic Disorder?. International OCD Foundation. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation. (n.d.). Cosmetic Surgery. Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Tagging @greenfrog3 @wonderfulRainbow817 @jessie06 @AMA101 @cheerfulIceCream @robynlouise You may tag anyone you think would like to see this if you'd like! Keep a look out for Discussions, Check Ins, Forum Posts, Games, Icebreakers, and more! Subscribe to this post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/SupportPlusLeadershipTeam_427/OfficialEventsThread_252881/1/#2722823] to hear about our latest events, or check out the Community Calendar [https://www.7cups.com/home/communityCalendar.php]! Interested in following the Support Plus sub-community? Join our Tag List [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/WelcomeIntroduceYourselfHere_270/SupportPlusOfficialTagListPost_252146/] and become a subscriber of the sub-community here [https://www.7cups.com/home/supportplus/?rid=110973508]! Want to join the Support Plus Leadership Team? Express your interest here [https://forms.gle/rvJbeBMtZDdacd9HA]! (This is not an application form, but a way to collect information so we can reach out to you accordingly ❤️). For general feedback, about the sub-community, we're all ears [https://forms.gle/3pjWHDSVe2VnMpRf7]. For all other enquiries, feel free to message jovialButterfly6752 [https://7cups.com/@jovialButterfly6752]. Edited by jovialButterfly6752 to make minor formatting changes.
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BDD resources links etc
by greenfrog3
Last post
 November 7th, 2021
...See more What would be the most used or beneficial online resources for BDD people? Are there online support chats/groups? Seems like this stuff is hard to fins, I suppose it's lumped in the OCD and anxiety ..etc
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I think I may have species dysphoria/dysmorphia
by midnight1wolfie
Last post
 October 15th, 2021
...See more I guess the best discription for how I feel would be Species Dysphoria. I feel like I was born in the wrong species body. I dispise being human. I was never meant to be a person and I don't know how to deal with it anymore. I identify as canine, I've always identified as canine ever since I was 3-4,at least as long as I've been forming memories. I hate being what I am. I lack animality and it's so frustrating, people expect me to behave just like every other normal human and ridicule me when I fail to do so. An analogy of how it feels to be me is I feel like if you took a regular everyday motorcycle rider and put them in the cockpit of a Boing 747 and just expect them to take off and fly a round world trip. I'm just a canine and everyone expects me to behave like a weird, fat, hairless, flat faced monkey. I'm trying my best to be like everyone else but I'm not and I can't understand why that isn't ok too. I wish my body was a little more canine and a little less primate. I feel so out of place and it feels like no one gives a heck that I feel this way. What if I snap one day and go berserk or what if it develops into Clynical Lycanthropy and I bite someone's throat out? Will people care then? Probably not. And the worst thing is I have absolutely no income, I should probably be seeing a trained professional for this among other worrying things but I can't even afford a Netflix subscription let alone go and see an expensive psychologist so I'm just stuck in this perfetual loop of hating myself and being scared of losing my mind
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Maybe BDD?
by jessie06
Last post
 September 28th, 2021
...See more Hi... so for as long as I can remember, I have always had problems with how my body looked (specifically my stomach). I remember in elementary school I would look in the mirror and tell my mom, “my stomach looks big”. She, being the great mom (and possible Dysmorphic) she is, she always told me I didn’t have a big stomach. I’ve never stopped eating or restricted my food intake, but recently I feel I have been paying more attention to what I eat and I feel guilty after I eat. I’m also constantly checking how I look in the mirror and stepping on a scale, especially after I eat. I’ve also became really fixated on doing ab workouts and stuff like that. For some reason, it’s been really bad these last couple weeks. Like effecting my mental health bad. And it doesn’t help that I’m a stress eater, which only makes my mentality worse. Does anyone else experience this? Does this sound like BDD? I haven’t been clinically diagnosed, but it feels like this is what I’m experiencing. I just need assistance with how to fight through this.
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder : The Causes
by IceCream4IceCream
Last post
 September 11th, 2021
...See more Image Credits: Posted by Daniela Brown on Flickr. All credits to the creator. I don't own this image. As with many other mental health conditions, there is never usually 1 cause for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). It is always a combination of biological and environmental factors. According to Mayo Clinic (Oct 29, 2019), a family history of BDD and brain differences are some of the biological indicators of BDD. This relates to how genes contribute to developing it. If not BDD itself, relatives of a person with BDD might have other mental health conditions like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Having a mental condition—apart from BDD—like Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Eating Disorders, and Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (to name a few) make you more likely to have BDD yourself. The Cleveland Clinic (November 14th, 2020) also suggests that imbalances in chemical messengers called "neurotransmitters" could contribute too. Environmental factors include stressful life events like neglect/abuse/bullying; characteristics like perfectionism, and society's beauty standards can be triggers that increase the chances of you developing BDD. What do you understand about BDD and it's causes? Is there anything you'd like to share? Keep a look out for Icebreakers, Check Ins, Games, Forum, Discussions, and more! Subscribe to this post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/SupportPlusLeadershipTeam_427/OfficialEventsThread_252881/1/#2722823] to hear about our latest events, or check out the Community Calenda [https://www.7cups.com/home/communityCalendar.php]r! Interested in following the Support Plus sub-community? Join our Tag List [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/WelcomeIntroduceYourselfHere_270/SupportPlusOfficialTagListPost_252146/]and become a subscriber by clicking the blue "join this community" button here [https://www.7cups.com/home/supportplus/?rid=110973508]! Want to be a part of the Support Plus Leadership Team? Express your interest here [https://forms.gle/rvJbeBMtZDdacd9HA]! (This is not an application form, but a way to collect information so we can reach out to you accordingly <3! ) For general feedback about the sub-community, we're all ears [https://forms.gle/3pjWHDSVe2VnMpRf7]. For all other enquiries, feel free to message jovialButterfly6752 [https://www.7cups.com/@jovialButterfly6752] .
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Am I too ugly to have BDD?
by aliceaspiringpsychiatrist
Last post
 August 28th, 2021
...See more Have you ever wondered if you were too ugly to be considered a BDD sufferer? If all your BDD insecurities and fears were actually based in reality and therefore not a BDD symptom? Well, all those fears are caused by the BDD itself, so SEEK HELP! I love you guys, I hope you all can get the help you deserve! Sending hugs, Alice jovialButterfly6752 edited title, changing it so it is not all in capital letters on August 27th, 2021
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder Introduction
by IceCream4IceCream
Last post
 July 16th, 2021
...See more Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition, classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Version 5 (DSM-V; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) under the category OCD and related conditions. Image Credits: Posted on Wikimedia Commons. Created by Chainwit. I don't own this image. People with BDD experience significant distress because of perceived issues with their body image. According to the Cleveland Clinic, people with BDD might: 1. Struggle socially because of feelings of self-consciousness and anxiety. 2. Perceive their selves as being ugly. 3. Spend hours obsessing about these "defects" they see in their appearance. 4. Act in ways harmful to oneself such as repetitive checking of the body part they believe is problematic. 5. Seek reassurance to cope with difficult thoughts about one's body. Importantly, it can happen to people identifying as any gender identity, and usually, the onset of this mental health condition is in one's teenage years.Unlike Eating Disorders, the focus is not on weight or body shape, but on flaws one believes they have. How does BDD affect you? If you could tell people without BDD something, what would it be? Keep a look out for Icebreakers, Check Ins, Games, Forum, Discussions, and more! Subscribe to this post [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/SupportPlusLeadershipTeam_427/OfficialEventsThread_252881/1/#2722823] to hear about our latest events, or check out the Community Calenda [https://www.7cups.com/home/communityCalendar.php]r! Interested in following the Support Plus sub-community? Join our Tag List [https://www.7cups.com/forum/SupportPlus_205/WelcomeIntroduceYourselfHere_270/SupportPlusOfficialTagListPost_252146/]and subscribe to the sub-community here [https://www.7cups.com/home/supportplus/?rid=110973508]! Want to join the Support Plus Leadership Team? Express your interest here [https://forms.gle/rvJbeBMtZDdacd9HA]! For general feedback about the sub-community, we're all ears [https://forms.gle/3pjWHDSVe2VnMpRf7]. For all other enquiries, feel free to message jovialButterfly6752 [https://www.7cups.com/@jovialButterfly6752].
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BDD
by Kate
Last post
 June 4th, 2021
...See more A lot of people have never heard of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Even fewer understand how BDD can relate to OCD. Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder is much more than being unhappy with your appearance. What are the common signs and symptoms of BDD? [https://bdd.iocdf.org/about-bdd/] - Frequent thoughts about appearance (at least an hour a day) - Spending a lot of time staring in a mirror and/or reflective surface fixated on the flaw, or in some cases, a complete avoidance of mirrors/reflective surfaces - Covering up the affected area. - Repeatedly asking others to tell you that you look okay (also referred to as ‘reassurance seeking). - Frequent appointments with medical professionals/cosmetic surgeons - Repeated plastic surgery - Compulsive skin picking, which includes using fingernails and tweezers are to remove blemishes and/or hair. - Avoiding social situations, public places, work, school, etc. - Leaving the house less often or only going out at night to prevent others from seeing the flaw. - Keeping your obsessions and compulsions secret due to feelings of shame - Emotional problems, such as feelings of disgust, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, etc. Do you live with BDD? How do you think BDD relates to OCD?
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Hidden BDD
by warmheartedDeception
Last post
 May 15th, 2021
...See more I'm not going to write anything specfic. Since I was 10 I've always thought I was someone else entirely. I hate my physical body and the only thing that gives me comfort is pretending it's not there. I also hide and pretend to be other people. I spend my entire life since I was 10 daydreaming constantly and pretending someone else was living in my place instead of me. I don't identify with my physical appearance or name at all. I still haven't told anyone.
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im standing with the enemy
by Missimperfection
Last post
 December 11th, 2016
...See more I have no idea how to start this. So im a teen, a girl, an older sister, oldest child, latina. What else? Oh yeah, i have an eating disorder and OCD. Well BDD to be more specific. I hate the way i look. You don't get it, i HATE everything about the way i physically look like. I've lost so much weight in the past ten months. My mom even threaten me to be force fed in the hospital if i didn't eat a proper meal this weekend. My parent's dont know about this. Neither do my friends. I can spend up to 2 hours in the mirror looking at myself. I cry myself to sleep at nights when people can't see me. My parents raised me not to show weakness. My friends think am a strong,independent person who's going to be a CEO. I just wanna cry and tell them to hold me. I have routines that i HAVE to follow every night. If i don't do them i beat myself up for skipping them. They have to be done on time too. My meals are eaten off of a small plate every meal. I yell at myself for getting a bite or two extra. I said was teen latina . I Medium length black hair,brown eyes, carmel tan skin. Im supposed to be haveing my 15 this summer. Im so scared to go through with this party. I have to wear a dress and show my arms and whatnot. Its a terrifing idea but i know i can get a lot of birthday money. I haven't gotten any proper assistance to my problem but i plan to pay for it myself. I kinda have to though, my family would think i am a freak if i told them. I've heard them talk about my cousin ,who goes to therapy. I know this is supposed to be our story but im kinda living mine right now. I wanna go to therapy but im scared to get meds. I wanna get help but im afraid that their going to undo everything i worked for. I want to eat a meal without regret but i don't want to feel like a pregnant woman. I want to go through a normal day without worrying about whats next on my mental schedule. I need a normal life but i don't remember what that feels like.
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