Meaning of body-dysmorphic disorder | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Those who seek therapy fall along a spectrum, according to [James] Rosen, ranging from the “normative” negative body image (wanting to lose five pounds, wishing her nose were different) to the three per cent of the population who have body-dysmorphic disorder, in which normal-looking people have a disabling preoccupation with appearance.”

“I often hear women of her generation speak of the harshness of their school teachers back then, when the rod wasn’t spared, and the over critical parenting, backed up by a stern clergy, which was doled out to them. All of which can lead to what modern psychologists call toxic shame—self loathing which can manifest itself in depression, eating disorders and body-dysmorphic disorders, a skewed notion of unattractiveness which has women in their thousands freezing their facial muscles with Botox to stop their skin from wrinkling.”

“Just be aware that body-image concerns, body-dysmorphic disorder, anorexia and bulimia are newly rampant among young men and boys in ways far different from our day, when, as kids, we remember old-timey Batman and Superman being average-proportioned guys in tights.”

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