body-dysmorphic disorder

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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