Poll of the Day > I think I have body dysmorphia

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I literally look in a mirror and can't help but think how repulsive I look. Any sort of physical self improvement just goes completely under the bridge, and even then there are some physical traits I simply can't change without surgery. Uphill battle tbh.

Anyone else feel this way too?

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Yeah I have that

but also Im genuinely ugly

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I think I do too

sometimes I feel like I look really fat and sometimes not despite the fact that Ive been the same weight for like 10 years and Im really not even close to being overweight

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could be worse. you could be a ditto.

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Nope. I'm too sexy.

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Yep same, for like the past 13 years or so since I was a preteen I get up in the morning and absolutely cant stand looking at my face in the mirror, to the point I never took care of it besides to quickly shave with an electric razor.

I also found out I've hated having body hair in places other than the top of my head, I used to wear nothing that showed off my legs or anything because of it. I started shaving it all last year and now I dont mind wearing shorts in public anymore.

trodi_911 posted...

Nope. I'm too sexy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VDJNJ2o1QPM
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I probably did during my teens, yeah

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You obviously do. You look really good physically but still always complaining about something whether it's being short, Asian or even being a man generally. I wish I looked like you, but ya don't see me moaning about being skinny and out of shape constantly.

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Yes but the opposite

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Well yeah, for nearly my whole life. Thats why I play video games, to keep my mind off of it.

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I am God's gift to this blue marble of a planet.

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The one thing I absolutely hate about my body

it's almost impossible to find size 13.5 shoes and when you do they're twice as expensive as either 13 or 14 because they never go on sale

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Fight Milk!

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Oh I definitely do. And it sucks.

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It's dysmorphin' time!

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Woo pity party

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Far-Queue posted...

It's dysmorphin' time!

lmao dammit

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Thats not body dysmorphia in and of itself.

if you are not ugly or the changes you make are actual changes that look good but you dont see them and no matter what you do you still feel ugly then you have it.

ie- a trim and athletic person thinking they are fat is body dysmorphia. An actual fat person saying they are fat is not.

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DirtBasedSoap posted...

I think I do too

sometimes I feel like I look really fat and sometimes not despite the fact that Ive been the same weight for like 10 years and Im really not even close to being overweight

If it's inconsistent, I'm not convinced it's dysmorphia. I think everybody sees themselves worse when in a bad mood, we're biological systems after all.
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joemodda posted...

I literally look in a mirror and can't help but think how repulsive I look. Any sort of physical self improvement just goes completely under the bridge, and even then there are some physical traits I simply can't change without surgery. Uphill battle tbh.

Anyone else feel this way too?

Yes. And I had lipo on my chin. Sometimes I just feel like I don't look like a regular human being. It's hard to explain.

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joemodda posted...

Anyone else feel this way too?

Nah. I always find something I'm happy with about myself despite my imperfections.


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I used to get very down about my looks. Even though it's just a few off things that people rarely if ever notice.

I had a massive genetic birth mark appear on my face around age 13. It's called a nevus or nevi. At 18 it started growing thick black almost fur. It flakes off dead skin when I shave and I've always had to shave dry because of it. Thankfully the entirety of the mark covers half my jawline/neck. It's perfectly hidden by my beard. But I could only grow half a beard until I was 30. Even now half my beard is half side red and the other black but it's hard to notice.

Around that time too I started getting tumors called lipoma. They're like marbles of hard fat. Now at 36 I probably have 2 dozen but you can't really tell. There's a marble sized one on my arm and the rest are around my ribs with some on my triceps.

These two things made me think I was ugly. But no one ever even notices them. They thought it was just a patchy af beard. The tumors only show when I'm shirtless and even then I'm kinda buff and have tattoos so people don't notice for a minute.

It took me a very long time and a broken back to realize just how little it matters how we look. We are our hardest critics and in my Cas I was so down about things that many people I've known my entire life havent even noticed yet. Idk if any of that helps but I pretty much only find evil people ugly now. I find perfect looking people are often pieces of shit, and often look down on everyone who isn't perfect too. Sometimes they think I'm a perfect one and quickly learn that being good has nothing to do looks, because I outgood them every 10 seconds.

Just be a good person and aim to be healthy and people will see the real you.

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