Katarzyna Bialasiewicz via Getty Images Body dysmorphic disorder, an excessive preoccupation with appearance, has a lot in common with eating disorders but should not be confused with them. I’d had body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) for three years and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) for 15. My therapists at McLean told me over and over that I wasn’t at the hospital to change my thoughts. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders classifies BDD as an OC-spectrum disorder. But that’s the crux of it: Body dysmorphic disorder may concern the body — it’s in the name — but it is a psychiatric illness.

Source: Huffington Post November 05, 2018 13:30 UTC