It started slowly. Benignly. With a weigh-in here. An extra glance at the mirror there. But I didn't give "it" much thought. I was 15, after all. Obsessing over my appearance was—or, at the very least ...

Charlotte is a musician who wrote a concept album about her experience with Body Dysmorphic Disorder Many of us can find fault with what we see in the mirror - but Charlotte's intense hatred of her ...

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. Body dysmorphic disorder is often ...

This essay was originally published in Salon on July 1, 2022. We're revisiting Salon's Best Life Stories of 2022 now through the end of the year. Read more Best of 2022. The problem started with the ...

While eating disorders have been widely publicized for decades, far less attention has been given to a related condition called body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD. Body dysmorphic disorder is often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those with body dysmorphic disorder often check themselves – and their perceived defects. Stevica Mrdja/EyeEm via Getty Images ...

When I look in the mirror, I appear bigger and wider than I am, and I know this is due to years of fat-shaming and fatphobia. No matter what I do, I still can’t see things as they are, but how my mind ...

Megan Fox isn’t the only celebrity who has spoken about having body dysmorphia. EPA/ CAROLINE BREHMAN Actress Megan Fox recently shared in an interview with Sports Illustrated that she has body ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. An individual with body dysmorphic disorder is overly preoccupied with what are perceived as gross imperfections in their ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this condition: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, has been credited with the following quote about mental health and illness: “There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” Mental health is ...