the "imagined" problems

Since highschool I always notice some people who are very conscious with their physical appearance, especially the girls. I have many classmates who spend their time looking at the mirror, fixing their hair while there is ongoing class. Kahit nga nasa CR ako ng mall ang daming girls na ang tagal tagal sa harapan ng salamin. I remember when I was in Trinoma, nahiya ako bigla sa isang bata I think 5 years old or 7 years old na siya. Ako pulbo lang na Johnson, yung di tak tak, siya press powder!..over, mas lalu pa kong nanliit nung naglabas na siya ng Blush on! kala ko yun lang after ng blush on nag Lip shiner pa siya!! wala na kong nagawa kundi tumitig nalang talaga sakanya. Over compare mo yung age niya sa age ko, 18 na ko pero hindi ako marunong magblush on, pulbo ko pa yung ditaktak.

I thought this is just normal. That there are people who love to make their look lovely. But do you know body dysmorphic disorder?

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER

It is a kind of mental problem where people think that they are ugly, even though they are not. They are very critical of their body, yung tipong ok namna yung itsura nila but for them there is always wrong. They are also feel too embarrassed to talk to other people because they think that they are so ugly.
People with BDD may look at themselves in the mirror too much, or some people with BDD may actually try not to look in the mirror. Both of these are possible for a person with BDD. They usually think about their body for more than one hour per day, and in bad cases, can stop talking to other people, and may stay at home. People with BDD often have very low self-confidence, because they believe that a person's value is linked to what they look like, and because they do not think that they are beautiful themselves, they do not think they have much value.

Dr. Katharine Philips did research, with more than 500 people with BDD, on the percentage of patients unhappy with the most common parts of the body;

skin (73%)
hair (56%)
nose (37%)
weight (22%)
stomach (22%)
breasts/chest/nipples (21%)
eyes (20%)
thighs (20%)
teeth (20%)
legs (overall) (18%)
body shape / bone shape (16%)
all of face (14%)
lips (12%)
buttocks (12%)
chin (11%)
fingers (11%)
eyebrows (11%)

Famous people with BDD
Uma Thurman[1]
Marilyn Monroe
Michael Jackson

A person with BDD will often do these things:

-Look in the mirror a lot, look in reflective doors, windows and other reflective surfaces.
-If the person does not look in the mirror a lot, they will try not to look in the mirror or at photographs ever, and will often not have mirrors in their home.
-Touch their skin a lot to feel the 'imagined' problem.
-Wanting other people to say good things to them about the way they look a lot.
-Asking other people about the way they look a lot.
-Not talk to people a lot.
-Not having much confidence
-Comparing the way they look to people they want to look like a lot. This may be of celebrities, or people in their life.
-Doing exercise or having diets more than normal.
-Doing these things a lot: combing hair, plucking eyebrows, shaving, etc.
-Using medicine to change the body shape and body size.
-Wanting plastic surgery or more than one plastic surgery, more than normal.
-In some extreme examples, patients have tried to do plastic surgery to themself.

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?


REFERENCES:
1.↑ 1.0 1.1 When the mirror lies - Body dysmorphic disorder (dysmorphophobia) on the rise and taking lives. ; Lipo; 2006-08-24; retrieved on 2007-01-10
2.↑ American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 468 Washington, D.C.: Author.
3.↑ 3.0 3.1 Dr Veale, David; Body Dysmorphic Disorder - FAQ; Ethan Frome; retrieved on 2007-01-10
4.↑ Phillips, K. A., Menard, W., Fay, C., & Weisberg, R. (2006). Demographic characteristics, phenomenology, comorbidity, and family history in 200 individuals with body dysmorphic disorder [Electronic version]. Pyschomatics, 46, 317-325.
5.↑ Phillips, K. A., Gunderson, C. G., Mallya, G., McElroy, S. L., Carter, W. (1978). Physicians Postgraduate Press: A comparison study of body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Retrieved December 10, 2007, from http://archpsyc.highwire.org/cgi/content/56/11/1033
6.↑ Rosen, J. C. (1995). Cognitive-behavioral body image therapy for body dysmorphic disorder [Electronic version]. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 63, 263-269.
7.↑ Suicidality in Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Prospective Study. American Psychiatric Association. Retrieved on 10 January 2008.
8.↑ http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19225745.200-cosmetic-surgery-special-when-looks-can-kill.html
9.↑ Seattle and King County Health - Transgender Health
10.↑ Katharine A. Phillips, MD Suicidality in Body Dysmorphic Disorder Primary Psychiatry. 2007;14(12):58-66
11.↑ Phillips, K. A., Albertini, R. S., Rasmussen, S. A. (2002). A randomized placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine in body dysmorphic disorder. Arch Gen Psychiatry. Retrieved December 10, 2007, from http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/59/4/381?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Body+Dysmorphic+Disorder&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
12.↑ Phillips, K. A. (1996). The broken mirror Understanding and treating body dysmorphic disorder. New York: Oxford University Press.

Be careful in handling money!!!

HIndi na bago satin na ang pera ay sobrang madumi. Kahit pa pera yan ng mayaman o ng mahirap. Pero pano kung sabihin ko sayo na baka yang hawak mong 100.00 ngayon ay ang 100.00 ko dati na nahulog sa inidoro?!...Kadiri diba? pero hindi ko naman sinasadyang mahulog yan sa inidoro eh. At kUng nahulog yan sa inidoro ang tanong pano ko yan nakuha?

hehehehe.....

Sumi-R kasi ako nun dyan sa skul eh nakalimutan ko na may nilagay pala akong 300.00 na puro tig 100.00 sa bulsa ng short ko kaya nung pagbaba ko ng short ko nalaglag. Buti nalang hindi ko pa naiihian yung tubig sa inidoro kundi ifaflush ko nalang talaga yung 300.00 ko kahit na mabigat sa loob ko. Buti nlang may part na hindi nalubog sa tubig, dun ko hinawakan yung pera para makuha ko...edi syempre basa yung pera, binalot ko siya sa papel.

Saktong pumunta kami ni Grace sa Sta. Lucia may binili ako sa Department store yung 300.00 ko na yun yung binayad ko. Grabeh gusto kong magsorry dun sa babae sa may counter grabeh kasi yung paghawak niya sa pera,hinipo pa niya!!!

Don't worry malalaman mo naman kung ayan na yung 100.00 na sinasabi ko eh..nilagyan ko kasi yun ng palatandaan. Nilagyan ko ng maliit na Law dun sa tabi ng number n 100 yung tatlong 100.00 na yun...eehhhhh titingnan na niya yung 100.00 niya

In a friend you find a second self - Isabelle Norton

Naniniwala ako sa sinabi ni Isabelle Norton na in a friend you find a second self. Lahat naman ng tao nakikipagkaibigan dahil merong isang bagay na meron sakanilang dalawa. Although lahat ng tao unique pero at some point may makikita ka sa isang tao o sa kaibigan mo na pareho sayo. Kaya nga may kasabihang tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are. Ang kaibigan mo ang sumasalamin sa kung anong klaseng pagkatao meron ka. Tulad ng mga bestfriends ko, kaming lahat si Joy, si Diane, si Grace parepareho kaming mahilig sa green jokes. Dyan kami talaga nagkakasundo sundo. Tsaka kami ni Grace pareho talaga kami ng nagugustuhan sa lahat ng bagay magkahati kami. Kahit sa pagkain, pag gutom na siya gutom nadin ako, si joy ang kabaligtaran namin. Ayan ang taong walang kagutuman. Kapag siya ang kasama ko mamamatay ako sa gutom, kaya pag kasama niyo si JOy huwag kayong mahihiyang mag-aya kumain kasi pag siya pa ang hinintay niyong mag-aya manginginig muna kayo sa gutom. Si Diane naman ang pinakamatagal kong bestfriend, nakakatawa siya lalu na pag umiral yung pagkagreen niya, kaya lang siya hindi antukin, ako kasi kaya kong matulog sa jeep siya hindi. Hmmm...bakit nga ba hindi pa ako nagkakaroon ng bestfriend na katulad kong antukin?