What is body dysmorphia and how do you overcome it?
什么是身体畸形恐惧症?如何克服它?
Body dysmorphia occurs when you're experiencing a lot of distress about specific parts of your body or your appearance.
当您对身体的某些部位或外貌感到非常苦恼时,就会出现身体畸形恐惧症。
You might feel consumed by these thoughts, thinking there's something wrong with your chest, your height, or your face.
您可能会被这些想法所困扰,认为您的胸部、身高或脸部有问题。
And many people including healthc care professionals have told you there's nothing wrong with you.
许多人,包括医疗保健专业人士,都告诉您,您没有任何问题。
Body dysmorphia does share some things in common with eating disorders, anxiety disorders and OCD but it is its own thing.
身体畸形恐惧症确实与饮食失调、焦虑症和强迫症有一些共同之处,但不是一回事。
People with body dysmorphia might look at the mirror a lot or avoid the mirror completely.
患有身体畸形恐惧症的人可能会经常照镜子或完全避开镜子。
They might try to hide a specific part of their body or constantly check it.
他们可能会试图隐藏身体的某个特定部位或不断检查它。
There are a lot of comparisons with others, asking people if you look okay and you might not believe what other people say about the way you look.
您会与其他人进行很多比较,询问别人您看起来是否还好,您可能不相信别人对您外表的评价。
A lot of people with body dysmorphia seek out plastic surgery to correct the problem they see in themselves. This rarely solves the problem though.
许多患有身体畸形恐惧症的人依赖整形手术来纠正他们在自己身上看到的问题。但这很少能解决问题。
Many people continue to think there's something wrong with him even after successful surgery.
即使手术成功,许多人仍然认为自己有问题。
Because of how distressing body dysmorphia is and how it can create a lot of other serious problems, it's important to talk to a healthcare professional about this.
由于身体畸形恐惧症令人痛苦不堪,而且会引发许多其他严重问题,因此与医疗保健专业人士讨论这个问题很重要。
There are medications and therapies that can help.
有些药物和疗法可以提供帮助。