I was diagnosed with body dysmorphia when I was like 21 by a therapist. She said that I had this because I was overly concerned with my looks and that it interfered with my life. The problem is, I looked subhuman and could identify everything that was wrong with my face - but of course, no matter how ugly you are, the therapist isn't going to say "yes you are ugly".
So seeing as no amount of ugliness can ever be considered to warrant feeling bad about your looks, it's really a pointless diagnosis. It doesn't help ugly people to lie about their looks and giving them a mental diagnosis for just being observant about how much their looks hinder them. It's made into a delusion rather than a: "Yes you look unfortunate, but here's how to cope", at least that would be honest.
Luckily, I identified exactly what I needed to do to improve my looks. I saved up and had a genioplasty, cheekbone surgery and jaw angle surgery. Now I am at least satisfied that I pass as a human, it hasn't gotten me girls or anything, but I know that I've done what I can do to improve my situation.
Telling people that they're deluded about their looks leads people to become stuck in life and never trying to improve. The ideal would be that therapists are trained to give advice on surgeries to try to work towards getting, if they can change a person's life, but that will of course never happen.
So seeing as no amount of ugliness can ever be considered to warrant feeling bad about your looks, it's really a pointless diagnosis. It doesn't help ugly people to lie about their looks and giving them a mental diagnosis for just being observant about how much their looks hinder them. It's made into a delusion rather than a: "Yes you look unfortunate, but here's how to cope", at least that would be honest.
Luckily, I identified exactly what I needed to do to improve my looks. I saved up and had a genioplasty, cheekbone surgery and jaw angle surgery. Now I am at least satisfied that I pass as a human, it hasn't gotten me girls or anything, but I know that I've done what I can do to improve my situation.
Telling people that they're deluded about their looks leads people to become stuck in life and never trying to improve. The ideal would be that therapists are trained to give advice on surgeries to try to work towards getting, if they can change a person's life, but that will of course never happen.
