...on much longer, HELP!!!!!? For the last 4-5 years I have been dealing with something that is threatening to devour me and bring me to the point that I will either kill myself or go so insane that I don't have to deal with it anymore. It started about 5 years ago and it wasn't horrible right away but got that really fast. My friend who is a girl started asking me why do you always try to cover your face and head up?? I told her and she told me about a thing called BDD (Body Dismorphic Disorder). I had been teased for having a huge head and face for so long that I was starting to see it as being ridiculously deformed. At first I tried to just ignore it and avoid mirrors all together but there was still the image of what I had seen before burning into my conciousness. It became the one and ONLY thought that went through my head. Its like my head and face become bigger and weirder looking every month now and I don't even see a person anymore..just some creature that is the ugliest thing Iv'e ever seen. Others tell me I'm extremely good looking though. After I got out of school I went into suclusion because I would even hear people talk about it in the rambling of crowds. I can not make myself leave my house now I moved back with my parents. I would say that I spend about 80% of my day looking in mirrors and going crazy over it. It's gotten so bad that I measured my head just to make sure. I know some of you are probably thinking " dude, who in the hell measures they're head?" Trust me I would have thought the same thing a few years ago. It has completely 100% taken over my entire mind and its threatening my life now. What I would like to ask you to do if you don't mind is to take some measurements so I can compare and see that I am normal and finally FINALLY be able to rest. I've been in mental hospitals numerous times over this and have even attempted suicide once. I can't sleep anymore or eat I get about an hour or two if I'm lucky of sleep every night. I am can't stop shaking and crying while typing this. I appreicate anyone who took the time to read all this and answer.
measure length of face please, top of hairline to bottom of chin.
measure width from one corner of eyes to other where you wear glasses
measure circumference of head, the part around the top part of your head. Use String and ruler if you don't have tape measurer.
I am fully aware of how strange this is that I am asking but I have to know or I will not make it throught this.
My measurements
Circumference= 22 inches
length of face= 7 1/4 inches
width of face= 4.7 inches
thank you so much
I tried going for a walk the other day and found myself frozen on the side walk because every car that passed I would see them making weird faces and picture them making fun of me and I just froze.
it also makes me feel like less of a man even tho I read that more men are be treated for it then women.
measure length of face please, top of hairline to bottom of chin.
measure width from one corner of eyes to other where you wear glasses
measure circumference of head, the part around the top part of your head. Use String and ruler if you don't have tape measurer.
I am fully aware of how strange this is that I am asking but I have to know or I will not make it throught this.
My measurements
Circumference= 22 inches
length of face= 7 1/4 inches
width of face= 4.7 inches
thank you so much
I tried going for a walk the other day and found myself frozen on the side walk because every car that passed I would see them making weird faces and picture them making fun of me and I just froze.
it also makes me feel like less of a man even tho I read that more men are be treated for it then women.