Body Dysmorphic Disorder

 

Honestly, I haven't moved one from Sam Claflin after watching ME BEFORE YOU, lol. Today, when browsing youtube, I found a video where Sam mentioned that he has suffered from this BDD a.k.a Body Dysmorphic Disorder. When anorexia nervosa or bulimia usually happens among women, this BDD can happen in both men and women.

 

 Frankly, I just knew that this kind of thing -- not feeling confident with our own appearance -- is considered a kinda disorder! I thought this is something that everybody undergoes in his or her life, either in his or her teenage years or even after he or she grows as adults. The older someone is, the more receptive he or she will be. When someone gets older, I assume that he or she will be wiser to accept their appearance just the way he or she is.

 

After reading an article about this, I started suspecting that I have this psychological disorder. One easy hint why I have this disorder is that I reluctantly meet up old friends, worrying if they will not be able to recognize me anymore now that I am getting older. (read => I have become ugly! I am no longer as pretty as I used to be.) ridiculous, huh? Lol.

 

So, I tried to figure out the trigger. (FYI, I am not anorexic or bulimic.) from one article I read, I think the trigger was my being perfectionist, perhaps also I think there is social pressure that women must always look good in any age.

 

Don't worry. I have tried to reduce this feeling. Once my best friend said to me, "When you grow old, your old friends also grow old. If you feel that you will look uglier once you become older, your old friends also undergo the same thing as you!"

 

Do you think you also experience this thing?

 

PT56 14.52 18 May 2026

Sam Claflin, isn't he gorgeous?

 you may find this reading about BDD interesting (It is in Bahasa Indonesia.)

here is another writing about Sam Claflin.  (Note: he is not married anymore at the moment)