Genetics of BDD Recent research has shown that genetic factors are likely to play an important role in the etiology of BDD. Eight percent of individuals with BDD have a family member with a lifetime diagnosis of BDD, which is four to eight times the prevalence in the general population. BDD shares heredity with obsessive-compulsive […]
The Makings of BDD Part 2
When I was in high school the first dance I ever attended was during my sophomore year. It was the winter formal and I was asked to attend with my friend as part of a double-blind date. Although it wasn’t placebo-controlled. I was excited. I had never had a “real date” before and this was […]
Acne and The Makings of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
MY ESCAPE I am thirty-five. Day one of this blog should have started over 18 years ago. But I was living in denial. The constant mirror checking, the self-hatred, the shame, the fear of catching my reflection in a car window… The inability to enter a dressing room. As a man, the shame was even […]