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Problem

You will be watching several brief videos on Body Dysmorphia Disorder (BDD), once called "imagined ugliness." The first video (10:50) talks about what BDD is, and the last two videos show two individuals, Alanah and Chloe (6:13; 5:44), who share their stories, where you can clearly see the significant distress and impairment in functioning BDD has caused in their lives.

After reading the text and reviewing the diagnostic criteria (pp. 166-167), you know that BDD is more than our frustration with a "bad hair day" or a pimple that has suddenly popped up. Rather, it's a preoccupation with aspects of one's appearance that are nonexistent, or minimal. The individual may look quite normal in the eyes of others, but view themselves as a monster or freak. Reassurance from others is not helpful, as you will see in one of the videos. The preoccupation can last as little as an hour, but the average is 3 to 8 hours a day. Their thinking may be delusional even leading to suicidal thinking. Katharine Phillips, a psychiatrist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of BDD, clearly states what BDD is NOT: vanity, trivial, simply appearance dissatisfaction, nor just an adolescent phase. BDD is extremely serious but can improve with the right treatment.

Watch these YouTube videos and answer the questions that follow.

• "What Exactly Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?"
• "Body Dysmorphia - "I Felt So Ugly I Wanted to Die" | This Morning"
• "Body Dysmorphia Ruined My Life | Lorraine".

I. BDD was originally called "imagined ugliness." Comment on the idea of a person with BDD taking selfies. Why would they or wouldn't they? Use information from the text or video to support your answer. Get the instant assignment help.

II. Katharine Phillips, an authority on BDD and featured in the first video, wrote a book titled, "The Broken Mirror." Explain this title in terms of BDD.

III. Jill a friend of yours, is preoccupied over the idea that her eyes are too small and "uneven." They look fine to you (and everyone else). She spends hours on make-up and often will miss outings because she thinks she looks hideous. Other times she may wear dark sunglasses to cover her eyes. Many of her friends think she is just vain and really has OCD. How would you address their assessments about Jill in terms of (i) vanity and (ii) really having OCD. (Be sure to include the main points of how BDD is different from OCD, from the video or textbook).